Paulinho Nogueira

Paulinho Nogueira was a virtuosic musician who adapted a Brazilian experience to sophisticated classical guitar (violão) using. He is distinct for devoid of been inspired by jazz, because so many well-known Brazilian virtuosos have already been. His playing was frequently reckless during his samba renditions, but he previously a particular bent over the historic Brazilian musical custom of doleful, sensitive, delicate interpretations, where changed chords don’t play a substantial role. He documented 27 single albums and toured across the world, playing his violão for 50 years. Young, Nogueira begun to find out the violão. At 11, he became a member of his older sibling Celso Mendes’ group Kacique. Completing his high-school research, in 1950 he visited São Paulo town, playing at nightclubs such as for example Itapoã and delivering himself on r / c Bandeirante and Gazeta being a soloist. In 1959, he documented his initial LP, for CBS. In 1964, he was granted with Paraná’s government-sponsored Pinheiro de Ouro trophy, duplicating the accomplishment within the next yr. In those bossa nova years, he was energetic both like a soloist and an accompanist; and was asked to the historical display documented in-may 25, 1964, O Fino da Bossa (released as an recording beneath the same name), where he distributed the stage with titles such as for example Alaíde Costa, Zimbo Trio, Oscar Castro-Neves, among others. The display was accompanied by a regular Television show, also known as O Fino da Bossa, on Television Record. The display, hosted by Elis Regina and Jair Rodrigues, also included Nogueira as a normal accompanist. Documented live, those displays, which had the largest audience of their own time, had been released on another seven LPs, reissued down the road Compact disc. Nogueira’s samba “Menino, Desce Daí,” achieving millions with the substantial Television broadcast, was his 1st nationwide strike. In 1966, Nogueira was honored with the Prêmio Guarani by music journalists and critics. In 1968, his publication on violão technique, which could have a lot more than 20 editions over time, was published. Within the next calendar year, he provided his task for a fresh 12-string instrument, known as by him the “craviola” since it combined the sounds of the harpsichord (cravo) along with a Brazilian viola (viola). The task was used on by drum producer Gianinni, which still markets a lot of the systems worldwide. Within the same calendar year, the major paper O Estado de São Paulo granted Nogueira as Greatest Musician of the entire year. In 1970, his structure “Menina” reached number 1 on Brazil’s TOP, having been popular in Italy and France. In 1979, he participated in Cuba’s Carifesta, a global festival from the Caribbean countries. In 1986, Nogueira released his Plenty e Semitons series: violão solos documented on LPs followed with sheet music. In 1990, he released another instructional task, pioneering the music education video in Brazil with Violão em Harmonia, quickly accompanied by four additional video clips. In 1991, he participated within the International Acoustic guitar Event in Italy. In 1992, Nogueira performed within the Guitars in Concert display, kept in Naples, Florence, Campobasso, Milan, and Rome, which also presented shows by guitarists Gianni Oalazzo (Italian), Jorge Morel (Argentinean), and Joe Move (American). Within the same 12 months, Film Play released his Compact disc Late Night Acoustic guitar. Also for the label, he released in 1995 the Compact disc Coração Violão. Within the next 12 months, he was presented in GUITARIST publication and toured through Brazil within the Brasil Musical task, together with titles such as for example Arthur Moreira Lima, Egberto Gismonti, André Geraissati, Altamiro Carrilho, and Wagner Tiso. He continuing release a albums, including Reflections in 1999, NIGHT TIME Electric guitar in 2000 and in 2003, an record of Chico Buarque compositions entitled Primeiras Composicoes. Nogueira experienced a coronary attack at his house in Sao Paulo and passed away August 2, 2003.