Ivan Conti

Ivan Conti, aka "Mamão," is the drummer of Azymuth. Also having developed a solo work, he still participated in the recording of Eumir Deodato's Os Catedráticos and Paul Mauriat's (with whose orchestra Mamão toured Brazil and Japan) Exclusively Brazil. In the early '60s, Mamão started to frequent the Beco das Garrafas (Bottles' Alley) in Copacabana, Rio, where bossa nova and jazz were featured ...more