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The Brigada Víctor Jara (Portuguese

Portuguese language

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for Víctor Jara Brigade) is a Portuguese

Portugal

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folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

band, with a career of more than 30 years and among the most influential bands of the Portuguese folk.

The band was formed in 1975, by a group of young people from Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

that was participating in one of the massive literacy

Literacy

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campaigns carried out by the provisional governments that administered Portugal in the years after the Carnation Revolution

Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...

of 1974. The group was working in the inland region of Beira Baixa and often played Chile

Chile

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an and Portuguese folk and political songs for the people. After discovering the cultural and musical traditions of the region the group formed the band and named it after Víctor Jara

Víctor Jara

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...

, a Chilean socialist and folk singer, killed after the Chilean coup of 1973

Chilean coup of 1973

The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. Following an extended period of political unrest between the conservative-dominated Congress of Chile and the socialist-leaning President Salvador Allende, discontent culminated in the latter's downfall in...

carried out by General Augusto Pinochet.

History

From 1975 to 1977 the band played in several places and towns throughout Portugal. In 1977, the band recorded and released their first LP

Gramophone record

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, named Eito Fora. In 1978 the band participated in the commemorations of the Carnation Revolution in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

.

In 1979 their second album was released, named Tamborileiro. In the next year they participated in the music festivals of Sokolov

Sokolov (Sokolov District)

Sokolov , Falknov nad Ohří until 1948 is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, located to the north-east of Cheb. It has about 28,000 inhabitants....

and Berlin

Berlin

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, in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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and Germany

Germany

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, respectively. In that same year, they also participated in the commemorations of the Portuguese revolution carried out in the former colony of Angola

Angola

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, in the Festa de l'Unità

Festa de l'Unità

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, a communist press festival in Italy

Italy

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and also played for the Portuguese diaspora in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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.

In 1981 the band released the third album, Quem Sai aos Seus and in the next year, another album was released, named Marcha dos Foliões. In 1983 the band carried out a tour in France with concerts in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

, Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

, Marseille

Marseille

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and Tours

Tours

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.

In 1984 the band released the fifth album, named Contraluz, and also a compilation of the band's songs, named 10 Anos a Cantar Portugal (10 years singing Portugal), later the band played again in France, by invitation of the Portugal/France Association.

In 1985 the band commemorated its tenth anniversary with two shows in Coimbra

Coimbra

and Lisbon

Lisbon

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, the last one being broadcast by the Portuguese public TV, RTP

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal

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. In 10 June, the Portuguese national day

National Day

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, the band travelled to the Portuguese territory at the time, Macau

Macau

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, in China

China

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, in order to commemorate the day. Still in 1985, they also participated in a youth festival in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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and performed in the Greek

Greece

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cities of Larissa

Larissa

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, Salonika, Volos

Volos

Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...

and Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

.

In 1986 the band played in London

London

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, UK

United Kingdom

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, and in Maputo

Maputo

Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...

, in the People's Republic of Mozambique

Mozambique

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. In 1987 the band returned to the Netherlands and played in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

and Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. In that same year, they also played in Galicia, Spain

Spain

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, in an homage to Zeca Afonso

Zeca Afonso

José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso or just Zeca , was born in Aveiro, Portugal, the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history...

, a Portuguese left-wing singer that had died recently, and also in the Azores

Azores

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...

Islands.

In 1988 the band played once more in Grenoble and also played for the first time to the Portuguese immigrants in Caracas

Caracas

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, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. In December of that year, they played in Pau, France.

In 1989 the band released the sixth album, the first in five years, named Monte Formoso. Later in that year they played in the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students

World Festival of Youth and Students

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in Pyongyang

Pyongyang

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, North Korea

North Korea

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. In 1990 the band returned once more to France, in order to play for the Portuguese diaspora in the commemorations of the Carnation Revolution. Other shows included a participation in a music festival in the Azores and a concert in Galicia. In 1991 the band played again in several places in France, Spain and Portugal.

In 1992 they play in the European Arts Festival in England

England

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, in the Garden Festival Wales, in Wales

Wales

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and also in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Canada

Canada

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. In Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada, the band played in a huge folk music festival. They ended the year playing in several places of Portugal and Galicia.

In 1993 they played in Beverley, Bradford and Bracknel, in England, and also in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, in Scotland. In 1994 the band participated in a homage album to Zeca Afonso, Filhos da Madrugada and released the an album with the Portuguese folk band Trigo Limpo and with the Brazilian Quinteto Violado, the work was named Ópera do Bandoleiro. The album Contraluz had a new edition, by Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

. In that same year the band played in Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

and in Lisbon's Alvalade Stadium

Estádio José Alvalade

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, in a homage to Zeca Afonso. Later in that year, they played in Belgium

Belgium

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in the Brosella Festival.

The seventh album was released in 1995, and was named Danças e Folias. In that year, they promoted the new album in several concerts in Portugal. In 1996, the band played in the Celtic music festival of Oporto and received an award for their work in divulging Portuguese folk music. Also in 1996, the band played in the United States of America, in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, for the large Portuguese community living there. They finished the year with several concerts in Portugal and Spain.

In 1997 the band played in several concerts in Spain, France and Portugal. In the next year they played once more in Macau, in A Coruña

A Coruña

A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...

, Galicia, in Italy and in Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

, in the Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

. They also performed in Portugal in two concerts of solidarity with Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, in Coimbra

Coimbra

and Matosinhos

Matosinhos

Matosinhos Municipality is located in Porto District, Portugal. The main city is Matosinhos. It is bordered to the south by the city of Porto and lies within the Greater Porto subregion. The municipality has a population of 168,451 in 10 parishes. Many people have recently moved from the...

