28 Facts About Nando Reis

Nando Reis has produced a few albums, including some related to Cassia Eller, who has made several significant partnerships with him, and Marisa Monte.

In 2012, Nando Reis was listed among the top ten Brazilian artists at the ECAD list of artists who earned the most from copyright in the first semester of that year.

Nando Reis was born in Sao Paulo to Cecilia Leonel and Jose Carlos Galvao Gomes dos Reis.

Nando Reis was given his prename "Jose" just like his brothers, Jose Carlos, the oldest of the children, and Jose Luiz, the younger.

Nando Reis's mother was an acoustic guitar teacher and his father was an engineer.

Nando Reis was given his first acoustic guitar by his grandmother, at the age of 7, and was taught his first chords by his sister.

Nando Reis had lessons with Paulinho Nogueira, who taught his mother.

Nando Reis decided then to play the bass guitar, as his attempts to play the electric guitar and the drums failed.

In 1984, Titas released their first album, Titas, and Nando Reis played the bass guitar in some tracks although initially he was supposed to be a backing vocalist only.

In 2000, Titas changed to Abril Music, and after recording As Dez Mais in Seattle, Nando Reis released his second solo album, Para Quando o Arco-Iris Encontrar o Pote de Ouro, with some special participations like Cassia Eller, Rogerio Fausino and Peter Buck.

Nando Reis then decided to leave Titas on September 9,2002, partially due to the impact both friends' deaths caused in his life, but mainly due to a "thought incompatibility".

Nando Reis even proposed that the band stopped for one year after the album release.

Nando Reis said that his isolation as a composer grew more evident in more recent albums, with more and more songs being composed just by him.

Nando Reis spent most of 2012 in Seattle recording his seventh solo album, Sei, released in October.

On October 6,2012, Nando Reis performed live with his ex-band Titas for the first time since his departure, in a venue in Sao Paulo.

In 2014, Nando Reis received his third Latin Grammy Award nomination, this time for Best Brazilian Rock Album, for his live album Sei Como Foi em BH.

Also in 2021, Nando Reis released two re-recordings of previous hits of his career.

Nando Reis's four children are Theodoro Passos Reis, born on January 16,1986, Sophia Passos Reis, born on July 1,1988, Sebastiao, born on May 13,1995, and Zoe Passos Reis, born on September 27,1999.

Nando Reis dated Nina, and she gave him his fifth child, Ismael.

Nando Reis dated fellow musician and occasional partner Marisa Monte.

Nando Reis's daughter Sophia Reis was a VJ for MTV Brasil.

Nando Reis has worked as actress and starred in the film Meu Tio Matou um Cara.

Theodoro Nando Reis is an artist and performs in the band Zafenate.

Nando Reis had a column about sports at O Estado de S Paulo newspaper.

Nando Reis has a history of drug and alcohol use, which he has now quit.

One of Nando Reis's cousins is Vange Leonel, who was famous for her work with the post-punk band Nau.

Nando Reis would produce her debut full-length solo album, Vange, in 1991.

Nando Reis owns a property in Jau, Sao Paulo state, where he recovers the riparian forest and keeps bees and an agriforest.