Manfredo Fest

Manfredo Fest
Manfredo Fest
Birth name	Manfredo Irmin Fest
Born	May 13, 1936; Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	October 8, 1999 (aged 63); Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.
Genres	bossa nova, jazz, blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Piano, organ, saxophone
Years active	1962–97

Manfredo Irmin Fest (May 13, 1936 – October 8, 1999) was a bossa nova and jazz pianist, keyboardist, and bandleader from Brazil.^[1]^[2] Legally blind, he was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and he died at 63 years old in Tampa Bay, Florida. He was husband of the composer Lili Fest and father of the guitarist Phill Fest.

Biography

Manfredo Fest was of German descent: his father was a concert pianist from Germany who taught at University in Porto Alegre. Although he was blind, Fest learned to read music in Braille. His initial musical training had been classical, but at 17 years old, he became interested in the jazz works of George Shearing and Bill Evans. At college he gained steady work playing bossa nova in São Paulo.

In 1961, Fest graduated in piano from the University of Rio Grande do Sul. He also learned to play keyboards and saxophone. One year later, he started his musical career playing in bars, clubs and pubs. In 1963, he recorded his first LP, called Bossa nova, nova bossa. In this album, he counted with Humberto Clayber (bass), Antonio Pinheiro (drums) and Hector Costita (saxophone and flute).

In the 1970s he traveled to the United States where he worked with Sérgio Mendes. His American debut album Manifestations was released in 1978. He was relatively obscure, but worked with noteworthy groups including Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Fest was a semi-regular at Fandango's on Siesta Key, near Sarasota, Florida.

Fest died of liver failure at the age of 63 in Tampa, Florida, not far from his home in Palm Harbor, where he had lived for 12 years.

Discography

1961: Classicos Dos Boleros
1963: Bossa nova, nova bossa
1963: Evolução
1965: Manfredo Fest Trio
1965: Some people
1966: Alma Brasiliera
1969: Bossa Rio
1970: Alegria
1972 After Hours
1972: Bossa rock blues
1976: Brazilian Dorian dream
1978: Manifestations
1987: Braziliana (DMP)
1989: Jungle Cat (DMP)
1992: Manfredo Fest and friends
1994: Oferenda
1995: Começar de novo (To begin again)
1996: Fascinating rhythm
1997: Amazonas
1998: Just Jobim (DMP) [SACD]

References

^ "Glen Vernon". Variety. 5 November 1999. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Lentz, Harris M. III (2000). "Manfredo+Fest"&pg=PA74 Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 9780786409198. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

Meiselman, Arthur- Danin Adler Scene4 Magazine Around Midnight with Manfredo Fest, June 2009

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[1] "Glen Vernon". Variety. 5 November 1999. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

[2] Lentz, Harris M. III (2000). "Manfredo+Fest"&pg=PA74 Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 9780786409198. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

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