JOAO LOBO

Born in Lisboa, Portugal, on the 1st of July 1964, I only started playing drumset in 1983.
Between 1988 and 1990 I studied at the Hot Clube de Portugal Jazz School and at the Academia de Amadores de Música, in Lisboa.
In 1992 was admitted at the Drummers Collective School of Music in N.Y., where I studied with a deluxe faculty and achieved the "Certificate of Completion".
I also attended seminars with Alan Dawson, David Liebman, Rufus Reid, John Abercrombie, Reggie Workman, Clark Terry, Barney Kessel, Hal Garper, Bobby Watson, Terence Blanchard, Karl Berger and Kenny Washington and workshops with Peter Erskine, Rod Morgenstein, Dom Famularo, Mike Mangini and tabla master Buphinder Singh Chaggar.

Professional musician since '89, recorded and performed with some of Portugal’s top artists and musicians in folk, pop, funk, soul, fusion, blues, rock, jazz, world and percussion groups, appearing on over 40 CD’s, DVD’s and film soundtracks and numerous tv and radio programs in several countries.

Played in worldwide famous venues and festivals like the MIDEM, in Miami Beach, the EFWMF in Berlin, the Zappanale in Bad Doberan, in The Performing Arts Center in New Jersey, the Blues Sur Seine Festival, the Breda Jazz Festival, all over Portugal and also around France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Brazil, China, England, Norway, U.S.A. and Canada.

Collaborated with dancers and choreographers including live performances with the contemporary dance company CêDêCê, with the Ballet Gulbenkian and Itzik Galili, in Paulo Ribeiro's tribute to José Limón, workshops with Keren Levi in the CODA International Dance Festival of Oslo, guest percussionist in the 1st International Salsa Dance Festival in Portugal and performances and classes with belly-dancer Margrethe Glambek.

With composer, arranger and producer Eduardo Paes Mamede won the 1st EEC Song Festival in 1992 in Salonica, Greece.

Composed the soundtrack for a number of informative and educational DVD's directed by Maarten Roos for the European Space Agency and the European Planetology Network.

Member of the board of the musicians union in Portugal in 2004.

I've been a drumset teacher for sixteen years ans co-founded the first and biggest youth percussion orchestra in Portugal, Tocá Rufar, and taught the founders of another, Tocándar.

I moved to Oslo, Norway, in the end of 2004 and began working with the brazilian funk rock band Antropófagos, brazilian singer/songwriter Claudio Latini, balkan band Rakija and more recently with Maghreb Funk, pop rock band Pausefiskene and brazilian band Zanza, besides having performed occasionaly with the Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps. I also continue touring with Charlie & The Bluescats, from Portugal.

I repair, alter and refinish acoustic drumsets.

I speak portuguese, english and french fluently, also manage well in spanish, norwegian and italian.

PRESS CLIPS

“Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps - Christmas eve concert topped all expectations
(…) Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps digged up yet another big musical surprise. The piece Windows Of The World by P.Graham, in itself a whole concert, comprised six parts: Amazonia Rainforest, with 15 year-old Hanne Heen as supreme solist on french horn, The Rising Sun, Drums of Thunder, Celtic Dreams and Earth Walk. To yeld full justice we must give drummer João Lobo, immigrant from Portugal, an honourable mention. His handling of the drumsticks and drumset was highly impressive! With his playing he contributed to strengthen the orchestra’s eminent musical level. (…)”
Per-Johan Bogerud
Nordstrand Blad – Kultur
December 21, 2006

