DESCRIPTION:
Antonio Adolfo grew up in a musical family in Rio de Janeiro (his mother was a violinist in the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra), and began his studies at the age of seven. At seventeen he was already a professional musician. His teachers include Eumir Deodato and the great Nadia Boulanger in Paris. During the 60's, he led his own trio and toured with singers Elis Regina and Milton Nascimento. Adolfo wrote tunes that gained great success and have been recorded by such artists as Sérgio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Herb Alpert, Earl Klugh, Dionne Warwick, and others. He won International Song Contests on two occasions. As a musician and arranger he has worked with some of the most representative Brazilian names, besides having released more than 25 albums under his name. In 1985 Mr. Adolfo created his own school in Rio, Brazil.
His CD with Carol Saboya, Lá e Cá/ Here and There, follows in the footsteps of the 2007 live recording Antonio Adolfo e Carol Saboya Ao Vivo/ Live. Among his most recent studio recordings are Chora Baião(released in 2011) and Finas Misturas (released in 2013). Antonio Adolfo is currently conducting a music school in Hollywood, FL (USA) where, along with other instructors, he teaches Brazilian Music, Jazz, and Pop. 

Carol Saboya, Antonio Adolfo's daughter, was raised surrounded by inspired chords, scribbled scores, and songs being born. When she was eight, she had her voice recorded for the first time. She spent three years studying singing in the United States, taking part in the Grammy winning CD by Sérgio Mendes Brasileiro (1992), and in some of her father’s performances.  Carol's expected first solo work came in 1998. Dança da voz, which awarded Carol 1998's best new female singer prize from the Sharp Award "Prêmio Sharp." The following year, she jumped into Tom Jobim's work and recorded the album Janelas abertas, with guitarist Nelson Faria. In 2000 she participated in the Brazilian Music Festival (Festival da Música Brasileira) promoted by TV Globo (Brazil).    Her next albums include Sessão Passatempo, Presente, two releases for JVC Japan, Bossa Nova andNova Bossa, the albums with her father, Antonio Adolfo e Carol Saboya Ao Vivo Live, Antonio Adolfo and Carol Saboya Lá e Cá/ Here and There, a release in Brazil, Chão Aberto, and her US debut solo album Belezas – (The music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento). On top of that, she has been performing in the US and won the Tabaíba de Oro award as best female vocalist in a Festival in Spain.