Artist description A mixture of styles from Raggae to R+B to Ballads, from Dance to Salsa and Jazz.All songs were composed produced and arranged by Ricardo Laranja.Songs from his CD "Plurality in The USA" are performed by Ricardo himself as well as other artists.

Music Style A little of everything

Musical Influences Brazilian music

Artist History Ricardo Laranja has a long history of performing in the United States and abroad.He also teaches in his spare time as well as playing concerts,festivals and conferences.At the age of 12, Ricardo became the youngest professional musician in Brazilian history.Ricardo published his teaching manual Toque Rapido (Play Fast)at the age of 14.He completed the performance course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.He studied piano at the Frankfurt School of music in Germany.He also attended the University of Engineering of musical Technology in San Jose, California,The School of the Recording Engineering and Media production in Ohio,and the Grove school of music in Los Angeles.This enterprising young man recently graduated with a Jazz Major in Grand Rapids Michigan, the first to do so in 8 years.

Group Members Ricardo Laranja and Friends... Virna Smith, Bill Lepech, Miriam Lynch, Arika Kimble and Schianti Dixon.

Instruments Voice, Piano, Trumpet

Albums Plurality in The USA and Starting Over

Press Reviews http://www.laranjarecords.com/pages/gpressi.html

Location Grand Haven, Michigan - USA

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