Tag Archives: Bossa Nova

Probably one of the most successful and popular performers on Jovem Guarda (after Roberto Carlos and as well as Jerry Adriani and Erasmo Carlos), Wanderley Cardoso was actually always an enchanting singer as well as perhaps the main romantic vocalist on Jovem Guarda. However also during those moments, he documented …

Dynamic since 1942 (having had twenty years of success in the prestigious Rádio Nacional) and singularized compared to additional vocal sets of enough time for the elaborated plans for 4 or 5 voices, the Operating-system Cariocas became probably the most representative vocal band of bossa nova following their 1957 recording …

Nelson Ângelo started his professional profession in 1966 linked to several composers from Minas Gerais referred to as Clube da Esquina, having had his “Fazenda” included by Milton Nascimento on his Clube da Esquina. With Nascimento, Ângelo published “Sacramento,” included on Milagres dos Peixes, and “Testamento” on Clube da Esquina …

Creator of Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Thiago de Mello brought the affects of his homeland Amazon to his music, using musical instruments just like the boca carry out mato, boca-de-barro and pau de chuva, constructed with pieces of timber and other rustic components. He has already established his compositions …

The Quarteto em Cy, the main female vocal band of the MPB, was formed with the sisters Cyva, Cynara, Cybele, and Cylene. Arriving at understand Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lira in the first ’60s, that they had their vocal group called by both composers. In addition they did displays …

One of the most colorful and charismatic pop performers to emerge in Mexico through the early 2000s, Natalia Lafourcade debuted in 2003 with a remarkable solo work before turning to a rock-band format, Natalia con la Forquetina, and proved herself worth acclaim in whatever guise she chose. Delivered Natalia Lafourcade …

The duo of Roy Kral and Jackie Cain (1928) were particularly well-known in the ’40s and ’50s. They combined vocalese, laughter and display business patter, with Cain also being truly a great ballad and interpretative vocalist. Kral fulfilled Cain in Chicago while he was playing piano inside a quartet. They …

An integral singer from the bossa nova, having launched “Garota de Ipanema,” Pery Ribeiro, kid from the composer Herivelto Martins and of the singer Dalva de Oliveira, started early in his artistic profession by giving singing and voices in Walt Disney animated films. In 1944, he acted in the film …

Brooklyn-born keyboardist/vocalist Robert Lamm could be most widely known for his tenure in Chicago, but his involvement in music began when he was a kid, playing piano by ear and singing in the Brooklyn Levels choir. Lamm performed in rings while in senior high school and visited Roosevelt College or …

Before his immigration towards the U.S. in 1968 — and following collaborations with famous brands Mls Davis, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, and Wayne Shorter — the percussionist Airto Moreira acquired worked with several talented musicians in the home in Brazil. Among Airto’s cadre of Brazilian cohorts had been Mariano Octet, …