original text:
“Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps - Førjulkonsert oversteg alle forventninger
(…) Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps satt igien med en stor musikalsk overraskelse: Musikkstyket Windows Of The World av P.Graham utgjorde I seg selv en hel konsert. Stykket var satt sammen av seks deler: Amazonia Rainforest med 15-årige Hanne Heen som suveren solist på waldhorn, The Rising Sun, Drums Of Thunder, Celtic Dreams og Earth Walk. For å yte full rettferdighet, må vi gi trommeslageren João Lobo, innvandrer fra Portugal, hederlig omtale. Hans behandling av trommestikkene og trommesett imponerte stort! Han bidro med sitt spill til å forsterke Janitsjarens eminente musikalsk nivå. Applausen som fulgte, markerte at fremførelsen av Windows Of The World, også med intermessoer som rolige partier, gikk over i “minnenes melodi”. (…)”
Per-Johan Bogerud
Nordstrand Blad – Kultur
21. desember 2006

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“Trape-Zape. A guitar in counterposition.
(…) It’s impossible to mention Trape-Zape without thinking of the way an acoustic guitar can be imagined alternatively, played soulfully and coordinated in the absence of conventions. In the same way it can freely dialogue with João Luís Lobo’s percussions and drums, a fully versatile musician, knowledgeable in the jazz and portuguese popular music ambiences. Trape-Zape is a record that breathes ideas. Ideas presented in time and space with time and space. (…)”
José Miguel
At-Tambur.com
11 Jan 2003

original text:
“Trape-Zape. Uma guitarra em contraposição.
(…) É impossível falar de Trape-Zape sem pensar na forma como uma guitarra acústica pode ser pensada em alternativo, tocada com alma e coordenada com a ausência de convenções. Da mesma forma que pode dialogar livremente com as percussões a bateria de João Luis Lobo, um músico cheio de versatilidades; de resto conhecedor das ambiências do jazz e da música popular portuguesa. Trape-Zape é um disco a respirar ideias. Ideias exibidas no tempo e no espaço com tempo e espaço. (…)”
José Miguel
At-Tambur.com
11 Jan 2003

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"Antropófagos – Multicultural Rock Band
See for yourself your mother taking a piece of Oslo, setting the year to 2004 and having a brazilian singer and multiinstrumentalist meet a serbian guitarist. See for yourself your mother having a huge pan where she has these two cooking for a year before she adds a portuguese drummer by the name of João Lobo and lets it all simmer and melt well. In 2006 she throws in a norwegian bassist. What is it you’d like to be served? Rock, funk, ska and reggae with a brazilian, balkan, portuguese and norwegian twist. Would you like a piece, my friend?”
Øyunn Rishøy
Dagbladet - Fredag
June 30, 2006

original text:
"Antropófagos – Multikulturelt Rock Band
Se for deg at din mor tar et litte stykke Oslo, setter året til 2004, og lar en brasiliansk sanger og multiinstrumentalist møte en serbisk gitarist. Se for deg at din mor har en gedigen gryte, der hun lar hun disse to koke sammen et års tid, før hun tilsetter en portugisisk trommeslager ved navn João Lobo og lar det hele smelte godt. I 2006 kaster hun nedi en helnorsk bassist. Hva er det du vil få servert? Rock, funk, ska og reggae – med brasiliansk, balkansk, portugisisk og norsk vri. Skal det være en porsjon, vennen?”
Øyunn Rishøy
Dagbladet - Fredag
30. juni 2006

Romanças: "Monte da Lua" 1991, "Azuldesejo" 1994, "Strictly Worldwide x 3" 1994* (Germany)

Aura: "Força e fé" 1995

Né Ladeiras: "Todo Este Céu" 1997, “Xabarín Vol. III” 1996* (Spain)

Navegante: "Cantigas Partindo-se" 1997, "Não Há Heróis" 1999, "Rimances" 2001 (France), “Vivos e Ao Vivo” 2003, "Meu Bem Meu Mal" 2008

O Ó Que Som Tem?: “O Mundo Não Quer Acabar” 1998

Amélia Muge: "Taco a Taco” 1998**, "A Monte" 2002

Ad Lib: “Ad Lib” 2000, “Açores XX 3x20” 2001*

Janita Salomé: "Vozes Do Sul" 2001**, “Tão Pouco e Tanto” 2003

Ficções: "Ocidental Praia" 2001

Cristina Pato (Spain): "Xilento" 2001 (Spain)

