Los Angeles-based Brazilian record producer, journalist, publicist, arranger, composer, percussionist, radio DJ, sound engineer and educator. Founder and CEO of the JSR (Jazz Station Records) label, a division of Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting, located in LA, California. Member of IAJE, JJA (Jazz Journalists Association), LAJS (Los Angeles Jazz Society), AIM, ABI, and voting member of NARAS-GRAMMY. He is married to actress Lisa Marie.