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Professional Drummer for 16 years, has worked
with several singers and MPB groups Studed at Berklee College of Music in Boston USA (5WeekSummer Program (2008). Had classes with the instructors: Alberto Neto, Sergio Bellotti, Robert Tamagni, Rick Considine, Larry Finn, Rick Kress, Bob Kaufman, Tim Mayer, David Weiger, Rob Rose, Kenneth A. Zamb. Fábio Saffi has been Drum player for 10 years and taught classes at the school “Livre de Música” in the city of Jaú – Brazil. CEMUSI“ Centro Musical“ and “Ritmo School“ in the city of São Carlos - Brazil and also teaches private classes applying musical didactics targeting the following styles: Rock, Funk, Salsa (Latin Music), Jazz and Brazilian Music, Technique and Reading.
Participated in
the “1° Festival of Drummer and 1° Festival of Guitarist in the
city of Jaú – Brazil. Played
in the 35º Festival of Canção de Minas Gerais“ Brazil, with the
group Maracutaia in the Internacional Festival of Music “del Mundo“
in He played in several workshops together with the guitarist Alberto Correia, ex-music instructor at UNICAMP (University Campinas – Brazil) and also played with the trombone Dejair Rodolf and the Noth American piano player Kelvin Shollar (Free Jazz 2002) as well as with the French violinist Nicolas Krassik among others.
He also recorded
several CDs suchas : Odd Job (Rock), Tribo Terra I and II (Brazilian
Popular Music), Ozy dos Palmares, Pedro Paulo (Brazilian Popular
Music), Hamilton e seus Estados (Regional Music), Fábio Lopes Jazz
Trio I and II (Jazz), Hamilton Dantas "Jabá" (Instrumental Music)
Banda Vambora (Coletânea Subindo a Ladeira), Manuel Baptista
(Christian Music), Banda Eternun Dei (Christian Music), Elias and
Rubens (Gospel), Cintia
Cristina (Gospel) Toca Térmica (Rock), Laércio de Oliveira, CDs: “
Quero a Paz” and “ Motivo da Canção “ (Christian Music - CD
released in Brazil, USA, Spain and Portugal), Migueli (Spanish
singer, Christian Music , CD released in
Participated of other musical projects : Quartet Samambaia (Elis Regina with Influence of Jazz) Quintet Samambaia (Brazilian Instrumental Music), Rush Trio Cover (Rush), Trio Pé de Cabra (Instrumental Music), Cubanismo Band (Latin Music). Nowadays Fábio participes in several projects such as: Private classes, studio recording among others.
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Bolívia
at the lake Titicaca, in the town Puerto Perez together with groups
of other countries such as: Panamá, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico,
Equador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ivory Coast. In the same festival,
Fábio had a special appearance with the singer from Mexico, Miguel
Sevilla. He also participated in the ceremony "Descubra o Brasil"
which took place in the Hotel Europa and at the Thelonius Jazz Bar
in the city of La Paz. He participated in three Jazz Festivals in
São Carlos – Brazil, and in the 1° Festival MPB Instrumental of
Tatuí – Brazil. He also atended workshops with Roberto Sion, Nelson
Ayres, Iteberê Zwarg, Fernando Corrêa, Manê Silveira, Silvinho
Mazzuca Jr, Toninho Ferrugutti, Benjamin Taubkin, Arrigo Barnabé,
Djalma Lima, Tiago do Espírito Santos, Proveta, Hermeto Pascoal,
Carlos Tacha, Guello, Renato Martins, Caito Marcondes, Márcio Bahia,
Zé Eduardo Nazário, Nenê, Wesley Izar (Lelo), Bob Waity, Magno
Bizolli, Rui Motta, Mauricio Leite, Douglas Las Casas, Ac Dal Fára.
Brazil
and Spain), Nelson Hilário (Gospel), Elvira Nina (Boston/USA –
(Christian Music), CD released in Brazil and USA, Rogério Vicentini
(Instrumental Rock), Alexandre Pivato (Boyna) (Instrumental Music).
In some of these recordings he had the pleasure to work with:
Arquimedes Ferreira, Luisinho Felipe, Edson Lallo, Ricieri
Nascimento, Alexandre Pivato (Boyna) and others.