Trape-Zape: “Trape-Zape” 2002

Joana Melo: “Mar Confidente” 2003

Zappanoia: “Portuguese Extraction” 2003, “Zappanale XIV” 2003* (Germany), “Unmatched 7” 2004* (Spain)

José Mário Branco: “Resistir é Vencer” 2004

Trovas ao Vento: “Trovas ao Vento” 2005

Charlie & The Bluescats: “Charlie & The Bluescats” 2005, "Trio" 2008

Pausefiskene: "Mysterier" 2008

DVD

Tocá Rufar/O Ó Que Som Tem? 2003

Zappanoia: “Zappanale XIV” 2003* (Germany)

Ad Lib: “Gala dos Violinhos” 2003*

Janita Salomé: “Tão pouco e tanto - ao vivo no C.C.B." 2004

* - various artists sampler
** - “Best Folk Record Of The Year” in Portugal

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MY MEDIA

Audio

Various
Charlie & The Bluescats 1
Charlie & The Bluescats 2
Rakija
Trape-Zape 1
Trape-Zape 2
Ad Lib
José Barros e Navegante
Antropófagos 1
Antropófagos 2

Video

O Ó QUE SOM TEM?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fDB60yZKXvQ

AD LIB
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6xdsLLuU3xM&mode=related&search
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5E4k6t9A5qo&mode=related&search
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJY5c3qdXc&mode=related&search
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iYB2eoUHAEw&mode=related&search
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lip7TBXLWAg&mode=related&search

ZAPPANOIA
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pcVNHz56YZs
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oiIs5VGLnGc
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mVcWBwasF84
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TptxOABFl9k&mode=related&search

ANTROPÓFAGOS
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=grU9R3P58RY
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=taR-Y-Wj78o

JOSÉ BARROS E NAVEGANTE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9YzTQ6zBU-E
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2zcB6uJoc&feature=related

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Performances in festivals, concert halls and other venues worldwide

