Carioca - Guitar Duet E.Nazareth arranged by L.Almeida

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Laurindo Almeida (September 2, 1917, São Paulo, Brazil--July 26, 1995, Van Nuys, California) was a Brazilian guitarist.
Prior to being invited to the United States in 1947 by Stan Kenton, Laurindo Almeida played guitar in Rio de Janeiro where he was known for his classical Spanish guitar playing. He joined Kenton's band during the height of its success in the 1940s, then was employed as a studio musician. In 1953 he recorded, with Bud Shank, two albums called Brazilliance for the World Pacific label. He also recorded with Baden Powell, Stan Getz and Herbie Mann, among others, and recorded for film and television, like 1956s Good-bye, My Lady. From 1974 through 1982 he was a member of the chamber Jazz group The L.A. Four.

It was during the late 1950s and early 1960s when he enjoyed his greatest recognition, winning several Grammy Awards for his work. His recordings of duets with vocalist Salli Terri and flautist Martin Ruderman won Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album, Classical in 1959, and for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1961. The following year, as composer and artist of Discantus, he won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. In 1965 he won Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.

He died on July 26, 1995, aged 77.

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Ernesto Júlio Nazareth (March 20, 1863 Rio de Janeiro -- February 4, 1934 Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions.

Ernesto Nazareth was one of 5 children of his parents. He published his first composition, Você Bem Sabe (1877), at age 14.

Nazareth was noted for creatively combining diverse influences into his music, not only of Brazilian music but also from the music of Europe, Africa and ragtime. Many of his compositions remain part of the repertory today.

Nazareth composed 88 tangos, 41 waltzes, 28 polkas and numerous sambas, galops, quadrilles, Schottisches, fox-trots, romances and other types of scores, totaling 211 complete compositions.

In 1933, after a period of mental instability, due to the deaths of his wife and daughter and worsening hearing problems, Nazareth was admitted to the Juliano Moreira Asylum in Jacarepaguá. On February 1, 1934, Nazareth fled the asylum and was found alone three days later in the adjacent forest near a waterfall, dead by drowning.

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• Carioca
• Guitar
• Duet
• E.Nazareth
• L.Almeida

[jacquillo]

ok, a prefer acoustic, but yes ,

you did a great job on this nice piece

cheers

[oguzhanKhan]

heyya. i like this song very much. you performed well =)

you know if there is any downloadable mp3 of this song?

cheers