. In 1999 they played again in Italy, in the cities of Trento

Trento

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and Rovereto

Rovereto

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and made a concert in Bahia

Bahia

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

, 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...

, commemorating the 450 years of the foundation of the city. Later in 1999, they released a record, with the Portuguese artists, Sérgio Godinho

Sérgio Godinho

Sérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...

, João Afonso, Amélia Muge

Amélia Muge

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and Gaiteiros de Lisboa and returned to Brazil, playing in São Paulo

São Paulo

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.

In 2000 the band released the a double album, Por Sendas Montes e Vales and commemorated the 25th anniversary. In 2001, the band played again in France and Brazil. In the next year, they performed in Salamanca

Salamanca

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and Madrid

Madrid

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, in Spain, and in 2003 they played in a huge festival, named 24 hours of Portuguese Music, carried out to promote the Portuguese music, that had concerts in Lisbom, Oporto, Coimbra and Santa Maria da Feira, the band played in Coimbra. Later in that year, the band released a single, Ceia Louca, during the festival of the Portuguese Communist Party

Portuguese Communist Party

The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....

, the Avante! Festival

Avante! Festival

Every year, in the first weekend of September the Avante! Festival is held named after the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party...

Discography

1977 - Eito Fora

Eito fora (Beira Baixa)

Cantiga da ceifa (Beira Alta)

Coro das maçadeiras (Minho)

Ao romper da bela aurora (Alto Alentejo)

O Senhor da Serra é meu (Ribatejo)

Cantiga do bombo (Beira Baixa)

Manolo mio (Trás-os-Montes)

Pèzinho da vila (Açores)

Senhora do Almurtão (Beira Baixa)

O anel que tu me deste (Douro Litoral)

Marião (Trás-os-Montes)

Baile mandado (Algarve)

1979 - Tamborileiro

Rema lanchinha (Açores)

Se fores ao S.João (Trás-os-Montes)

Alvíssaras (Beira Baixa)

Saias (Alto Alentejo)

Corridinho (Algarve)

Vira de Coimbra (Beira Litoral)

Ó menino ó (Trás-os-Montes)

S. Gonçalo (Açores) Charamba (Açores)

Canção do tamborileiro (Trás-os-Montes)

Laço dos ofícios (Trás-os-Montes)

1981 - Quem Sai aos Seus

Solo de cavaquinho (Minho)

Mira-me Miguel (Trás-os-Montes)

Fado corrido (Beira Litoral)

D. Fernando (Trás-os-Montes)

Bago de milho (Baixo Alentejo)

Velhas (Açores)

Ró-ró (Trás-os-Montes)

Menino Jesus (Alto Alentejo)

Segadinhas (Minho)

Quadrilha (Beira Litoral)

Gallandum (Trás-os-Montes)

1982 - Marcha dos Foliões

Marcha dos foliões

Tareio

Fandango saloio

Chamarrita

Tiro-liro

Quadrilha 1

Tia Baptista

Cana verde

Redondo

Cantar alentejano

Quadrilha 2

Silvaninha

1984 - Contraluz

Cantiga bailada (Beira Baixa)

Pregões

Vai-te embora, ó papão (Beira Alta)

Ea, judios

Arribà monte (Beira Alta)

Falsete dos moiros (Açores)

O cativo (Algarve)

Ilha de sons: Chamamento da moreia(Açores) | Chamarrita (Madeira) | Requintas d'água

1989 - Monte Formoso

Bento airoso

Murinheira

Tosquia

Faixinha verde (versão A)

Faixinha verde (versão B)

Nos campos de Vila Rica

Ei lá, boi

Minha roda 'stá parada

1995 - Danças e Folias

Jota carvalhesa

Chula de paus

Mi morena

Campanitas de Toledo

A fofa

Mazurca

Moda da Zamburra

O mineiro

Fraile cornudo

Chote

Donde vás

2000 - Por Sendas Montes e Vales
2003 - Ceia Louca (Single)
2006 - Ceia Louca (CD)

& Jorge Palma_Chamarrita zaragateira

& Manuela Azevedo

Manuela Azevedo

Manuela Azevedo is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is now member of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band.Participation in other projects:*Ornatos Violeta -- «Líbido» e «Letra S»...

_Tirioni

& Carlos Medeiros_Lenga-lenga

& Vitorino_Li-lá-ré

& Lena d' Água_Moda do pastor

Cantiga bailada

& Cristina Branco_Embalo

& Carlos Medeiros_A vida do caracol

& Rita Marques_Meninas vamos à murta

Durme

& Janita Salomé_Romance de Dona Mariana

Arruada

& Carlos do Carmo_Rosinha

Band members

Arnaldo de Carvalho - percussion
Percussion instrument
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and chorus
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
Aurélio Malva - mandolin
Mandolin
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, guitar
Guitar
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, bagpipe,"Viola Braguesa" and voice
Catarina Moura - voice
José Tovim - bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

and chorus
Joaquim Teles / Quim Né - drums
Drum kit
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and percussion
Luís Garção Nunes - guitar, "Viola Beiroa" and "Viola Toeira" and 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...
Manuel Pires da Rocha - violin
Violin
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and mandolin
Ricardo Dias
Ricardo Dias
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- piano
Piano
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, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

, accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

and bagpipe
Rui Curto - accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

and concertina
Concertina
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External links

Band's website (in Portuguese)

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History

Discography

Band members

See also

External links