João Bosco
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Brazil
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ian MPB
Música Popular Brasileira
Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...
alongside collaborator lyricist Aldir Blanc.
Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova
Ponte Nova
Ponte Nova is a city and a municipality in central-eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population is approximately 65,000 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 471.07 km. The elevation is 402 meters above sea level....
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
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, João Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
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, where his songs were also recorded by Elis Regina
Elis Regina
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was an important singer of Brazilian popular music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrastão in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record...
and were a success. He soon became admired as a versatile vocalist and a dynamic performer. João Bosco has been noted for "his singular fusion of Arab culture, Afro-American music and Brazilian styles bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
," influenced by American jazz. In the introduction to his three-volume Songbook, Almir Chediak observes, "Brilliant composer João Bosco's melodic and harmonic constructions are among the most auspicious in Brazilian music."
Chapter Five of Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985 by Charles A. Perrone (U Texas P 1989) is dedicated to the work of Bosco and Blanc.
Notable compositions
- O Bêbado e a Equilibrista
- Papel Mache
- Corsário
- O Mestre Sala dos Mares
- Kid Cavaquinho
- Latin Lover
- Jade
Discography
- Disco De Bolso (Pasquim) 1972
- João Bosco 1973
- Caça à Raposa 1975
- Galos De BrigaGalos De BrigaGalos de Briga' is an album by singer and composer of Brazilian samba and MPB João Bosco, released in 1976.-Faixas:*all tracks are composed by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc#Incompatibilidade de Gênios#Gol Anulado#O Cavaleiro e Os Moinhos#Rumbando...
1976 - Trio De Misericórdia 1977
- Linha De Passe 1979
- Bandalhismo 1980
- Essa É A Sua Vida 1981
- Comissão De Frente 1982
- João Bosco Ao Vivo 1983
- Gagabirô 1984
- Cabeça de Nego 1986
- Ai Ai Ai De Mim 1987
- Bosco 1989
- Zona De Fronteira 1991
- Acústico MTV 1992
- Na Onda Que Balança 1994
- Dá Licença Meu Senhor 1995
- As Mil E Uma Aldeias 1997
- Benguelê 1998
- Na Esquina 2000
- João Bosco Ao Vivo 2001
- Malabaristas Do Sinal Vermelho 2003
- Songbook 1/2/3 2003
- Obrigado Gente! Ao Vivo 2006 (live performance DVD available)
- Senhoras do Amazonas 2010