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Bebê Kramer via giant steps through a matrix based in the phenomenon placing most of the 7.8 billion of us within 6 or fewer degrees — steps — of each other...

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Who I Am & Where I Live

  • Name: Bebê Kramer
  • City: Rio de Janeiro
  • Country: Brazil
  • Hometown: Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul

Current News

  • What's Up? “Na grande safra de músicos que desembarcou no Rio de Janeiro, principalmente na Lapa, em busca de viver a efervescência que o renovado bairro boêmio abrigou a partir da virada dos anos 1990 para os 2000, surgiu, vindo do Sul do país, um acordeonista ímpar. Alessandro “Bebê” Kramer, ou simplesmente Bebê Kramer, trouxe na bagagem, além do instrumento mais popular por aquelas bandas, uma bagagem musical de fronteira, de diálogo intercultural, e os ritmos regionais. E mais, uma rara capacidade de absorver conhecimentos, de reconhecer beleza no novo. E isso o acompanhou em suas andanças ao lado de músicos como Yamandu Costa, Hermeto Pascoal, Carlos Malta, Toninho Horta, Hamilton de Holanda e outros.”

    Por João Pimentel

My Life & Work

  • Bio: Alessandro Kramer nasceu na cidade de Vacaria, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, e começou a tocar acordeon ainda muito jovem, inspirado pelo seu pai, Alencar Rodrigues, um acordeonista bastante conhecido na região. Alessandro, hoje mais conhecido como Bebê Kramer, é considerado um dos maiores acordeonistas do Brasil na atualidade e é um dos nomes mais significativos da nova geração de acordeonistas também no exterior. Como compositor, Bebê apresenta uma estética musical inovadora na qual traz a expressão de sua fonte inicial, o Rio Grande do Sul, com a junção de outros sotaques, sempre tendo como característica principal sua forte energia ao tocar.

    O começo da sua carreira como músico profissional, aconteceu ainda na adolescência, e ganhou força quando escolheu a cidade de Florianópolis, em Santa Catarina, para ser o palco do seu crescimento musical, vindo a tocar com músicos altamente conceituados, como Guinha Ramires, Alegre Correa, Toninho Horta e Arismar do Espírito Santo. Ainda em Santa Catarina, com outros quatro grandes músicos; Endrigo Bettega, Ronaldo Saggiorato, Guinha Ramires e Mario Conde, Bebê formou a banda chamada Dr. Cipó, com a qual gravou três álbuns que são uma importante referência para músicos e admiradores da música de todo o mundo.

    Ao longo da sua carreira, Bebê Kramer já gravou e tocou com grandes artistas da música Brasileira e mundial, tais como: Hermeto Paschoal, Guinga, Arismar do Espírito Santo, Toninho Horta, Moraes Moreira, Paulo Moura, Silvério Pontes, Zé da Velha, Hamilton de Holanda, Marco Pereira, Carlos Malta, Yamandú Costa, bem como os acordeonistas Dominguinhos, Osvaldinho do Acordeon e Renato Borghetti.

    Com seu notável conhecimento de harmonia e improvisação, Bebê teve sua primeira base, principalmente na música do seu Estado natal, Rio Grande do Sul, e hoje, toca choro, samba, tango, jazz e todos os outros estilos musicais com grande desenvoltura.

    Sua música já o levou em turnês por diversos países do mundo como: França, Espanha, Bélgica, Alemanha, Itália, Suíça, Holanda, Israel, China, Angola, Argentina, Liechtenstein e Áustria. Nesse último, participou por duas vezes do Festival de Acordeon de Viena, sendo considerado pelos críticos como um dos pontos altos do evento.

    Em 2008, mudou-se para o Rio de Janeiro, onde vive desde então, e este é certamente o lugar onde seus horizontes musicais se expandiram, tornando-o um dos mais renomados músicos no cenário da música instrumental Brasileira atualmente.

    O álbum “A Casa”, marca o início de sua carreira solo, em 2009, tendo as participações de Guinha Ramires, Guto Wirtti e Hamilton de Holanda, com a produção de Alegre Correa.

    Com Guinha Ramires e Alegre Corrêa gravou, na Áustria, o CD “Laçador”, o qual apresentou em diversos países da Europa e surpreendeu público e crítica.

    Participou, ao lado de Yamandu Costa, da gravação de um DVD ao vivo, com o qual excursionou pela China e Europa.

