Clementina de Jesus

The reduced voice from the partido-alto singer Clementina de Jesus was just discovered outdoors her community when she was 62. Instantly recognized both nationally and internationally as an extremely expressive vocalist, she still got time to take part in historical events just like the Rosa de Ouro, Zicartola (in the Teatro Opinião), Noitada de Samba, among others. She has documented and performed with performers of stature such as for example Nelson Cavaquinho, Turíbio Santos, Pixinguinha, João da Baiana, and many more. As a kid, Clementina de Jesus paid attention to folkloric and spiritual music (jongo, partido-alto, ladainhas, etc.) sung by her mom. She continued to be an amateur for many years, taking part in Carnaval blocos, and performing in cathedral choirs and rodas de samba (samba get-togethers). After twenty years working being a maid, her profession premiered in Dec 1964 with the traditional guitarist Turíbio Santos at Kleber Santos’ Teatro Jovem (Rio de Janeiro) within the present O Menestrel. Several months afterwards, in 1965 when she was 63, Clementina de Jesus acquired her definitive community consecration after getting highlighted in Hermínio Bello de Carvalho’s musical Rosa de Ouro at the same movie theater. Shows, which also highlighted Araci Cortes, Paulinho da Viola, and Elton Medeiros, implemented in Bahia and São Paulo. De Carvalho’s initial record was this live display, released in exactly the same yr as Rosa de Ouro, Vol. 1, accompanied by a second quantity released 2 yrs later. Upon this recording, Clementina de Jesus shown the virtually unfamiliar genre of jongo with tracks like “Benguelê” (Pixinguinha/Gastão Vianna) and “Boi Não Berra.” She also performed sambas like “Sementes perform Samba” (Hélio Cabral) and “Nasceste de Uma Semente” (José Ramos), as well as the lundu “Bate Canela.” In August 1983 she was paid tribute from the Brazilian state at Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro Municipal. The gala event fascinated many performers like Elizeth Cardoso, Beth Carvalho, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, João Nogueira, Paulinho da Viola, Gilberto Gil, Dona Zica, Dona Neuma, associated with the bateria (percussion section) from the Mangueira samba college. In 1985 de Jesus was embellished from the French authorities. Also called Quelé (a corrupted usage of her name) so when Rainha Ginga (Ginga Queen), she got her majesty really indicated through this award. In 1966 she displayed Brazil as well as Paulinho da Viola, Elizeth Cardoso, and Elton Medeiros in the Dark Arts Celebration in Dakar and Senegal. Within the same calendar year she performed on the Cecília Meireles Hall (in Rio) José Maria Neves’ Missa de São Benedito, for tamba (Hélcio Milito) and tone of voice. Also for the reason that calendar year she documented her first specific LP, Clementina de Jesus. As well as Pixinguinha and João da Baiana, she participated within the record Gente da Antiga, made by Odeon in 1968. Within the same calendar year she also made an appearance over the LP Mudando de Conversa, a documenting of the present of exactly the same name, alongside Ciro Monteiro and Nora Ney, created on the Teatro Santa Rosa (Rio de Janeiro). In 1970 she acquired another LP released, Clementina Cadê Você?, edited with the Museu da Imagem e perform Som (Audio and Picture Museum, Rio de Janeiro), with corimás, jongos, modas, and sambas. In 1973 she got thrombosis, but five a few months later documented the LP Marinheiro Só, which got tracks by Paulinho da Viola and adaptations of well-known tracks like “Fui Pedir Às Almas Santas,” “Atraca, Atraca,” and “Incelença.” For the reason that season she also participated in Milton Nascimento’s Milagre dos Peixes, documenting “Escravo de Jó” (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant). In 1982 she was paid tribute with the Lins Imperial samba college, using the play Clementina — Uma Rainha Negra. Within the next season she documented with Doca and Geraldo Filme the LP Canto dos Escravos, where she interpreted slave tracks from Minas Gerais gathered with the researcher Aires da Mata Machado Filho. In 1985 she documented Clementina e Convidados, which got her structure “Laçador” (co-written by Catoni). The record also got as guests Clara Nunes, João Bosco, Roberto Ribeiro, Martinho da Vila, Ivone Lara, Adoniram Barbosa, and Carlinhos Vergueiro. De Jesus also performed live with Nelson Cavaquinho in São Paulo, upstate Rio de Janeiro, and in Curitiba, Paraná. Her last live show is at 1987 on the Teatro Carlos Gomes (Rio de Janeiro).