Chico Buarque

December 26, 1989 – Brazilian TV Globo airs “Homen 90”, a special year-end gathering of the most famous MPB male singers : Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Hermeto Pascoal, João Bosco, Milton Nascimento, Paulinho da Viola, Antônio Carlos Jobim and many more.

Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Antonio Brasileiro’ is his fifteenth album completed 11 months before his death and released days after on December 11, 1994 by Sony. Track Listing : . 1.Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie [1St And 2Nd Movements] (Erik Satie, Dick Halligan) – 02:35 . 2.Smiling Phases (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood) […]

Antonio Carlos Jobim – who passed away today twenty six years ago – has performed with a myriad of artists Brazilian or not, of all genres. We have selected twelve of them : João Donato, Elis Regina, Pat Metheny , Edu Lobo, Gal Costa, Danilo Caymmi, Quinteto Vocal , Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, João Gilberto […]

This day (October 26, 1942), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Milton Nascimento, a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Digest Tracklist : Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo (2019) . Maria, Maria (2018) . Cuitelinho (2015) . Ponta de Areia (2014) . Travessia (2013) . O Sol ao vivo Altas Horas (2011) . w/ […]

October 21, 1967 – if in Brazil, you do not want to miss Roberto Carlos, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Edu Lobo and many others at the third “Festival da Música Popular Brasileira” on TV Record More Info

On September 27, 1993, in Sao Paulo ‘Tom’ Jobim joins a group of American and Brazilian artists – Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, Shirley Horn, John Hendricks, Gal Costa, Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim and Alex Acuna – to perform four songs during what will stay as his last Brazilian public […]

Starting and ending with a contribution by Gal Costa – whose birthday is today, “Duetos Brasileiros” gathers 22 major Brazilian (and one Belgian) artists performing (you guessed it!) a duet. Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia, Gonzaguinha, Luiz Melodia, Elza Soares, Ney Matogrosso, Maysa, Rildo Hora, Leny Andrade, Toots Thielemans, Elis Regina, Tom […]

Brad Mehldau Trio’s ‘Where Do You Start’ is an album featuring Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard and released on September 17, 2012 by Nonesuch. Track Listing : 1.Got Me Wrong (Jerry Cantrell) – 05:24 . 2.Holland (Sufjan Stevens) – 08:46 . 3.Brownie Speaks (Clifford Brown) – 08:13 . 4.Baby Plays Around (Cait O’Riordan, Elvis Costello) […]

This day (August 16, 2008), in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died Dorival Caymmi, a Brazilian singer, songwriter,

This day (August 7, 1942), in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, is born Caetano Veloso, a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist and writer.

Edú Lobo & Chico Buarque’s ‘O Grande Circo Mistico’ is a musical with music by Lobo and lyrics by Buarque, commissioned by Ballet Teatro Guaira and recorded in July, 1982 and released in 1983 by Som Livre Track Listing : 1.Abertura Do Circo (Edú Lobo) – 02:28 . 2.Beatriz (Chico Buarque, Edú Lobo) – 05:02 […]

This day (June 19, 1944 ), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is born Francisco Buarque de Hollanda a.k.a Chico Buarque, a singer, guitarist, composer.

This day (March 1, 2012), in Montreux, Switzerland, died Lucio Dalla, a popular Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

‘Elis & Tom’ by Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim is a bossa nova album recorded from February 22 till March 9, 1974 in Los Angeles and released the same year by Philips. Track Listing : 1.Águas De Março (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 03:32 . 2.Pois É (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque) – 01:43 . […]

Released on February 18, 2014, “Nossa Onda é Essa (Our Kind of Bossa)” is the sixth album by Bossacucanova, a Brazilian musical group. that combines traditional bossa nova with electronica. Track Listing : 1.Adeus America (Haroldo Barbosa, Geraldo Jacques) – 03:58 . 2.Deixa A Menina (Chico Buarque) – 04:36 . 3.Balanca (Nao Pode Parar!) (Bossacucanova) […]