The Brazilian-born Paulinho Da Costa, is a highly talented percussionist and became one of the most in-demand session men in Los Angeles' busy recording studios in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Paulinho started playing his instruments at age seven, eventually accumulating over 200 drums, bells, whistles and other percussion instruments.
Prior to leaving Brazil, he toured the world with various Brazilian ensembles and even danced with samba groups. Upon settling in the U.S. in 1973, he joined Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77 for four years (1973-1977), and in his spare time, recorded with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie (including the notorious disco album Dizzy's Party), Milt Jackson, Joe Pass and Freddie Hubbard.
Soon the recording studios beckoned full-time, and Da Costa was in demand for all kinds of recording gigs, playing on albums by Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Nancy Wilson and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. Da Costa has also recorded sporadically as a leader for the Pablo label. Paulinho Da Costa's output is so prolific that, if you were to look at a box of corn flakes in your kitchen cupboard, Paulinho Da Costa would have a credit in making them, somewhere!
Staff :
paulinho da costa (vocals,synthesizer,percussion), clarence charles (guitar), carl carwell (vocals), ernie watts (sax,flute), jerry hey (flugelhorn), bill reichenbach (trombone), randy waldman (piano), todd cochran (electric piano), craig harris (vocoder), george duke (clavinet,melodion), larry carlton (guitar), charles fearing (guitar), nathan east (bass), abraham laboriel (bass)
