Luis Morais

Luis Morais (10 February 1935 - September 2002) - Born in Mindelo (on the island of São Vicente, Cabo Verde), Luis Morais spent his youth in Dakar where he studied and learned the rudiments and theory of music, then composition. Caboverdean evenings were very popular in Dakar at the time and it was at these dances that he first appeared on stage, playing his chosen instruments, the clarinet and saxophone (alto and tenor). In those postwar years, Latin beats (merengue, cha-cha, etc.