1st E.E.C. Song Festival + Cyprus, Helexpo, Salonica, Greece (Eduardo Paes Mamede)
Festival Chorus, Paris, France (Amélia Muge)
L’atrium, Chaville, France (Amélia Muge)
Magic Mirror, Vanves, France (Amélia Muge)
Festival des Musiques Fauves, Collioure, France (Amélia Muge)
Téatre Jean Vilar, St. Quentin, France (Amélia Muge)
Festival Les Tambours du Sud, Espace Herault, Paris, France (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Atlantic Waves Festival, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals, Berlin, Germany (Romanças)
Zappanale XIV, Bad Doberan, Germany (Zappanoia)
Teatro Bellini, Napoli, Italy (Ad Lib)
Festival di Musica Acustica, Etnica e Contemporanea, Trento, Italy (Amélia Muge)
Festival Sete Sóis Sete Luas, Villa Malaspina, Montecastello, Italy (Amélia Muge)
Festival Sete Sóis Sete Luas, Pontedera, Italy (Amélia Muge)
Festival Sete Sóis Sete Luas, Roma, Italy (Amélia Muge)
Auditorio Angel Barja, León, Spain (Amélia Muge)
Festival de Musica Folk, Huesca, Spain (Navegante, Real Companhia)
Palacio de Congressos, A Coruña, Spain (Romanças)
Festa da Carballeira, Zas, Spain (Romanças, Navegante)
Festival Viajes por Musicas del Mundo, Valladolid, Spain (Segue-me à capela)
Café Goei Volluk, Blues Tour Cuijk, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Blues Live Nights, Heimathaus Twist, Germany (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Breda Jazz Festival, Breda, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Cambrinus Muziek Podium, Horst, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Bluescafé Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Café De Plaats, Tilburg, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Muziek Kafee De Bast, Staadskanaal, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Muziek kaffee De Kroeg, Geldrop, Holland (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Het Podium, Geel, Belgium (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Festival de Blues de Béjar, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Black Note, Valencia, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
La Linterna, Valencia, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
El Asesino, Valencia, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Eden, Huesca, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Z Club, Zaragoza, Spain (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Festival Blues Sur Seine, France (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Dokkhus, Trondheim, Norway (Claudio Latini, Maghreb Funk)
Mogador Café, Oslo, Norway (Maghreb Funk)
Total Global, Oslo, Norway (Maghreb Funk)
Rococosalen, Grand Hotel, Oslo, Norway (Nordstrand Janitjarkorps)
Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway (Claudio Latini)
Belleville, Oslo, Norway (Claudio Latini, Antropófagos)
John Dee, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Pausefiskene)
Oslo Jazz Hus, Oslo, Norway (Rakija, Antropófagos, Freak Blake)
Kolben Kulturhus, Kolbotn, Norway (Antropófagos)
Union Scene, Drammen, Norway (Antropófagos
Amplifier, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Pausefiskene)
Hausmania, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Shamrock, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Musikkfest, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Rakija)
Skuret Kulturpub, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Pausefiskene)
Betong, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Pausefiskene)
Grønlandshagen, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Spasibar, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Rakija)
Blue Monk, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Lille Monk, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
M.S. Innvikk, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos, Maghreb Funk)
Mir, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Sin Pecado/Maiden, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Teatermuseet, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Elvins, Oslo, Norway (Antropófagos)
Blå, Oslo, Norway (Rakija)
Fensal, Bergen, Norway (Rakija)
Støperiet, Tønsberg, Norway (Rakija)
XI Festival of the Arts, Macau Cultural Center, Macau, China (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Macau Lyceum, Macau, China (DSB)
Teatro Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Músicas de Sol e Lua)
Casa de Portugal, São Paulo, Brazil (Músicas de Sol e Lua)
Convocation Hall, Toronto University, Canada (Romanças)
Casa do Alentejo, Toronto, Canada (Romanças)
MIDEM Latin America + Caribbean, Convention Center, Miami, U.S.A. (Janita Salomé)
Prudential Hall, Performing Arts Center, Newark, U.S.A. (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Wetlands, New York, U.S.A. (Matthias)

