"His group, Brasil '65 was disbanding, and he invited Hall to come to Los Angeles to be the lead singer of his new project, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. She agreed, and six months later the group signed a contract with A&M Records. Unlike the previous incarnation, Brasil '66 was an instant success - making a significant impact on the charts with its first single, a version of the Brazilian song ""Mas Que Nada"". Much of the song's appeal was due to Hall’s distinctive, multi-tracked vocals and Herb Alpert's expertise as producer. A series of popular interpretations followed, including their"
"Celso Blues Boy Celso Ricardo Furtado de Carvalho (January 5, 1956 – August 6, 2012), better known by his stage name Celso Blues Boy, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Carvalho was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1956. His stage name, ""Blues Boy"", is a homage to American singer B.B. King, one of his idols and major influences. (Celso would play alongside King in 1986, at a gig in Rio.) He began his musical career in 1970, with only 17 years old, accompanying bands and singers such as Raul Seixas, Sá & Guarabyra and Luiz Melodia. In 1976 he"
"Flávio Guimarães Flávio Guimarães (born November 10, 1963) is a Brazilian composer, harmonica player and singer. Considered a blues pioneer in Brazil, he founded the band Blues Etílicos in 1986, which is considered the most successful Brazilian blues group. He has also played with many famous artists along his career, such as Alceu Valença, Ed Motta, Luiz Melodia, Paulo Moura, Zeca Baleiro, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Blue e Taj Mahal. Flávio Guimarães was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in that city he studied harmonica with Maurício Einhorn. He started his musical career around 1985. In 1986, he"
"guitar. Celso Blues Boy Celso Ricardo Furtado de Carvalho (January 5, 1956 – August 6, 2012), better known by his stage name Celso Blues Boy, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Carvalho was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1956. His stage name, ""Blues Boy"", is a homage to American singer B.B. King, one of his idols and major influences. (Celso would play alongside King in 1986, at a gig in Rio.) He began his musical career in 1970, with only 17 years old, accompanying bands and singers such as Raul Seixas, Sá & Guarabyra and Luiz Melodia. In 1976"
"an album that went platinum based largely on the success of the single ""Mas Que Nada"" (a Jorge Ben cover) and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured. The original lineup of Brasil '66 was Mendes (piano), vocalists Lani Hall and Bibi Vogel (later replaced by Janis Hansen), Bob Matthews (bass), José Soares (percussion) and João Palma (drums). John Pisano played guitar. This new line-up including Hansen then recorded two more albums between 1966–1968 (including the best-selling ""Look Around"" LP), before there was a major personnel change for their fourth album ""Fool on the Hill"". Karen Philipp replaced"
"one of the biggest exponent blues musician. Around two years later, Guimarães recorded another solo album, named ""The blues follows me"", and he realized many shows around Brazil, spreading this work. Flávio Guimarães Flávio Guimarães (born November 10, 1963) is a Brazilian composer, harmonica player and singer. Considered a blues pioneer in Brazil, he founded the band Blues Etílicos in 1986, which is considered the most successful Brazilian blues group. He has also played with many famous artists along his career, such as Alceu Valença, Ed Motta, Luiz Melodia, Paulo Moura, Zeca Baleiro, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Blue e"
"Brazilian Group"" toured Scandinavia in 1990. He was hospitalized on December 12 and died on December 14, 2006, after a two-year struggle with cancer. Sivuca Severino Dias de Oliveira (26 May 1930 in Itabaiana, Brazil – 14 December 2006 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil), popularly known as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist and guitarist. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worked and lived in Paris, Lisbon, and New York City on and off throughout his life. He has two daughters, Flavia de Oliveira Barreto, and Wilma Da Silva. He was"
