In 1957, he started his musical career, playing in João Donato's group, while in Rio de Janeiro, and joining the pianist Luís Loy, when he moved to São Paulo.
The group would be considered one of the main bands of samba-jazz and played many times in Beco das Garrafas, where bossa-nova was born.
He also participated of Berlin Jazz Festival, in 1966, and the opening show of Canecão, a famous concert hall in Rio de Janeiro, in 1967.
He played for four months in Mikonos Jazz Club, as member of Grupo Stress, also composed by Márcio Montarroyos, Laércio de Freitas, Luizão Maia and Pascoal Meirelles.
It counts with the musicians Guilherme Dias Gomes (trumpet), Adriano Giffoni (bass), Laércio de Feitas (piano) and Robertinho Silva (drums).
[1] The fourth album, named Esquema novo, was recorded in 2005 to evoke the historical period of samba-jazz and discuss its reformulations along next years.