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  • Poa Jazz Festival

    Kiko Freitas, Nico Bueno e Luis Mauro Filho - Instituto Ling 10/14/2023 4pm

    12 de October de 2023

  • Café Fonfon

    Kiko Freitas, Paulo Dorfman e Edu Saffi - Café Fonfon 10/13/2023

    12 de October de 2023

  • Workshop Kiko Freitas 05/15/2023

    Complexo da Estação 05/15/2023 Bento Gonçalves/RS

    23 de April de 2023

  • Porto Alegre 05/13/2023

    Vivaldi Elétrico - Theatro São Pedro 05/13/2023 Porto Alegre/RS

    23 de April de 2023

  • Florianópolis 05/03/2023

    Escola de Música Rafael Bastos 05/03/2023 Florianópolis/SC

    11 de April de 2023

  • Joinville 05/02/2023

    Circolo Italiano 05/02/2023 Joinville/SC

    11 de April de 2023

  • Workshop Kiko Freitas

    Hotel Itaimbé 04/24/2023 Santa Maria/RS

    11 de April de 2023

  • Marcio Philomena & Amigos

    Espaço 373 04/14/2023 Porto Alegre/RS

    11 de April de 2023

  • JAZZIMBA 02/11/23

    Imbituba 1st Jazz Week Saturday 7pm IAC - Imbituba Atlético Clube

    4 de November de 2022

  • Masterclass 11/11/22

    Museu da Imagem e do Som Centro Integrado de Cultura Free Pass 3pm to 5pm

    4 de November de 2022

  • Drum Festival 11/06/22

    Odara Cafe e Ofício Belo Horizonte 15pm to 10pm

    4 de November de 2022

  • Trio in Concert 11/04/22

    Paulo Dorfman - Edu Saffi - Kiko Freitas November 4th Friday 9pm

    4 de November de 2022

  • João Bosco 50th

    23.SEP PORTO ALEGRE 24.SEP RECANTO MAESTRO

    30 de August de 2022

  • Tribute to Bossa Nova

    Kungsgatan, 63, Stockholm - 28/09/22

    30 de August de 2022

  • Trio in Concert

    Kiko Freitas, Paulo Dorfman and Edu Saffi - Café Fonfon 09/09/22

    30 de August de 2022

  • 4VENTOS

    Orquestra de Sopros de Novo Hamburgo e Mário Adnet - Especial Tom Jobim

    17 de August de 2022

  • Imersão Brasil

    Lecture on Afro-Brazilian music in partnership with the great Gabi Guedes

    16 de July de 2022

  • Play Along Contest

    Submit a video of yourself playing-along to a track from Kiko Freitas “Brazilian Groove Book” for a chance to win!

    2 de August de 2021

  • PRIVATE LESSONS TOUR

    From 01/10/21 to 02/17/21

    28 de December de 2020

  • The Brazilian Groove Book release

    Completing a cycle of some years of hard work, my book is released today in partnership with Hudson Music.

    8 de July de 2020

  • International Jazz Day 2020

    It is a great joy to participate of  the International Jazz Day, playing with the greats John Beasley and Magnus Lindgren.

    2 de May de 2020

  • Workshop Kiko Freitas Winnipeg

    4 de February de 2020

  • Kiko Freitas & Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

    A great pleasure to be playing two concerts with this wonderful orchestra and to do a clinic in Winnipeg.

    4 de February de 2020

  • Neil Peart

    When a drummer leaves, the world loses a little bit of his rhythm and charm...

    10 de January de 2020

  • Readers Poll

    Thanks to the Modern Drummer for the award as best drummer in the “World“ category

    29 de March de 2019

  • Column by Kiko Freitas on the Modern Drummer Magazine Dec/2018

    Click here

    17 de February de 2019

  • A day of drums/percussion

    January 26, 2019

    9 de January de 2019

  • Readers Pool

    Nomination for the category World in the Modern Drummer Readers Pool.

    1 de December de 2018

  • Going to Sweden

    Jazz Across Continents - October 16 - 20th 2018

    15 de October de 2018

  • Oficina de Música de Curitiba

    From January 17 - 20th 2019, in Curitiba PR, Brasil

    15 de October de 2018

  • Kiko Freitas at the Paiste Official Website

    Check out Kiko Freitas' profile at the Paiste Official Website. 

    15 de October de 2018
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Discography

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Gallery

Workshop 26/06/18 – Improviso
Kiko Paiste
Solo with NDR Big Band & Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie
João Bosco
Workshop Made in Brazil (solo)
Portrait Julio Cordeiro
Visiting the Paiste Factory, Switzerland – 5/2/2019
Quick Tips – 09
ExpoPearl 2019. Foto: Dinho Santos
Sound Check
Festival da Primavera 2018
Solo
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Biography

Kiko Freitas was born in Porto Alegre, Brasil, in a family of musicians, poets and artists, in august 16th, 1969. As a professional drummer since 1987, he performed with great artists such as: Michel Legrand, Nico Assumpção, João Bosco, Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque, Frank Gambale, Lee Ritenour, John Patitucci, John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren, Peter Asplund, Jeff Richman, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jeff Andrews, Hubert Laws, John Leftwich, Wolf Kerschek, Lars Jansson, Nils Landgren, Lars Jansson, James Genus, Ivan Lins, Hamilton de Holanda, Leila Pinheiro, Armando Marçal, Luiz Eça, Francis Hime, Vladyslav Sendecki, NDR Big Band, Matosinhos Jazz Orchestra, Junge Norddeutsche Phillarmonie, Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, Thomas Törnhaden, Peter Knudsen, among many others.