"famous samba players like Cartola, Carlos Cachaça and Zé da Zilda. He went on to compose over 600 compositions. His main partner was Guilherme de Brito. Some of his better known works are: ""A Flor e o Espinho"", ""Folhas Secas"", ""O Bem e o Mal"" and ""Juízo Final"". He died of emphysema on February 18, 1986, at the age of 74, in Rio de Janeiro. Nelson Cavaquinho Nelson Cavaquinho (October 29, 1911 – February 18, 1986, birth name Nelson Antônio da Silva) was one of the most important singer/composers of samba. He is usually seen as a representative of the"
"set for the first time by ArsBrasil ensemble. Henrique Oswald Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (April 14, 1852 – June 9, 1931) was a Brazilian composer and pianist. Oswald was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father was a Swiss-German immigrant and his mother from Italy. The family name was changed from ""Oschwald"" due to concerns of discrimination. In 1854 the Oswald family moved to São Paulo. His mother taught music privately to aristocrats and by age twelve he had his first recital. In São Paulo, he also studied with Gabriel Guiraudon. His ""farewell recital"" occurred at age"
"event, which claimed to be anarchist. [5], and ""Tenda dos Milagres"". Jards Macalé Jards Anet da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 1943), known as Macalé, is a Brazilian composer, singer and actor, known for his influential role in Brazil's tropicália movement in the 1960s. Jards Macalé was born in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Tijuca, near Morro da Formiga, surrounded by music: on the hills, the drums; in the neighborhood, Vicente Celestino and Gilda de Abreu. At home, foxes, waltzes and folk songs played on the piano by his mother, Dona Ligia (who also sang), and the"
"his friend and band member, the female composer Chiquinha Gonzaga. Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado, Jr. (or Callado; Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 1848 - Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 1880) was a Brazilian composer and flautist. Da Silva is considered one of the creators of the ""choro"" genre of music. His band, "" O Choro do Callado"", used an ebony flute, two viols and a cavaquinho, and was noted for facility at improvisation. Da Silva wrote and co-authored many choroes, as a new way of interpreting modinhas, lundus, waltzes and polkas. His work was"
"Cacilda Borges Barbosa Cacilda Campos Borges Barbosa (18 May 1914 – 6 August 2010) was a Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer. She was one of the pioneers of electronic music in Brazil. Barbosa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and graduated from the National School of Music of Brazil. She studied with Antônio Francisco Braga, piano with P. Chaves, harmony with Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez and theory with Lima Coutinho. After completing her education, Barbosa worked as a dance pianist playing waltzes and chorinhos, and in the 1950s was conductor of the Radio Center Drive orchestra. Barbosa worked with Heitor"
"""Farney's Inn"", both in São Paulo. He also formed a trio with Sabá in 1971. From 1973 to 1978, he played piano and sang at the nightclub ""Chez Régine"" in Rio. Dick Farney Farnésio Dutra e Silva (14 November 1921 - 4 August 1987), better known as Dick Farney, was a Brazilian (jazz) pianist, pop-composer, and ""crooner"" popular in Brazil from the late 1940s to the mid 1970s and 1980s. He began playing piano as a child as his father taught him classical music and his mother taught him how to sing. In 1937, he debuted as a singer on"
"Dom Salvador Dom Salvador, (born 1938 in Rio Claro) stage name of Salvador da Silva Filho, is a Brazilian jazz/MPB pianist most notable for his Rio 65 Trio that featured the Brazilian jazz drummer Edison Machado and bassist Sergio Barrozo. He also did tours of Europe with musicians like Sylvia Telles. Over his long career, he has performed with musicians like Rubens Bassini, Jorge Ben, Elza Soares and Elis Regina, to name a few. In later life he formed the a trio He currently holds residency in Brooklyn, New York, at the River Cafe, and has done so since 1977."
"Dom Salvador Dom Salvador, (born 1938 in Rio Claro) stage name of Salvador da Silva Filho, is a Brazilian jazz/MPB pianist most notable for his Rio 65 Trio that featured the Brazilian jazz drummer Edison Machado and bassist Sergio Barrozo. He also did tours of Europe with musicians like Sylvia Telles. Over his long career, he has performed with musicians like Rubens Bassini, Jorge Ben, Elza Soares and Elis Regina, to name a few. In later life he formed the a trio He currently holds residency in Brooklyn, New York, at the River Cafe, and has done so since 1977."
