Nilton Campolino

Among the founders from the Velha-Guarda (previous guard) from the Império Serrano samba college, Nilton Campolino was among the earliest associates of Império Serrano as well as the last member alive from the Velha Guarda da Império Serrano. His compositions had been recorded by famous brands Xangô da Mangueira (his partner on “Quem Fala Alto é Gogó”); Jorginho perform Império and Zeca Pagodinho (who documented many of his masterpieces, such as for example “Yaô Cadê o Samba” on Mania da Gente, 1990, and “Minha Fama Ninguém Tira” on Pixote, 1991); “O Bicho que Deu” on Samba Pras Moças, 1995; “Colete Curto” on Deixa Clarear, 1996; and “Delegado Chico Palha” on Água da Minha Sede, 2000. In 1977, Campolino documented with Aniceto perform Império his initial and only record, O Partido-Alto de Aniceto & Campolino. Each one of these years, he resided for his community, where his sambas are celebrated in the standard every week get-togethers (so when he shone like a get better at improviser in the partido-alto design), as the general viewers ignored his function. In 2001, within an initiative to create ageing composers of samba to the general public, Campolino performed in the Banco perform Brasil cultural middle in the display Os Meninos perform Rio (the Young boys From Rio), as well as Ivone Lara, Nelson Sargento, Dauro perform Salgueiro, Jair perform Cavaquinho, Luiz Grande, Élton Medeiros, Monarco, Jurandir da Mangueira, Niltinho Tristeza, Aluízio Machado, and Baianinho, released for the CD Operating-system Meninos perform Rio.