Novos Baianos
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Novos Baianos was a Brazil
ian rock
and MPB
group from Salvador, Bahia
. It was formed in the 1960s and enjoyed success throughout most of the 1970s. The band members were Paulinho Boca de Cantor (vocals), Pepeu Gomes (electric guitar), Moraes Moreira (vocals and acoustic guitar), Baby Consuelo
(vocals and percussion) and Luiz Galvão (lyrics). The group always counted with the collaboration of the band A Cor do Som
, composed by Pepeu Gomes (guitar), Dadi
(bass), Jorginho
(cavaquinho
, drums and percussion), Baixinho(drums and percussion) and Bolacha (percussion). Novos Baianos is considered one of the most important revolutions in Brazilian music.
In 1969, the group participated in V Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, playing the song 'De vera'. This song was on the band's first album, É ferro na boneca, recorded one year later. Initially their sound was a fusion of psychedelic rock
with traditional folk sounds from Brazil.
Originally, the group only played with Pepeu Gomes and Jorginho at their live shows. However, gradually, Gomes started to acquire an ever more important role in the group: after he married Consuelo, he became a fully fledged band member and song arranger along with Moreira.
Their music began to gravitate more towards MPB, particularly due to João Gilberto
's influence, who frequently visited the group. Their second album Acabou Chorare
contained the classics 'Brasil Pandeiro', 'Preta Pretinha', 'Mistério do Planeta' and 'Besta é tu'. It was recorded on the Som Livre label in 1972, and years later would be considered the best Brazilian music album by Rolling Stone magazine. It was around this period that the group incorporated A Cor do Som
as an auxiliar band.
In 1972, after recording Acabou Chorare, Novos Baianos moved to a community in Vargem Grande
, Rio de Janeiro
. In a garage where they lived they used to play, compose and play soccer. That was the reason for the name of their third album, Novos Baianos F.C., recorded on label Continental in 1973. The group had a strong hippie
image at this time.
The band released records until their break-up in 1978. In 1974, they recorded the first album without Moreira, who decided to start his own solo career. As Moreira was a composer with Galvão and arranger with Gomes, it was a great loss to the band. The members tried to continue and incorporated Gato Félix to the group.
In 1976, Dadi left the group to start new band A Cor do Som
. Novos Baianos substituted him for Didi, a brother of Pepeu Gomes. However, the group disbanded some years later due to members starting their solo careers. Despite the end of the band, Novos Baianos' members reunited many times to celebrate special events.
In 1997, the composer of the group, Luiz Galvão, published the book Anos 70: Novos e baianos for Editora 34. In the book he tells the history of the group and its importance to Brazilian music. After Galvão released the book, the group reunited to record a new album, named Infinito circular, recorded live at Metropolitan, Rio de Janeiro. In 2007, Moreira also published a book about the group. It was written as a cordel text
and was named A história dos Novos Baianos e outros versos.
In 2009, the band reunited without Moreira to celebrate 40 years of Novos Baianos and their revolutionary role in Brazilian music. They also plan to record an album with an unreleased song.
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 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and 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...
group from Salvador, 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...
. It was formed in the 1960s and enjoyed success throughout most of the 1970s. The band members were Paulinho Boca de Cantor (vocals), Pepeu Gomes (electric guitar), Moraes Moreira (vocals and acoustic guitar), Baby Consuelo
Baby Consuelo
Baby Consuelo is a Brazilian performer, singer and composer....
(vocals and percussion) and Luiz Galvão (lyrics). The group always counted with the collaboration of the band 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....
, composed by Pepeu Gomes (guitar), Dadi
Dadi
Dadi is a Turkish remake of The Nanny, one of the most successful sitcoms in the US in the 90's. The program is set in Istanbul.It is broadcast to countries outside Turkey such as Australia, where it is shown on SBS.-Plot:...
(bass), Jorginho
Jorginho
Jorge de Amorim Campos , aka Jorginho, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a right defender, and the current coach of Figueirense Futebol Clube....
(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...
, drums and percussion), Baixinho(drums and percussion) and Bolacha (percussion). Novos Baianos is considered one of the most important revolutions in Brazilian music.
