Born in 1977 in Brazil, Nelson Veras developed a unique style based on a mix of classical guitar, contemporary jazz and his Brazilian roots!
Nelson Veras moved to France at the age of 14 and immediately caught the attention of a large audience after an appearance on a special TV show where he played with Pat Metheny. At 16, he formed his first band, a quartet with Eric Barret, Michel Benita and Aldo Romano, with which he performed at renowned festivals such as Jazz in Marciac and the Nice Jazz Festival. At the same time, he was part of Aldo Romano's band with Palle Daniellson and Stefano Di Batista, and joined Michel Petrucciani's sextet ‘Young Lions’!
In 1998, at the age of 20, he was one of the 3 winners of the ‘Premio Visa of Brazilian Music’, along with Hamilton de Hollanda and Andre Mehmari!
In 2001, he played with Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock and Aldo Romano in a tribute concert for Michel Petrucciani!
In 2003, he recorded his first solo CD on Label Bleu with Magic Malik, Harmen Fraanje and Stéphane Galland!
In 2004 and 2005, he toured and recorded with Steve Coleman's Five Elements. !
In 2009, he recorded a solo guitar CD released on Beejazz. And in 2011, he recorded a trio CD with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Stéphane Galland on the same label. Each of these records received extremely positive reactions from both the professional press and the general public. !
Other collaborations include: Richard Galliano, Octurn, Manu Katché, Aka Moon, Tomasz Stanko, Eric Le Lann, Mark Turner, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Benoît Delbecq, Jozef Dumoulin, Marc Ducret, Airelle Besson, Jonathan Kreisberg, Rick Margitza, Miroslav Vitous, Dre Pallemaerts, Alain Jean-Marie, Billy Cobham, Jon Faddis, Johnny Griffin, David Linx, Eric Legnini,Abraham Laboriel , Linley Marthe, Etienne m'Bappe, Moktar Samba, Toninho Horta,U. Sivaraman, Marcia Maria, Rita Marcottulli, Aydin Essen, Furio di Castri, Adam Pieronczyk, Peter Bernstein, Frank Mobus, Jesse Van Ruller, Hein Van de Geyn, Andre Ceccarelli, Linda Oh, Ziv Ravitz, Curtis Fowler, Jonathan Finlayson, David Virelles, Gerald Cleaver, Marylin Mazur, Jen Shyu, Michel Grailler, Jean Francois Jenny Clark, Jean Jacques Avenel, Glenn Ferris, Jean Michel Pilc, Riccardo del Fra, Robertinho Silva, Marcio Montarroyos, Jeff Gardner, Martijn Vink, Fabian Fiorini, Gautier Capucon, Marcus Gilmore, Tyshawn Sorey, Dafnis Prieto, Vincent Segal, Minino Garay, Anga Diaz, Prabhu Edouard, Daniel Humair, Stephane Edouard, Jean Pierre Como, Michelle Hendricks, David Venitucci, Renaud Garcia Fons. !
Nelson Veras gave numerous workshops around the world and was a teacher at the ‘Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris’ (CNSM)!
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