Researched musician profile
About Jovino Santos Neto
Santos Neto’s official biography identifies him as a Brazilian pianist, flutist, composer, arranger, conductor, and educator based in Seattle. It traces fifteen years in Hermeto Pascoal’s group before his 1993 move from Rio de Janeiro to the United States.[1][2]
The biography documents a Seattle-based Quinteto and Trio, twenty-six years teaching piano and composition at Cornish College of the Arts, and work in solo, orchestral, big-band, chamber, and collaborative formats. It keeps those settings distinct from the earlier Pascoal group period.[1]
Santos Neto’s Bandcamp catalog spans Seattle Quinteto recordings, quartets, chamber collaborations, solo and duo projects, and releases connected to Hermeto Pascoal’s music. The breadth provides authorized listening without reducing his work to one ensemble or genre label.[3][1]
Seattle Quinteto and Trio
The official biography identifies both groups as ongoing leader settings based in the city.[1]
Hermeto Pascoal group
Santos Neto performed and co-produced with Pascoal’s ensemble from 1977 through 1992 before moving to Seattle.[1][2]
Composition and education
His biography connects commissioned writing and arranging with twenty-six years of piano and composition teaching at Cornish.[1]