"Brasil '86 Brasil '86 is an album by Sérgio Mendes. The album is best known for four songs by four different vocalists: ""Daylight"" sung by Siedah Garrett, ""Your Smile"" by Gracinha Leporace and ""No Place to Hide"" sung by Lani Hall. ""What Do We Mean To Each Other""- duet with Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted at #19 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts in 1987. 1. ""Daylight"" 2. ""Take This Love"" 3. ""What Do We Mean To Each Other"" 4. ""Your Smile"" 5. ""The River"" (""""O Rio"""") 6. ""Nonstop"" 7. ""It Hurts A Whole Lot More"" 8. ""Flower Of"
"Jards Macalé Jards Anet da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 1943), known as Macalé, is a Brazilian composer, singer and actor, known for his influential role in Brazil's tropicália movement in the 1960s. Jards Macalé was born in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Tijuca, near Morro da Formiga, surrounded by music: on the hills, the drums; in the neighborhood, Vicente Celestino and Gilda de Abreu. At home, foxes, waltzes and folk songs played on the piano by his mother, Dona Ligia (who also sang), and the accordion by his father. The family choir had his younger brother,"
"pianist Claudio Arrau, Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire and the Argentine pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. Brazilian opera soprano Bidu Sayão, one of Brazil's most famous musicians, was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952. Arguably, the main contribution to music entered through folklore, where the true soul of the Latin American and Caribbean countries is expressed. Musicians such as Yma Súmac, Chabuca Granda, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Violeta Parra, Víctor Jara, Jorge Cafrune, Facundo Cabral, Mercedes Sosa, Jorge Negrete, Luiz Gonzaga, Caetano Veloso, Susana Baca, Chavela Vargas, Simon Diaz, Julio Jaramillo, Toto la Momposina,"
"Banda Calypso Banda Calypso was a Brazilian brega pop band, with influences of regional rhythms of the state of Pará. The band was formed in Belém, the state capital, in 1999 by singer/dancer Joelma da Silva Mendes and guitarist/producer Cledivan Almeida Farias, better known as Mestre Chimbinha. Early exposure of their work was restricted to only the North and Northeast regions of Brazil. The band now enjoys success throughout Brazil and has begun to establish its career abroad with tours to the United States, Europe and Angola. Despite initial resistance by music distributors because of its genre and origins, the"
"Geraldo Vandré Geraldo Vandré (born Geraldo Pedrosa de Araujo Dias, September 12, 1935), is a Brazilian singer, composer and guitar player. In 1966 his song ""Disparada"" (""Gone Off""), interpreted by Jair Rodrigues, was a success at the ""Record Festival"". The song rose to number one, tied with Chico Buarque's ""A banda"". Later in 1966, the group Quarteto Novo was created to accompany him in concert and on recordings and released a landmark album in 1967. In 1968 Vandre entered his song ""Pra não dizer que não falei das flores"" (also known as ""Caminhando"" (""Walking"")) in the ""International Song Festival"". The"
"Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born 26 June 1942), known professionally as Gilberto Gil ( or ), is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova"
"Minas (band) Minas is a Philadelphia-based bossa nova jazz band - singer and guitarist Orlando Haddad and singer and pianist Patricia King. Haddad is noted for bringing Brazilian music and culture to the city of Philadelphia, PA when he and his wife Patricia, after living in Brazil, moved back from Rio de Janeiro to the U.S. in 1984. Minas has performed in all of the area’s main venues and Orlando taught Brazilian Percussion at the University of the Arts, a post he held for 10 years. Minas also created an educational program, “Brazilian Adventure”, which brought assembly programs and residencies"
"Quarteto Novo Quarteto Novo was a group formed in São Paulo, Brazil in 1966 which released one landmark instrumental album and launched the careers of some of the band's members. The eponymous 1967 album has been influential in jazz and pop music. Originally named ""Trio Novo"", the group consisted of Theo de Barros (bass and guitar); Heraldo do Monte (Viola caipira and guitar) and Airto Moreira (percussion). The group was created to accompany singer/songwriter Geraldo Vandré in concert and on recordings. With the arrival of flutist Hermeto Pascoal, the group was renamed ""Quarteto Novo"". In 1967 the group recorded their"
"popular and classical pianist. She learned to play the piano at the age of four and started singing at 13. She lived in Paris from 1985 and in Geneva from 2010 until her death in 2017. She grew up surrounded by Brazil’s rhythms, which shine through her songs. Her natural gifts are strengthened by hard work. Braz quickly obtained many awards, and started performing at Rio’s most prestigious night clubs. Her talent gained her the recognition of Brazil’s greatest pop artists Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Alcione, Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago, Gal, Costa, Caetano Veloso, who became her stage and recording"
