Tulio Araujo Musician - All About Jazz

Updated: October 17, 2023

Born: November 22, 1978

Imagine a Pandeiro, absent of drums. Strong thumbs mark the low notes, slaps plays the snare and jingles moving like a cymbal. Welcome to Tulio Araujo's world.

Tulio is a Brazilian musician, carrying advanced degrees and experience in the fields of Percussion, Music Production and Sound Engineering. He has studied with renowned masters Ian Guest (Hungary), Santiago Reyther (Cuba), Marcos Suzano (Brazil). Through his experimentation and study, he dreamt and effectively conceived a way to merge his main instrument with the improvisation universe that Jazz provides.

Mr. Araujo grew obsessed with metric, rhythmic modulations and polyrhythms. His intense study led him to apply his knowledge and passion into the creation of his six albums. He has a strong international career, specially in the United States, where he lived for three years playing and teaching. He loves to collaborate with different projects and musicians.

Tulio Araujo is world wide known for his unique technic on Pandeiro, that elevated him into a position of a high demanded educator. He spends his time producing and coordinating workshops, masterclasses and online curses in schools and universities all around the globe.

Awards

Akademia Awards, 2015
Best Jazz Album

Embrulhador, 2015
Best Brazilian Instrumentalist

BDMG, 2015
Instrumental Album of the Year

Embrulhador, 2019
Best Instrumental Album of the Year

Carlos Calado, 2019
Top 50 Best Jazz Albums of the Year

International Song Writing Competition (ISWC), 2020
Finalist

Unsigned Only Competition, 2022
Finalist

Take Five with Tulio Araujo

by AAJ Staff
October 16, 2023

Meet Tulio Araujo Tulio is a Brazilian musician, carrying advanced degrees and experience in the fields of Percussion, Music Production and Sound Engineering. He has studied with renowned masters Ian Guest (Hungary), Santiago Reyther (Cuba), Marcos Suzano (Brazil), among others. Through his experimentation and study, he dreamt and effectively conceived a way to merge the pandeiro with the improvisation universe that jazz provides. Araujo grew obsessed with metric, rhythmic modulations and polyrhythms. His intense study led him to ...

Recording

Tulio Araujo releases his sixth album Awerejê, merging his Brazilian Pandeiro with modern arrangements of Jazz standards

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2023

Brazilian percussionist Tulio Araujo, known by his dedication to the Pandeiro, just released the sixth album of his career. Different than the previous recordings, based on his originals, this time he focused on special arrangements of Jazz standards. Awerejê is a Brazilian indigenous word from Tupi Guarani language branch that means fusion, blending. No other concept would be more perfect to illustrate what you can listen in all nine tracks that, with bold arrangements, renews compositions by masters such as ...
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“Neither more nor less. The right place, the right time. Pandeiro in Jazz, yes sir, and full of bossa. A Brazilian from the world, migrant of the music, juggler or the sound. Túlio Araújo.”
--Patrícia Palumbo (Brazilian Music Critic)

“Tulio Araujo’s work is a master piece of instrumental music, that challenges creation bringing something completely fresh and new.”
--Latina Records (Japan)

“What this guy does with a Pandeiro in his hands is unbelievable.”
--Rolling Stone Brazil Magazine