As an educator, Kiko has been carrying out many clinics in Brazil and around the world, participating as a teacher in events like: National Brazilian Drummers Festival, Curso Internacional de Verão-EMB, Masters of the Drums Workshop, Salão Internacional da Bateria, Encontro Latino Americano de Percussão (UFSM), Curitiba Memorial, Conservatório de MPB, Göteborg Music University, Malmö Music University and Stockholm Royal Achademy of Music (Sweden), Hochschule Für Music und Theater- Hamburg, Conservatorium Von Amsterdam, University from Rotherdam, California Jazz Conservatory (USA), Columbus University (OH-USA), University of Louisville (KY-USA).

Kiko Freitas plays with João Bosco since 1999, touring extensively in Brazil, USA and Europe, performing in many international jazz festivals, such as: Schleswig-Holstein-Musik-Festival, Salzau Jazz Festival, Montreaux Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Malta Jazz Festival, Eldena Jazz Festival, Jazz Baltica, Internacionales Jazz Festival Bingen Swingt, Hamburg Jazz Open, Festival Internacional de Jazz de Granada, Ludwigshafen Enjoy Jazz, Jazz Classics Basel, Jazz Fest Sarajevo, Las Palmas Rrincón Jazz, Madrid Jazz Festival, Gijón Festival, All Blues Jazz Recitals, Istanbul Caz Jazz Festival, Kaunas Jazz Festival, Musiques Sur L’ile, Jazz Stars in Krakow, Skopje Jazz Festival, Toulouse Jazz Sur Son, Red Sea Jazz Festival.
Kiko was elected Best Drummer in World Music by the Modern Drummer Magazine, in 2019.
Kiko Freitas is endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks, Paiste Cymbals, Pearl Drums, Urban Boards Drum Shoes, Aquarian Drumheads and Gavazzi Cases.

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Kiko Freitas shares his expertise and love of the rhythms of his home country of Brazil in this inspiring and enlightening look at samba. Starting with a breakdown of the layers of samba, Kiko presents independence ideas using tamborim rhythms, batucada patterns, left hand and left foot independence concepts, odd-meter tamborim rhythms, and an approach to the samba snare drum. From there the material expands to include partido alto, using the brushes in samba, samba/funk, and samba school concepts. The book concludes with polyrhythmic ideas applied to samba. All of the content is explained in detail, accompanied by Kiko’s special method of vocalizing rhythms during practice.
The package includes over 115 videos covering dozens of the examples and variations in the book, plus 4 play-along tracks.
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The idea of this DVD-Book is to show the student and musician my vision and approach aplying some of the most important brazilian rhythms and styles on the drum set. Its is very important to remember that the best way to understand and get to know any music style is to listen and play these styles, living and breathing them deeply and also getting to know the masters and the recordings that best represent the music you want to learn. I would like to thank all the great drummers who came before, opening the way to the new generations and giving form to the percussive tradition from Brazil on the drum set.

CONTENTS
– Layers of Samba
– Independence Applied to The Samba Groove
– Independence – Left Hand Drives – Right Hand Combinations
– Brushes I – Samba – Part 1
– Brushes II – Bossa Nova & Sound Possibilities
Extras:
– Application in the music Rio, by Nelson Faria.
– Live Drum Cam – Incompatibilidade de Gênios (João Bosco)
– Live Drum Cam – Bala com Bala (João Bosco)

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This DVD is an excerpt from the app “Kiko Freitas # 1 – Three basic strokes”. Totaling 50 minutes, it deals with 3 types of stokes: tap, up stroke, accent without rebound, paradiddle-diddle, flam accent and combinations between them.

Besides the full content of the App and the extras with João Bosco, Francis Hime, Nosso Trio and solos, the DVD also presents a lesson on independence applied to samba.

CONTENTS

– Introduction
– Tap
– Up stroke
– Accent without rebound
– Accent without rebound + Up stroke
– Accent without rebound + Tap + Up stroke
– Single stroke #1
– Single stroke #2
– Single stroke #3
– Single stroke #4
– Paradiddle
– Paradiddle-diddle
– Flam accent
– Solo

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The idea of this App is to show the student and musician my vision and approach applying some of the most important Brazilian rhythms and styles on the drum set. It is very important to remember that the best way to understand and get to know any music style is to listen and play these styles, living and breathing them deeply and also getting to know the masters and the recordings that best represent the music you want to learn. I would like to thank all the great drummers who came before, opening the way to the new generations and giving form to the percussive tradition from Brazil on the drum set.

CONTENTS

BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS SERIES
– Layers of Samba
– Independence Applied to The Samba Groove
– Independence – Left Hand Drives – Right Hand Combinations
– Brushes I – Samba – Part 1
– Brushes I – Samba – Part 2
– Brushes II – Bossa Nova & Sound Possibilities
– Brushes III – Bossa Nova
– Brushes IV – Groove & Drive Variations
– Brushes + Sticks – Independence for the Left Foot
– Brushes + Sticks – Sound Possibilities
– Samba Grooves in 3/4
– Samba Grooves in 5/4 + 5/8
– Samba Grooves in 7/8 + 7/4

BOOKS
Toque Junto Bossa Nova Bateria – Kiko Freitas

PDF LESSONS WITH AUDIO
Brazilian Rhythms fro Drumset – A Contemporary Concept (2003)

THREE BASIC STROKES (free)
– Introduction
– Tap
– Up stroke
– Accent without rebound
– Accent without rebound + Up stroke
– Accent without rebound + Tap + Up stroke
– Single stroke #1
– Single stroke #2
– Single stroke #3
– Single stroke #4
– Paradiddle
– Paradiddle-diddle
– Flam accent
– Solo
Duration: 30 minutes

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To all who have been asking, now I am opening some hours for Skype lessons. If you are interested, send an email to kikofreitas@kikofreitas.com.br

My best regards. Thank you!

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