Bio:
Maestro Fred Dantas (Frederico Dantas) is a trombonist, composer, arranger, big band leader, ethnomusicologist and educator. He's founder of the Oficina de Frevos e Dobrados, an organization he's led for the past 30 years and which is dedicated to teaching music to young people. He also leads the Orquestra Fred Dantas, working broadly in the styles of gafieira, frevo, and marchinhas de carnaval.