Martinho da Vila

An important author of the samba from the hillsides, Martinho da Vila has written many effective sambas-enredo (the vehicles for the parades from the samba universities through the Carioca Carnival). Like a composer and interpreter, he offers documented a lot more than 30 LPs and CDs, a few of which have offered over one million copies. His tracks have been documented by many interpreters, included in this Simone, Beth Carvalho, Roberto Ribeiro, and Alcione. At 13, da Vila started to regular the Escola de Samba Aprendizes da Boca perform Mato. At 15, he had written the samba de terreiro “Piquenique.” In 1957, he started to create one samba-enredo each year for his samba school’s parade, you start with “Carlos Gomes” for the reason that yr, and pursuing with “Tamandaré” (1958), “Machado de Assis” (1959), “Rui Barbosa na Conferência de Haia” (1960), and nine others in following years. Combined with the part of composer, he also was the mestre de harmonia of this college. In 1965, the institution paraded to his samba “Construtores da Cidade perform Rio de Janeiro,” and within the next yr he shifted to G.R.E.S. Unidos de Vila Isabel (where he created a new design of samba-enredo) and used the nickname Martinho da Vila. In 1967, he participated within the III FMPB using the partido-alto “Menina moça.” Within the same calendar year, he appeared within the present A Fina Flor perform Samba, on the Teatro Opinião (Rio), performing his music. The samba college Unidos de Vila Isabel paraded within the same calendar year along with his “Carnaval de ilusõha sido” (with Gemeu). In 1968 and 1969, he continuing to get his sambas-enredo sung by escolas de samba, having Eliana Pittman sing (with Rodolfo de Souza) his “Laiá perform cais dourado” within the last mentioned calendar year. In 1968, he made an appearance in the present Samba Autêntico, No. 1 and in the IV FMPB, with “Casa de bamba.” The samba was included on his first LP, released in exactly the same calendar year through RCA Victor. The group A Voz perform Samba (of whom he was an associate) documented an LP along with his music in 1970. “Segure tudo” reached the strike parade in 1972, with “Canta, canta, minha gente” and “Disritmia,” he broke product sales information in 1974. He continuing composing the annual samba-enredo for the Unidos da Vila Isabel through the entire pursuing years. His Tá delícia, tá gostoso (Sony, 1995) recording offered 1.5 million copies. He previously an entire recording focused on his compositions by vocalist Simone in 1996 (Café com leite). He released new talents from the samba community, just like the organizations Compassos da Vila and Roda de Saia, as well as the sambistas Agrião and Tiago Mocotó. Energetic as a dark recognition proponent, he advertised interchanges with Africa in displays, lectures, and albums.