Episode 55 Mestre Junior Sampaio

The Brazilian Beat

Bio:

Bateria Mestre at Renascer de Jacarepaguá, bateria director at Unidos da Tijuca, musician, percussion teacher at Batuque Digital, graduated with a degree in music theory from the Villa Lobos School of Music.

Junior Sampaio started at G.R.E.S. Portela where he was a percussionisa and sambista from 1998 to 2005. He was invited by none other than Armando Marçal (Marçalzinho) to be one of the directors at Portela. He did this until 2015, when he migrated to the Academicos de Grande Rio where he stayed for two years. Mestre Casagrande asked him to direct at Unidos da Tijuca where he has been directing and composing ever since. In the fall of 2018 he became a Mestre at Renascer de Jacarepaguá's Bateria. He has been a director at the Union of the Curicica Park, the Academics of Rocinha, the Union of Jacarepaguá, e Inocentes de Belford roxo. He also worked as a sambista in schools such as Imperatriz, Salgueiro, Grande Rio, Tijuca and others.

He has taught in workshops and shared his knowledge around the world including Ecuador, Argentina and Portugal. This year, 2019, he was the Mestre at the HUGE event “Mega Samba” in Portugal.

Links:

Junior Sampaio Origins of samba school caixa patterns:
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmHB7G9Zyq8
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr_qFLaYdtM&t=997s

Instagram:
MestreJuniorSampaio https://www.instagram.com/mestrejuniorsampaio/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dosampaioreal/

Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkqhzUSl3yS7BbavnykwwQ

Renacer Jacarepaguá’s parade 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZYgZ1cphL8

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