To promote the launch of their new CD, “3690”,  MU5A will be performing @ Sappho Live. Come along to get your copy of their new CD, and enjoy great music from these amazing musicians!

Start Time: : 9.30pm

Entrance Fee: $200

MU5A’s:

The group was formed by Martin ‘Musa’ Musaubach in 2011 in Beijing with the idea of forming a trio to host a weekly Jam Session on Thursdays at one of China’s hot spots for Jazz and Blues Music, CD Blues. Those memorable Jam Sessions became the place to be for all the foreign musicians working in China’s capital and what started as a hobby to release some steam ended up being for this 3 musicians, the beginning of a great adventure in the Asian Music Scene.

To define MUSA’s with a word, that should be Brotherhood. That’s what this band is about. When you see their performance live the only feeling that comes out of the stage is Love, no matter what they play, whether it is Astor Piazzolla, Chick Corea, or Original Pieces, a soft and sad ballad or an extremely fast and pyrotechnical latin jazz piece, you can see, listen and feel the Joy they have just to be able to play together and share it in front of an audience.

-The Band-

Adriano ¨Gao Fei¨ Moreira   from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

-Drums and Percussion-

He started to play at the age of 4 years old and he is completely self-taught. He studied mostly by listening great drummers, being his biggest influence the style of Mr. Dennis Chambers and Mr. Buddy Rich both also self-taught musicians. At the age of 6 he was already performing weekly at church as the drummer and hand percussionist of the band.

His first recording experience came at the early age of 13 years old, playing hand percussion for the album of a Capoeira Group -folkloric dance and martial art from Brazil- where he was also a part of. For his second studio experience he recorded with his own rock band THRAM with whom he toured all over his country.

In 2005 he was hired by the R&B and Latin Band BR Connection to travel outside of Brazil and that is how he started his International music career. He worked in the city of Shenzhen. For 2 years the band performed at the most important venues of the city, such as True Color, the Crown Plaza Hotel, and Musibase.

Then, band was hired by a Cruise Company from Canada, Celebrity Infinity, performing in such countries as USA, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.

After a short break in Brazil and as a result of his first international experience, in 2010 he decided to come back to China, but this time without being a member of any band, to pursue his career in music not only working as an entertainer but also looking for a deeper approach to music. It was at this time when he ran into Martin and Luka for the second time and the rest is known history.

Fabio Moreira  from Sao Paulo, Brazil.     

–Acoustic and Electric Guitar-

This Brazilian artist is a talented performer with great potential and skills.
At 12 years old Fabio Moreira started playing guitar in the C.P.Y College Music In Brazil.
After 6 years studying, Fabio decide to “teach himself” and the same year he joined a band called: Brazil Connection, that was a combination of Funk, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae, Fusion and Latin music with which he began to tour all over the world and thus gaining the experience he needed for his current work as recording artist for the Taiwanese label D.F.M.

Danny Deysher  from Los Angeles,  U.S.A    

–Trumpet and Flügelhorn-

Born in LA, California, 1957. Began playing trumpet at 10 years of age. At 15, played in “San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra” in LA, conducted by Elmer Bernstein. Played “lead-trumpet” on Tom Jones 1980 World Tour. From 1987 to 1991, lived in Spain recording and performing.1991 to 1993, lived in Paris, France. Played “lead-trumpet” in “Paris Jazz Repertoire Orchestra” winning 1st prize at National Big Band Competition in Paris, 1992. Graduated from “Ecole Normal de Musique de Paris in 1993 with Master’s Degree in Performance.  Performed with “Temptations” and “Four Tops” (lead-trumpet) for opening of Euro-Disney in Paris, France in 1993.
1993- moved to Taiwan. Performing with Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, Stevie Wonder Asia Tour in Taipei-1996. Recently finished Wu Bai/China Blue 20 Year Anniversary Tour in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, China. ..

Lautaro “Luka”  Bellucca  from La Plata, Argentina.    

–Bass and Double Bass-

He started with the bass at the age of 12 and 2 years later he went to study to EMU a Jazz Music School from his hometown member of the International Schools Of Jazz Association. Great masters of the style went there to give clinics and master class: Karl Miklin and Herve Selin (Europe), Hugo Fattoruso (Uruguay), Pedro Aznar (Argentina).  He also received private lessons from the great Argentinean Bassist Alejandro “el zurdo” Herrera, a world known bass player that played and toured for a long time with the guitar player Al Di Meola.

At the age of 16 he was playing live with many musicians and Jamming in every Jam Sessions he could find both in La Plata (his hometown) and in Buenos Aires.

By the time he was 20 he formed the band Lo Que Te Falta Quarteto with Jose Antonio Centorbi (drums and hand percussion), Juan Gascon (Electric and Acoustic Guitar) and his little brother Joaquin Bellucca (flute and saxophone). This group is a fusion between Jazz and Folkloric music. It won a big contest made by the government of La Plata and they could record and release an album with the same name as the band: Lo Que Te Falta Quarteto.

Martin “Musa” Musaubach  from La Plata, Argentina.

–Band Leader, Pianist and Keyboardist-

Pianist, Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Band Leader from Argentina, has been studying, working and developing a career in music for more than 18 years. He started playing at the age of 4.

By the age of 13 he was already working as keyboardist in Labrusca, a small Blues band from his hometown. Since then, he never stopped playing live. During the first semester of 2011 he was hired as the Musical Director of the Shangri-La Summit Wing Hotel’s Jazz band, the most important hotel in Beijing.

Currently, he is working for the Taiwan based label D.F.M.. With this label he has recorded and toured around Asia as pianist, keyboardist and band leader of Mr. Gary Chaw (曹格). He has also worked as arranger and producer of his albums. With the guidance of Mr. Michael Tu (涂惠源), Musa teamed up with Mr. Gary Chaw (曹格) to develop the now famous Project Sensation 1 ´Jazz´, an album that was number one in the charts from the day of its release, keeping that position for over a month, which gave the chance to the ´Project´ to go on tour all over Asia and Australia, selling out the Hong Kong Coliseum two nights in a row.

Musa has also collaborated with Mainstream Labels such as Sony Music and H.I.M, touring as keyboardist and band leader for the singer-songwriter Ms. Joanna Wang (王若琳) for the release of her last album ´Galaxy Crisis´ and as keyboardist for the renown alternative rock artist  Ms. Deserts Chang (張懸) as well as pianist for the talented Singaporean Pop-Jazz, Bossa Nova singer Ms. Olivia Ong (王儷婷).

Apart from his mainstream work, Martin is continually performing his original compositions in different formats, as trio, duo or solo piano,  on tours in some of the most famous jazz bars of eastern Asia such as Brown Sugar, CJW, JZ Club, CDBlues, Legacy Taipei, Riverside Café, and many others.

Musa was offered an International Endorsement deal by the Italian keyboard manufacturer Studiologic, signed at the beginning of 2013, making him the first endorser of the brand for the Asian Market.

Based in Taipei, Taiwan, since 2012 Musa has found in Asia a home away from home, and a place where he feels free to explore every aspect of music making in a career that has barely just begun.