CARAIVANA's six members, coming from different Brazilian cities, met in 2005 while on holiday in a small village in southern Bahia and became friends. Soon the jam sessions where one could hear the best of Brazilian music of all times and all genres became a summer's tradition. Over time, they all developed a great friendship and understanding between them and as the game started to get serious, French producer Daniel Vangarde invited them to record an album with the repertoire that had been delighting residents, tourists and natives of the place. While recording in Studio Mosh in São Paulo, musicians and producer achieved to preserve the most of the relaxed and friendly atmosphere that united all of them around the project.
Before they met in the Bahian coast, CARAIVANA's members were already renowned individually. Douglas Lora, from São Paulo, is a songwriter and guitarist. He can easily move from classical to popular music. Dudu Maia , from Brasilia, mandolinist, has been standing out in Brazil and abroad as a performer, composer, arranger and producer. Alexandre Lora , also from São Paulo as his brother, is a percussionist and drummer; he studied ethnomusicology in Barcelona. Alex Souza, from Brasilia, is an actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. Fabio Luna , from Rio de Janeiro, is a flautist, percussionist, composer and performer. Juninho Billy Joe , from Bahia, is a singer, percussionist and composer.
CARAIVANA' s first album reflects the eclecticism of its own components and Brazilian music's diversity. It offers different rhythms such as samba, choro and forró. Jacob do Mandolin, Edu Lobo, Noel Rosa, Sivuca and Gonzaguinha are some of the composers chosen to form this mosaic, which also includes the brilliant Pixinguinha and Ary Barroso.
