Jorge Mário da Silva was born in 1970 in Belford Roxo in Rio de Janeiro,
and he always
knew he wanted to be a musician. He had several jobs since he was 10 years old, frequented samba
clubs and
bars in Rio and started singing very young at night. He left home at 19 and was homeless for
about 7 years,
where he made his first contact with the theater. Discovered by the clarinetist Paulo Moura, he
auditioned for a
musical and since then his life has completely changed. “Seu Jorge” (nickname meaning “Seu
Jorge”, his friend, his musician, his entertainment) achieved his
first professional achievement as a musician in 1998: member of the band Farofa Carioca,
released the
album “Moro no Brasil” in Portugal, Japan and Brazil. In 2001 he released his first solo album
“Samba Esporte
Fino”, produced by Mário Caldato and Seu Jorge, mixed and mastered in Los Angeles. The following
year he composed
the song “Tem Espaço na Van” and also carried out the old Samba project called “Caatinga do
Swing”, with
performances in a nightclub in the south of Rio and Skol Rio.
