About Manny Flores
Manny made his first trip to Rio de Janiero,
Brazil to fulfill a lifelong desire to
experience Brazilian music firsthand and to
meet one of his favorite musicans:Hermeto
Pascoal. He rented an apartment overlooking
the Beco Das Garrafas in Copacabana and
would commute to the Rio suburb of Jabour to
visit with his Brazilian friends: Albert
Suhett, Itibere Zwarg, Marcio Bahia, Fabio
Pascoal and of course Hermeto. He was
introduced to bassist Adriano Giffoni by
Marcio Bahia and has studied with him each
summer in Rio de Janeiro. In Brazil, he had
the pleasure to hear many musicians
including Leny Andrade, JT Meireiles, Filhos
de Gandhi and Itibere's Orquestra Familia.
Subsequent trips to Brazil have taken him to
Bahia, Recife and Olinda. The Esalen
Institute in Big Sur was the site of some
intensive Brazilian percussion workshops
with Airto Moreira. Since that time there
has been a large collection of Brazilian
percussion instruments in the house. The
future brings with it the desire to further
explore the world of music with an emphasis
on Brazilian music and composition. It has
also led Manny to study the Portuguese
language in order to understand the culture
and music of Brazil.
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