Jair Oliveira Musical artist

Jair Rodrigues M. Oliveira (Jairzinho Oliveira, born March 17, 1975 in São Paulo, São Paulo) is a Brazilian composer, singer and producer. He is the son of Brazilian musician Jair Rodrigues and brother to singer Luciana Mello.In the early 1980s Jair was a co-star on the Brazilian children's television program Balão Mágico ("Magic Balloon". The show's cast were also members of the musical group Turma do Balão Mágico ("The Magic Balloon Gang") which sold over 13 million copies.During the 1990s Jair moved to the United States where he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, to study Music Production & Engineering and Music Business, graduating in 1998.Projeto Artistas Reunidos (United Artists Project) was a collaboration of Música popular brasileira artists that fused classic samba and bossa nova with soul music, funk and electronica. Members included Oliveira's sister, Luciana Mello, João Marcelo Bôscoli, Pedro Mariano, Daniel Carlomagno and brothers Max de Castro and Wilson Simoninha.

Personal facts

Jair Oliveira
Birth dateMarch 17, 1975
Birth place
Brazil , Rio de Janeiro

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Turma do Balão Mágico
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Pop music
Samba
Latin American music
Soul music
Acid jazz
Música popular brasileira
instrument
Singing
record label
Columbia Records

Jair Oliveira on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://jairoliveira.uol.com.br/site/blog
  2. http://www.sdesamba.com.br/News.aspx?id=14
  3. http://www.trama.com.br/jairoliveira
  4. http://www.trama.com