[1][2] Legally blind, he was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and he died at 63 years old in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Manfredo Fest was of German descent: his father was a concert pianist from Germany who taught at University in Porto Alegre.
His initial musical training had been classical, but at 17 years old, he became interested in the jazz works of George Shearing and Bill Evans.
In this album, he counted with Humberto Clayber (bass), Antonio Pinheiro (drums) and Hector Costita (saxophone and flute).
Fest died of liver failure at the age of 63 in Tampa, Florida, not far from his home in Palm Harbor, where he had lived for 12 years.