Press Kit Album Seasons
Bio
Andre Correa is a Brazilian guitarist and composer who graduated from Berklee College of Music (USA), where he studied with names like John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez, and Joe Lovano. A two-time award winner for academic achievement, he also participated in three musical productions with Grammy-winning producer Matt Rollings. His style blends contemporary jazz with Brazilian rhythmic and melodic expressiveness, creating narratives that value lyricism, improvisation, and cultural identity. Raised playing in Christian communities, he developed listening skills, ethics, and artistic depth. As a performer and composer, he transforms experiences into music. His album Seasons features seven original tracks that reflect his musical growth during his years living in Boston.
Gallery
Brazilian aesthetics — intuitive melody and rhythmic sensitivity applied to contemporary jazz, photo by Mariana Monteiro
Live performance — improvisation as spiritual expression and artistic language, photo by Rennan Wesley
Urban Boston — artistic routine as a Brazilian student at Berklee College of Music, photo by Mariana Monteiro
Andre Correa — Brazilian Contemporary Jazz Guitarist, photo by Mariana Monteiro
Contemporary jazz — tone, intention, and creative freedom, photo by Mariana Monteiro
Detailed Bio
Andre Correa is a Brazilian guitarist and composer whose music arises from the dialogue between contemporary jazz and the expressiveness of Brazilian culture. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA), where he received awards such as the John Abercrombie Scholarship and the Guitar Achievement Award, he developed a language that values improvisation, lyricism, creative freedom, and artistic intentionality.
Born in Valinhos (SP) and raised in Campinas, Andre began his contact with music at age 8, learning keyboard from his father. He picked up the guitar at 12, along with his first experiences playing in Christian communities. In this environment, constant practice, collaboration, and a sense of purpose shaped his listening skills and artistic approach. More than technique, he learned to play with intention, serving through music.
In Brazil, he immersed himself in Brazilian popular music, jazz, and the dialogues between these worlds, influenced by Djavan, Milton Nascimento, Wayne Shorter, and Hermeto Pascoal. At Berklee, he studied with names like Randy Roos, Sheryl Bailey, John Patitucci, Nate Radley, and Danilo Pérez, in addition to being part of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where he participated in performances and social actions using music in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and community projects. He also recorded as a guitarist on three productions by Grammy-winning producer Matt Rollings.
His original work reflects themes such as maturity, sensitivity, faith, surprise, longing, and change. For Andre, music is a place of truth: it's not enough to reproduce formulas—it's necessary to express who you are. This vision is also present in his work as an educator, in which he developed the FCA (Foundation, Connection, and Application) methodology, aimed at training authentic guitarists capable of imbuing their own voice into the guitar.
His first album, Seasons, brings together seven original tracks that record his journey living in Boston, studying at Berklee, and undergoing personal and spiritual transformations. It's a story told through music: chapters translated into rhythms, timbres, melodies, and improvisations that reveal the passage of time—like seasons that shape who we are.
Currently, Andre lives in Orlando, Florida, working as a solo artist, musical director, and educator. His work remains connected to his Brazilian roots, but open to the world, seeking music as a sincere language, made to communicate, transform, and mature.
Album Release
Seasons is the debut album by Brazilian guitarist and composer Andre Correa, a graduate of Berklee College of Music. The album features seven original tracks that portray his experiences in Boston — a period marked by artistic, spiritual, and emotional growth. The work blends contemporary jazz with Brazilian music, featuring open harmonies, melodic lyricism, and intentional improvisation. It's not a technical album: it's narrative. Each track is a chapter that translates memories, conflicts, discoveries, and life-changing moments. Recorded with musicians who were part of this process, Seasons reveals an honest, mature, and sensitive musicality.
Sonhos — A reinterpretation of a dream lived twice: first at the wedding and then at Berklee, showing that dreams transform and mature throughout life.
First Step — An act of faith that led to the move to Boston. Fear, courage, and expectations in the same rhythm.
Slow It Down — The frenetic pace of the first semester at Berklee. Music marks the moment when it was necessary to slow down in order to understand, listen, and grow.
Surpres no Caminho — Unexpected events that arise without warning and demand creative solutions — both in life and in improvisation.
Randy — A tribute to Professor Randy Roos, a fundamental figure in Andre's artistic development.
Solitude — Mature solitude: not sadness, but the awareness of a cycle ending and preparation for new phases.
Mudança de Planos — The plan was to go to New York, but destiny took us to Orlando. A difficult decision, guided by faith and transformation.
Release (Streaming): November 28, 2025
Release Show: December 12, 2025
Pine Castle Christian Academy (PCCA)
7101 Lake Ellenor Dr, Orlando, FL 32809
Credits
Andre Correa in Musical Direction, Compositions and Arrangements
First Step
Andre Correa on guitar, mixing, mastering and as sound engineer.
Slow It Down & Sonhos
Andre Correa on guitar, acoustic guitar, mixing and mastering. Caleb Texier on keyboards. Joseph Seo on drums. Anderson Fontes on bass. Jeongwoo Park as sound engineer.
Surpresa no Caminho
Andre Correa on guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, mixing and mastering. Ian Coury on mandolin. Jakob Kobal on accordion. Said Sarabia Saavedra on drums. Thiago Wolf on cello and as sound engineer.
Mudança de Planos
Randy
Distribution and Release
Design e Art
Solitude
Andre Correa on guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, mixing and mastering. Ian Coury on mandolin. Jakob Kobal on accordion. Seba Ramirez on drums. Thiago Wolf on cello and as sound engineer.
Andre Correa on guitar. Jakob Kobal on accordion. Thiago Wolf on cello, mixing, mastering and as sound engineer.
Andre Correa on guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, mixing and mastering. Sam McClurg on Drums. Thiago Wolf e Eddie Joseph Jr. as sound engineer.
Andre Correa design and visual art. Photography by Thiago Vasquez, D&T Studio.
Independent Release (2025) — © 2025 Andre Correa. Distribution: LANDR.
Contact
Phone
857-888-0872
andrecorreapress@gmail.com
Orlando, FL