Jair Oliveira


Jair Rodrigues M. Oliveira is a Brazilian composer, singer and producer. He is the son of the late Brazilian musician Jair Rodrigues and brother to singer Luciana Mello.
In the early 1980s Jair was a co-star on the Brazilian children's television program Balão Mágico. The show's cast were also members of the musical group Turma do Balão Mágico which sold over 13 million copies.
During the 1990s Jair moved to the United States where he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, to study Music Production & Engineering and Music Business, graduating in 1998.
Projeto Artistas Reunidos was a collaboration of Música popular brasileira artists that fused classic samba and bossa nova with soul music, funk and electronica. Members included Oliveira's sister, Luciana Mello, João Marcelo Bôscoli, Pedro Mariano, Daniel Carlomagno and brothers Max de Castro and Wilson Simoninha.

Personal life

Jair is married to Tania Khalill. They have two children.

Discography

With Uri Caine