Luiz Bonfa
Brazil
Born: 17 October 1922
Died: 12 January 2001
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Latin, Jazz, International, Pop/Rock
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Bossa Nova, Latin America, Afro-Cuban, Latin America, Brazilian Jazz, Fusion
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Although overshadowed by the towering figure of Antonio Carlos Jobim and to a lesser extent by João Gilberto, Luiz Bonfá was right there at the birth of bossa nova as well. In fact, at least two of his songs, the haunting "Manha de Carnaval" and equally evocative "Samba de Orpheus" swept the world at least three years before Jobim's songs began to make a global impact, paving the way for the first Brazilian wave. In addition, Bonfá cultivated a delicate, precise classical guitar style, though more attuned to the traditional samba rhythm than...
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