History
Novos Baianos started in the 1960s, but they appeared in public for the first time in 1968 at the show "Desembarque dos bichos depois do dilúvio", presented in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At the time, the group was formed by Moreira, Boca de Cantor, Consuelo and Galvão.In 1969, the group participated in V Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, playing the song 'De vera'. This song was on the band's first album, É ferro na boneca, recorded one year later. Initially their sound was a fusion of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
with traditional folk sounds from Brazil.
Originally, the group only played with Pepeu Gomes and Jorginho at their live shows. However, gradually, Gomes started to acquire an ever more important role in the group: after he married Consuelo, he became a fully fledged band member and song arranger along with Moreira.
Their music began to gravitate more towards MPB, particularly due to João Gilberto
João Gilberto
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto , is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.-Biography:From an early age, music...
's influence, who frequently visited the group. Their second album Acabou Chorare
Acabou Chorare
Acabou Chorare is the second album recorded by the group Novos Baianos. Released in 1972, this disc is considered a revolution in Brazilian music. It was produced by Eustáquio Sena and arranged by Moraes Moreira and Pepeu Gomes. Its songs present a fusion of many rhythms, such as rock and roll,...
contained the classics 'Brasil Pandeiro', 'Preta Pretinha', 'Mistério do Planeta' and 'Besta é tu'. It was recorded on the Som Livre label in 1972, and years later would be considered the best Brazilian music album by Rolling Stone magazine. It was around this period that the group incorporated 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....
as an auxiliar band.
In 1972, after recording Acabou Chorare, Novos Baianos moved to a community in Vargem Grande
Vargem Grande
Vargem Grande is a Brazilian city and municipality in the state of Maranhão. Its population in 2004 was 35,636....
, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. In a garage where they lived they used to play, compose and play soccer. That was the reason for the name of their third album, Novos Baianos F.C., recorded on label Continental in 1973. The group had a strong hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
image at this time.
The band released records until their break-up in 1978. In 1974, they recorded the first album without Moreira, who decided to start his own solo career. As Moreira was a composer with Galvão and arranger with Gomes, it was a great loss to the band. The members tried to continue and incorporated Gato Félix to the group.
In 1976, Dadi left the group to start new band 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....
. Novos Baianos substituted him for Didi, a brother of Pepeu Gomes. However, the group disbanded some years later due to members starting their solo careers. Despite the end of the band, Novos Baianos' members reunited many times to celebrate special events.
In 1997, the composer of the group, Luiz Galvão, published the book Anos 70: Novos e baianos for Editora 34. In the book he tells the history of the group and its importance to Brazilian music. After Galvão released the book, the group reunited to record a new album, named Infinito circular, recorded live at Metropolitan, Rio de Janeiro. In 2007, Moreira also published a book about the group. It was written as a cordel text
Cordel literature
Cordel literature are popular and inexpensively printed booklets or pamphlets containing folk novels, poems and songs, which are produced and sold in fairs and by sidestreet vendors in the Northeast of Brazil...
and was named A história dos Novos Baianos e outros versos.
In 2009, the band reunited without Moreira to celebrate 40 years of Novos Baianos and their revolutionary role in Brazilian music. They also plan to record an album with an unreleased song.
Studio Albums
- 1970: É Ferro na Boneca (RGE)
- 1972: Acabou ChorareAcabou ChorareAcabou Chorare is the second album recorded by the group Novos Baianos. Released in 1972, this disc is considered a revolution in Brazilian music. It was produced by Eustáquio Sena and arranged by Moraes Moreira and Pepeu Gomes. Its songs present a fusion of many rhythms, such as rock and roll,...
(Som Livre) - 1973: Novos Baianos F. C. (Continental)
- 1974: Novos Baianos (Continental)
- 1974: Vamos pro Mundo (Som Livre)
- 1976: Caia na Estrada e Perigas Ver (Tapecar)
- 1977: Praga de Baiano (Tapecar)
- 1978: Farol da Barra (CBS)
- 1997: Infinito Circular (Globo/Polydor)