Ivan Conti

Ivan Miguel Conti Maranhão (16 August 1946 In an interview, Conti said he initially played guitar before switching to drums. As a child, Conti destroyed a papaya tree which led to his nickname Mamão (meaning papaya in Portuguese). Early in his career, he performed in the bossa nova band Os Dissonantes and rock group The Youngsters. While Conti was playing in the Youngsters, he met the keyboardist José Roberto Bertrami, who at the time was working with Robertinho Silva and Flora Purim, in a Rio club.

In the early 2000s, Conti joined the reformed line-up of the 1960s samba-canção band Os Ipanemas along with his son Thiago. Conti started collaborating with DJs on electronic dance music in the mid-2000s, including Jazzanova. With hip-hop producer Madlib, Conti released the album Sujinho in 2008 under the name Jackson Conti. The album also features his Azymuth bandmates. Poison Fruit featured elements of samba, house, jungle, EDM, techno, jazz and batucada.

Conti died on 17 April 2023. He said that his drumming influences included Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Joe Morello, Steve Gadd and Billy Cobham, as well as fellow Brazilians Milton Nascimento, Wilson das Neves, Robertinho Silva and Hélcio Milito. Conti's Latin percussion and rhythms played a large part in defining Azymuth's unique sound. Batida Diferente (1992, Maracatu) Pulsar (1999, CID) Poison Fruit (2019, Far Out Recordings)

With Azymuth O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973, Philips) Light as a Feather (1979, Black Sun) Pieces Of Ipanema (1999, Far Out Recordings) With Jackson Conti

Sujinho (2008, Mochilla) With Os Ipanemas

Afro Bossa (2003, Far Out Recordings) Ron Trent, What Do the Stars Say to You (2022, Night Time Stories)