Armandinho is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian composer and singer. he is son of Osmar Macedo, from the Trio Elétrico de Dodô e Osmar. In his early career, he played at his bands Trio Elétrico Mirim in 1962 and Hell's Angels in 1967.

In 1970, he formed A Cor do Som

A Cor do Som

A Cor do Som is a MPB group from Rio de Janeiro. The band formed in 1977 when Moraes Moreira and fellow bandmates left Novos Baianos....

 with bassist/vocalist Dadi, keyboardist/vocalist Mú Carvalho, percussionist/vocalist Ary Dias and drummer Gustavo Schroeter. They performed in Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival

The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...

 had some hits with "Beleza pura" (Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...

), "Abri a porta" (Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...

/Dominguinhos

Dominguinhos

Dominguinhos is a Brazilian composer and singer.He has performed with musicians such as Luiz Gonzaga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa , Zé Ramalho, Toquinho, and Maria Bethânia. Some of his hits were recorded by Bethânia, Gil, Chico Buarque, Elba Ramalho, and Fagner...

), "Zanzibar" (Armandinho/Fausto Nilo), etc.

Lately, Armandinho has been recording and performing with musicians such as Raphael Rabello, Paulo Moura

Paulo Moura

Paulo Moura was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist....

, Época de Ouro, Moraes Moreira, Pepeu Gomes

Pepeu Gomes

Pedro Anibal de Oliveira Gomes, better known as Pepeu Gomes is an accomplished Brazilian guitar player and composer...

, Caetano Veloso, Trio Elétrico de Armandinho, Dodô e Osmar, etc.

He is said to be the designer of Guitarra Baiana, a type of electric cavaquinho

Cavaquinho

The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...

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Solo albums

• 1983 - Armandinho e o Trio Elétrico de Dodô e Osmar
• 1989 - Brasileirô (Movie Records)
• 1993 - Instrumental no CBB - Época de Ouro e Armandinho
• 1996 - Brasil Musical - Série Música Viva - Armandinho e Raphael Rabello
• 1997 - O Melhor do Chorinho Ao Vivo - Armandinho e Época de Ouro
• 1997 - Raphael Rabello e Armandinho - Em Concerto
• 1999 - Retocando o Choro
• 2001 - Caetano & Gil
• 2003 - Retocando o Choro Ao Vivo (Biscoito Fino)
• 2009 - Pop Choro
• 2009 - Paulo Moura e Armandinho - Afrobossanova