"Marcelo Birck Marcelo de Campos Velho Birck (born August 13, 1965) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, arranger and guitarist, best known for his work with influential rock band Graforreia Xilarmônica. Birck was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, on August 13, 1965. He is the nephew of both screenwriter and theater director Carlos Augusto de Campos Velho (better known as Jota Pingo) and film and television actor Paulo César Pereio, and his mother, Rosa Maria de Campos Velho, was the director of the Teatro de Arena de Porto Alegre. Having a penchant for music and arts since his"
"Ary Barroso Ary de Resende Barroso, better known as Ary Barroso () (November 7, 1903 – February 9, 1964), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century. Barroso also composed many songs for Carmen Miranda during her career. Ary Barroso was the most influential pre-bossa nova composer in Brazil. Barroso's songs were recorded by a lengthy list of artists including Carmen Miranda and João Gilberto. His 1939 composition ""Aquarela do Brasil"", better known as ""Brazil"", was featured in"
"Sílvio Caldas, Francisco Alves and singer/composer Noel Rosa and even fewer chanteuses such as Aracy de Almeida and sisters Aurora Miranda and Carmen Miranda, who eventually came to Hollywood becoming a movie star. Popular music included instruments like cuicas, tambourines, frying pans ('played' with a metal stick), flutes and guitars. Noteworthy Samba composers at this early stage included said Noel Rosa plus Lamartine Babo and, around World War II time, Ary Barroso. MPB's early stage (from World War II to the mid-1960s) was populated by male singers such as Orlando Silva, Nelson Gonçalves, Jamelão, Agostinho dos Santos, Anísio Silva, Ataulfo"
"Sambrasa Trio Sambrasa Trio is a Brazilian samba and jazz group, formed by Hermeto Pascoal (piano and flute), Humberto Clayber (bass and harmonica) and Airto Moreira (drums). The band started to play in 1965, but it did not last long. However, its music and Brazilian popular songs influenced many instrumental samba and jazz musicians for years. The band recorded only one album in 1965, named ""Em Som Maior"". This album was praised for critics and helped its musicians to continue their career. After the demise of the group, none of its three members played together again. However, in pairs, they"
"Lucas Silveira (Brazilian singer) Lucas Cesar Lima Silveira (born December 1, 1983) is a brazilian musician. He is lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main-songwriter of the brazilian rock band Fresno. Since 2001, Lucas released four studio albums with his band (""Quarto dos Livros"", ""O Rio, A Cidade, A Árvore"", ""Ciano"", ""Redenção""), one EP album (""O Acaso do Erro"") and two DVDs (""MTV Ao Vivo 5 Bandas de Rock"", ""O Outro Lado Da Porta""), and most recently the fifth studio album by his band, titled ""Revanche"". In 2010, he released a solo album titled ""The Rise and Fall of Beeshop"". Since"
"Rosinha de Valença Maria Rosa Canelas (July 30, 1941 – June 10, 2004), better known as Rosinha de Valença, was a Brazilian composer, arranger and musician. She was considered one of the best acoustic guitarists in Brazilian music and played with many famous artists, such as Baden Powell, Sérgio Mendes, Sylvia Telles and Sivuca. Maria Rosa Canelas was born in 1941, in Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her artistic name was created by Sérgio Porto, a journalist from Rio de Janeiro, who used to say Canelas plays for her whole city. So, he called her Rosinha de Valença. When she"
"Bahia"" (""""Flor Da Bahia"""") 9. ""No Place To Hide"" 10. ""Here Where I Belong"" Brasil '86 Brasil '86 is an album by Sérgio Mendes. The album is best known for four songs by four different vocalists: ""Daylight"" sung by Siedah Garrett, ""Your Smile"" by Gracinha Leporace and ""No Place to Hide"" sung by Lani Hall. ""What Do We Mean To Each Other""- duet with Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted at #19 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts in 1987. 1. ""Daylight"" 2. ""Take This Love"" 3. ""What Do We Mean To Each Other"" 4. ""Your Smile"" 5. ""The River"""
"concertos. Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim included the song ""Meu Amigo Radamés"" as a tribute to Radamés in his final album, ""Antonio Brasileiro"" (1994). Radamés Gnattali Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil) on 27 January 1906. His parents were both musicians who had emigrated from Italy at the end of the 19th century. His mother, Adélia Fossati, was a pianist"
"Nando Reis (musical direction / authorship, voice and guitar in ""Relicário"" / voice in ""De Esquina"" de Xis ), the musicians of the band: Luiz Brasil ( Musical Direction / Cifras / Guitars and Mandolin ), Walter Villaça ( Guitars and Mandolin), Fernando Nunes (bass), Paulo Calasans (Acoustic Piano and Organ Hammond ), João Vianna ( Drums , Surdo , Ganzá , Grater and Blade ), Lan Lan ( Percussion and Vocal ) and Thamyma Brasil ( Percussion ), guest musicians Bernardo Bessler ( violin ), Iura (Cello), Alberto Continentino ( bass sound), Cristiano Alves ( clarinet and bass clarinet"