Milton Banana

Milton Banana may be the musician who invented the bossa nova drumming design. An extremely active session man through the first amount of bossa nova, he documented the historical Chega de Saudade (João Gilberto’s debut record), the similarly historical Getz-Gilberto, and documented thoroughly with Tom Jobim, João Donato, and many more. He also performed gigs every evening with people like Luís Eça, Johnny Alf, Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra, Ed Lincoln, Newton Mendoça, Claudete Soares, Baden Powell, Sérgio Mendes, Luís Bonfá, Bola Sete (in Punta del Este, Uruguay), among others. Milton Banana began to be thinking about music extremely early in existence, specifically percussion, and was constantly a lover of Orquestra Tabajara. A self-taught musician, quickly he was using several dance rings, such as for example Steve Bernard’s, Djalma Ferreira’s, Gerardi e Seu Conjunto Rex, among others. In 1955, he became a member of Waldir Calmon’s group, carrying out in the Arpège nightclub (Rio). Immediately after, he continued to Djalma Ferreira’s group, Operating-system Milionários perform Ritmo, which performed frequently in the Drink nightclub. In 1956, he became a member of the Luis Eça Trio, playing in the center point of bossa nova, the Plaza nightclub. In 1959, Milton Banana debuted like a documenting artist, taking part inJoão Gilberto’s 1st recording, Chega de Saudade. In 1962, he participated within the essential display Encontro (made by Aluísio de Oliveira), as well as João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, and Operating-system Cariocas, in the Au Bon Premium nightclub (Rio). For the reason that same yr, he journeyed to Argentina with João Gilberto, where they spent a time of year in the 676 nightclub. In November, he visited NY and played in the Carnegie Hall Bossa Nova Event. In 1963, he performed the drums for the Getz-Gilberto recording and toured with João Gilberto, João Donato (piano), and Tião Neto (bass) through Italy and France. Time for Brazil, he shaped his group, the Milton Banana Trio. In those days it was extremely unusual to get a drummer to business lead an organization. The trio, which got a number of different lineups, documented nine albums for Odeon plus some even more for RCA, another uncommon accomplishment to get a Brazilian drummer. Some of these LPs have already been reissued as CDs, such as for example Balançando com o Milton Banana Trio, Sambas de Bossa: Milton Banana, Operating-system Originais: Milton Banana Trio, and Ao Meu Amigo Tom. In 1965, Milton Banana followed João Gilberto in his Brazil shows. In 1977, he performed, as well as João Donato, within the group Fogueira 3, playing Afro-sambas. He scaled back again his actions, but sometimes performed his solo works until his loss of life.