Oli Savill

Oli Savill is from Lisbon - Portugal , and has been an active percussionist on the London music scene since 1992. He is a master at both Brazilian and Cuban forms, as well as many other styles including jazz and funk. He started his musical career playing in traditional Brazilian percussion groups and later studied at the C.N.M.P. in Havana, Cuba. Over the last 14 years Oli has played, recorded and toured with various artists from around the world, such as Airto Moreira, Sly and Robbie, Pet Shop Boys, Lulu, Zero7, Smoke City, Dom Um Romao, Gary Barlow, Basement Jaxx, Tony Allen, Osvaldo Chacon, Ive Mendes, and together with Liliana Chachian and Da Lata, co-wrote the much acclaimed 'Songs From Tin' album. Together with Joao Bosco De Oliveira he has a percussion group called Arakatuba.