Discovering João
Donato
João Donato
live, 1986.
Donato
Tidbits, Trivia, & News 
1986, Keyboard
Magazine (in chronological order)
Discovering João
Donato
João Donato
live, 1986.
Donato
Tidbits, Trivia, & News
1986, Keyboard
Magazine (in chronological order)
Donatokeyboard-art.JPG - An article from Keyboard Magazine, 1986 (courtesy of the writer, Arnaldo DeSouteiro).
April 2000
Program front cover from concert which featured tracks from the
Amazonas CD, which had just been released in Brazil.
Below are two pages from the inside of the
program.
- Solo-with-donato.mp3
- (1.8 mb) - This excerpt with Donato on piano and drummer Claudio
Slon is taken from one of the unissued tracks of The João
Donato Trio performing in concert with the São Paulo Jazz
Sinfonica in May 2000. This track was NOT included on the
The Frog CD - which was recorded from that live concert.
The excerpt is in stereo and features the Donato Trio playing
"Minha Saudade" without the symphony. The above link will take you to
the place in Claudio's website where the mp3 file resides.
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OEstado_Donato.pdf
- A Brazilian newspaper article about the Donato Trio that was
published while the Trio was still playing in Brasil in March
2000.
February 2001
Ithamara Koorax/João Donato Concert in
Saõ Paulo, Brazil at SESC Theater--Feb 3 & 4, 2001.
Personnel: Ithamara Koorax (vocal); João Donato (piano); Luiz Alves (bass); Robertinho Silva (drums).
Concert Producer: Sonia Sirimarco.
April 2001
Above advertising promoting the Donato
concert at Bourbon Street, in São Paulo, April 10 & 11,
2001, for broadcast on DirecTV.
May 2001
The concert program (above and below)
from the Donato Trio's performance in Brazil - Spring 2001 -
personally signed by Mr. Donato himself.
February 2003
Palmyra & Levita performing live with Joao Donato, in Brasilia,
February 2003, in the opening night of their tour to promote the
album "Here's
That Rainy Bossa Day". This concert
was filmed and broadcast live as a musical special in Brazilian
TV.
This photo appeared at the top of an
article which can be accessed below and was taken from a live sold
out concert
given on October 10 at amphiteater Concha Acustica and which was
broadcast live for all Northeast Brazil by TV Educadora.
The newspaper review was published in Bahia's leading newspaper, A
Tarde, on October 11.
Donato-itha-article-2.JPG
- Newspaper article from A Tarde, published on October 11,
2003.[440k]
July 2005
Donato composition played on "Le Show"!
An episode of Harry Shearer's "Le Show"
radio program played a part of Donato's "Bananeira" composition (sung
by Joyce) as a transition piece between segments of the show.
