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Ivan Conti, aka "Mamão," is the drummer of Azymuth. Also having developed a solo work, he still participated in the recording of Eumir Deodato's Os Catedráticos and Paul Mauriat's (with whose orchestra Mamão toured Brazil and Japan) Exclusively Brazil. In the early '60s, Mamão started to frequent the Beco das Garrafas (Bottles' Alley) in Copacabana, Rio, where bossa nova and jazz were featured every night. At the beco several important artists like Elis Regina debuted; the place also held shows by consecrated composers/performers like Johnny Alf, Leny Andrade, Dolores Durán and Silvinha Telles, among others. Young amateur Mamão used to sit in with those artists, and also to take tips from Edison Machado, another regular. With his group the Youngsters, which was one of the most important supporting groups of Jovem Guarda, Mamão opened in 1968 the leading popular music room in Rio, the Canecão.

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