Main performances in festivals and concert venues in Portugal

Grande Auditório da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Grande Auditório do C.C.B., Lisboa (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Black Box, C.C.B., Lisboa (Ad Lib)
Coliseu de Lisboa (José Mário Branco, Festival Internacional de Salsa, Rão Kyao)
Coliseu do Porto (José Mário Branco, O Ó Que Som Tem?, Festival Internacional de Salsa)
Festival Maré de Agosto, Sta. Maria, Açores (Romanças, Navegante)
Festa do Avante, Seixal (Janita Salomé, O Ó Que Som Tem?, Músicas de sol e lua, Navegante)
Festival Art Rock, Gouveia (Trape-Zape)
Semana do Mar, Horta, Açores (Romanças)
Festa dos Baleeiros, Pico, Açores (Romanças)
Encontros Musicais de Tradição Europeia (Romanças)
Festival de Percussão de Coimbra (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
FolkTejo, Lisboa (Romanças, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Festival Intercéltico do Porto (Navegante, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Cantigas do Maio, Seixal (Navegante, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Culturgest, Lisboa (Tim tim por tim tum)
Praça Sony, Lisboa (Janita Salomé, Kika Santos, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Forum do Seixal (Amélia Muge, O Ó Que Som Tem?, Ad Lib)
Aula Magna da Universidade de Lisboa (Romanças, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Du Arte Garden, Casino do Estoril (Amélia Muge, Vitorino, Mafalda Veiga)
Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra, Grande Auditório (Navegante)
Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra, Pequeno Auditório (Trape-Zape)
Teatro S. Luís, Lisboa (Ad Lib)
Teatro Camões, Lisboa (Ad Lib, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Teatro Viriato, Viseu (Amélia Muge, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra (Ad Lib, Amélia Muge)
B Flat, Porto (Ad Lib, Charlie & The Bluescats)
Ritz Club, Lisboa (Janita Salomé, Aura, O Ó Que Som Tem?, Zappanoia)
The Speakeasy, Lisboa (Ad Lib, Janita Salomé, Zappanoia)
Encontros da Música Mediterrânica, Évora (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Parque de Feiras e Exposições de Beja (Amélia Muge, Paulo Ribeiro)
Teatro Taborda, Lisboa (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Du Arte Garden, Casino Estoril (Mafalda Veiga, Vitorino, Amélia Muge, Janita, Navegante)
Casino da Figueira da Foz (Ad Lib)
Teatro D. João V, Damaia (Janita Salomé, Amélia Muge)
Teatro da Trindade, Lisboa (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Teatro Luísa Todi, Setúbal (Ad Lib, Janita Salomé)
Teatro da Malaposta, Olival Basto (Tim Tim por Tim Tum)
Rivoli, Porto (Romanças, Navegante, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Auditório Municipal da Guarda (O Ó Que Som Tem?, Navegante)
Auditório Municipal Eunice Muñoz, Oeiras (Navegante, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Auditório Fernando Lopes Graça, Almada (Grand Union Orchestra, Trape-Zape, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
CineTeatro S. João, Palmela (Amélia Muge, Navegante)
Museu da Música, Lisboa (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Festival de Blues de Stª Maria dos Açores, Portugal (Charlie & The Bluescats)
ArtKafé, Setúbal, Portugal (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Blues Café, Lisboa (Charlie & The Bluescats)
Exponor, Porto (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
F.I.L., Lisboa (Romanças)
Palácio de Cristal, Porto (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisboa (Navegante, O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Auditório do Fórum Cultural, Pinhal Novo (O Ó Que Som Tem?)
Chapitô, Lisboa (Zappanoia)
A Comuna (Zappanoia)

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Live with Trape-Zape in 2003 Recording live with Navegante in 2002

with Zappanoia at the Zappanale XIV, Bad Doberan, in 2003

TV2 with Ad Lib in 2001 and earlier in 1996

O Ó Que Som Tem? rehearsal 2002 Rehearsing with Antropófagos in Oslo, March 2006

With balkan band Rakija in Oslo, 2008

Worked with lots of fantastic people/musicians.

My first studio session, with Romanças in December 1990. sitting: Fernando Pereira, Eduardo Paes Mamede (producer), José Barros, Pedro D’orey
standing: João Ramos, me, Fernando Abrantes (sound engineer), Fernando Molina, Pedro Batalha

Alexandre Dinis and Sérgio Crestana from Aura in 1993

Ad Lib with António Gonçalves and Pedro Pacheco

With Rão Kyao, Janita Salomé and Fernando Molina at Lisbon's Expo '98

Janita...

Francisco Abreu

In Miami Beach yet with some of Portugal´s finest: Rui Alves, Tomás Pimentel, me, Mário Delgado, Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Janita Salomé, Bernardo Sassetti

In Navegante with José Barros, Vasco Sousa, Carlos Passos, Miguel Tapadas, Hugo Tapadas, Miguel Catalão, Carlos Ferreiro, António José Martins, Rui Vaz, José David, Vaiss, João Magalhães

José Manuel David Vasco Sousa

At the Gouveia Art Rock Festival in 2005 with Trape-Zape, incl. Fernando Guiomar, Vasco Sousa and José Manuel David

O Ó Que Som Tem? w/ Rui Júnior, Fernando Molina, António José Martins, Mário Santos, Nuno Patrício, João Balão

at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 2004

Charlie & The Bl