Jair Oliveira

Jair Oliveira (aka Jairzinho), 17 March 1975, São Paulo, Brazil. Born into a musical family, Oliveira’s father is Jair Rodrigues and Luciana Mello is his sister. As a child Oliveira performed on television, appearing on Balão Mágico, and also playing with the spin-off group Turma Do Balão Mágico, which had many hit records. Later, he went to Berklee College Of Music, graduating with honors, in 1997, in Music Production And Engineering and Music Business. He is noted as a leading participant in Projeto Artistas Reunidos, a group of artists eager to explore the musical possibilities in blending traditional samba and bossa nova with soul music and latter-day developments in pop. A prolific and talented songwriter, producer and arranger, Jair Oliveira has produced many award-winning records for artists such as Jair Rodrigues , Tom Zé and MPB4 and has released over 14 solo albums. His kids’ project “Grandes Pequeninos” and his latest solo release “Selfie” were both nominated on the prestigious Latin Grammy Awards. Founder of the Stock Music platform Marshmelody (www.marshmelody.com) www.youtube.com/jairoliveira www.youtube.com/grandespequeninos www.youtube.com/numanyce www.marshmelody.com