    Sua parceria com Toninho Ferragutti resultou no CD “Como Manda o Figurino”, com composições de ambos, e repertório variado, lançado em 2011.

    Gravou em 2012, o CD “Realejo”, com Gabriel Grossi, trabalho onde desfrutam da intimidade musical que lhes é peculiar.

    Do encontro fundamental com o maestro Paulo Moura, que o convidou para ser um de seus “batutas”, nome que o clarinetista emprestou de Pixinguinha, Bebê desenvolveu a ideia de explorar mais o acordeão no contexto da gafieira. Daí surgiu o projeto Gafieira do Bebê, em que o músico arregimenta um time de grandes músicos para executar um repertório de clássicos e de canções que ganham novos arranjos e levadas. O primeiro bailão aconteceu em fevereiro de 2014, no Cordão da Bola Preta, com participação da cantora Áurea Martins. “Eu, como gaúcho e acordeonista, tenho um histórico de bailes vida afora. Quando vim morar no Rio, absorvendo e sendo absorvido por esta cultura rica e diversificada não pude deixar de me influenciar pelo baile de gafieira” – explica Bebê, citando também outras de suas referências, a “menor big band do Mundo”, o trombonista Zé da Velha, e o trompetista Silvério Pontes, com quem toca constantemente. Bebê é acompanhado por craques como o violonista Marco Pereira, pelo contrabaixista Guto Wirtti, pelo baterista Cassius Tepperson, pela percussão de Bebeto e pelos sopros de Zé Bigorna, Everson e Aquiles Moraes.

    Acompanhar Bebê Kramer e seu fole em sua viagem atemporal pelos salões de baile é garantia de leveza, alegria e boa música.

    Com os músicos Yamandu Costa, Rogerio Caetano e Luis Barcelos, gravou em 2015 o álbum “Tocata à Amizade” - vencedor do Prêmio da Música Brasileira 2016 em duas categorias: Melhor Disco Instrumental e Melhor Grupo.

    Sua versatilidade é destacada no CD “Roda Gingante” (2016) com Arismar do Espírito Santo, Gabriel Grossi, Leonardo Amuedo e Thiago Espírito Santo.

    “Alessandro Kramer Quarteto”, lançado em 2017, traz as participações de Guto Wirtti, Luis Barcelos e Sergio Valdeos, e apresenta claramente sua identidade musical, mesclando a tradição da música gaúcha com a ousadia que é sempre tão presente na sua musicalidade e foi indicado no ano de 2018 ao Prêmio da Música Brasileira, concorrendo com Hermeto Pascoal e Hamilton de Holanda.

    Com Teco Cardoso e Swami Jr, lançou em 2019, o álbum “Dança do Tempo”, que reúne um repertório autoral apresentando uma estética requintada.

    Em outubro de 2019, Bebê Kramer lançou o álbum “Vertical” reunindo com participações mais que especiais de grandes nomes da música instrumental brasileira. Kiko Freitas, Paulinho Fagundes, Eduardo Neves, Michel Dorfman, Guto Wirtti, Armando Marçal, Gabriel Vieira e Ernesto Fagundes, criam com Bebê Kramer uma unidade musical perfeita e assinada pela engenharia de gravação, mixagem e produção de Moogie Canazio. Em maio de 2020, foi lançado pelos estúdios Áudio Porto, o documentário “Vertical”, que aborda os bastidores do álbum. A cumplicidade com os músicos convidados é um dos aspectos mostrados neste recorte audiovisual sobre o nascimento da obra de Bebê Kramer, um dos maiores acordeonistas do País.

Contact Information

  • Email: lilianmacedobr@gmail.com
  • Telephone: (31) 99600-0651

My Media & Markets

  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UC27SPFleEJ_k8Y3F4ZEd9iw
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7A0El4M58qq3JxG3dSUMZS
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/7sdlSTPsUA6WdT6qPJQgGc
  • ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/0aDLRa6ADQqiGyqMHFmDol
  • ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/7jaGVVrFmyRP3CrEbEVOKt
  • ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/6hyyvV52DPrSMvj1JrPlAU

Clips (more may be added)

  • 0:17:07
    Bebê Kramer - Vertical (Documentário)
    By Bebê Kramer
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    Yamandu Costa, Carlinhos 7 Cordas e Bebe Kramer : Receita de Samba (Jacob do Bandolim)
    By Bebê Kramer
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