Dorival "Dori" Tostes Caymmi (born 26 August 1943) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and producer.

Biography

Caymmi was born in Rio de Janeiro to parents who were musicians, his father

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a composer and his mother Stella Maris a singer. When he was eight, he started piano lessons. At the Conservatório Lorenzo Fernandez, he studied

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and

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. He became a professional musician in 1959 when he accompanied his sister

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in a performance. During the next year, he became a member of Grupo dos Sete and composed music for TV. He directed the play ''Opinião'' and performed on

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for it in 1964, contributing to the growth of música popular brasileira ( MPB). He worked as a producer for

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, and

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and as a composer with

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. He and Motta were an effective songwriting duo. Their song "Saveiros" won a national competition. "O Cantador" was covered by

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and

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, while "Festa" was covered by

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. He worked as guitarist and arranger for

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's band and toured with him in the U.S. He arranged albums by

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, and

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. He was involved with musicians associated with the '' tropicalia'' movement of the late 1960s but did not record in this style because he disliked pop music. During the 1970s and '80s, he composed TV and movie soundtracks, including ''Crônica da Casa Assassinada'' (1971), which wrote with

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. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles, California. His album ''Cinema: A Romantic Vision'' (

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, 1999) received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for his arrangement of ''

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'' theme by

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. '' Influências'' was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Brazilian album in 2001. Some of its songs pay homage to his father: "La Vem A Baiana" and "Acontece Que Eu Sou Baiano". ''Contemporâneos'', recorded in 2003, was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Brazilian album. His 2013 album ''Caymmi'', with siblings Nana Caymmi and

Danilo Caymmi Danilo Candido Tostes Caymmi (born March 7, 1948) is a Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger. Danilo was born in Rio de Janeiro (city), Rio de Janeiro, the youngest son of Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris, and brother of Dori Caymmi, ...

, was nominated for the 2014

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. In 2015, he was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards again, this time with Mario Adnet and for the Best MPB Album and

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categories, for producing the album ''Centenário Caymmi''.

Discography

As leader

* ''Dori, Nana, Danilo e Dorival Caymmi'' (

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, 1987) * ''Dori Caymmi'' ( Elektra, 1988) * ''Brazilian Serenata'' (

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, 1991) * '' Kicking Cans'' (Qwest, 1993) * ''Dori Caymmi: 2 Em 1'' (EMI, 1994) * ''If Ever...'' (Qwest, 1994) * ''Mesters Da MPB'' (

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, 1997) * ''Tome Conta de Meu Filho, Que Eu Também Já Fui Do Mar...'' (EMI, 1997) * ''Romantic Vision'' (

, 1999) * ''Cinema: a Romantic Vision'' (Atracao, 1999) * ''Contemporâneos'' (

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, 2003) * '' Influências'' (

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, 2004) * ''Rio Bahia'' ( Far Out, 2005) * ''Inner World'' ( MusicTaste, 2009) * '' Poesia Musicada'' (MusicTaste, 2011) * ''Caymmi'' (Som Livre, 2013)

As sideman

*1964: ''Caymmi Visita Tom'' (w/Nana Caymmi) *1966: ''Edu e Bethania'' (w/Edú Lobo) *1977: ''Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (w/Miúcha) *1980: ''Tempo Presente'' (w/Edú Lobo) *1981: ''I Love Brazil'' (w/Sarah Vaughan) *1986: ''Estrela da Vida Inteira Manuel Bandeira'' (w/Olivia Hime) *1986: ''Brasil '86'' (w/Sergio Mendes) *1987: ''Brazilian Romance'' (w/Sarah Vaughan) *1990: ''Sketchbook'' (w/John Patitucci) *1990: ''Havana'' (w/Dave Grusin) *1991: ''Kevyn Lettau'' (w/Kevyn Lettau) *1991: ''Zephyr'' (w/Don Grusin) *1991: ''Sweet Deal'' (w/Sadao Watanabe) *1991: ''Sound of Emotion'' (w/Gregg Karukas) *1991: ''Shadows'' (w/David Benoit) *1991: ''Futuro'' (w/Paulo Ramos) *1992: ''The Brasil Project'' (w/Toots Thielemans) *1992: ''Simple Life'' (w/Kevyn Lettau) *1992: ''No Borders'' (w/Don Grusin) *1992: ''Live from Bahia'' (w/Larry Coryell) *1992: ''Letter to Evan'' (w/David Benoit) *1993: ''The Brasil Project, Vol. 2'' (w/Toots Thielemans) *1993: ''Spring'' (w/Rebecca Parris) *1993: ''Nino'' (w/Nino Tempo) *1993: ''Love Songs'' (w/Diane Schuur) *1994: ''Románza (Themes of Love)'' (w/Stefan Dickerson) *1994: ''Quiet After the Storm'' (w/Dianne Reeves) *1994: ''Mistura Fina'' (w/John Patitucci) *1994: ''Forbidden Fruit'' (w/Marion Meadows) *1994: ''Another Season'' (w/Kevyn Lettau) *1994: ''Among Friends'' (w/John Pisano) *1995: ''With Respect'' (w/Carmen Bradford) *1995: ''Take Me with You'' (w/Marilyn Scott) *1995: ''Listen Up'' (w/Les McCann) *1995: ''Hemispheres'' (w/Dan Siegel) *1995: ''Aquarela Do Brazil'' (w/Dionne Warwick) *1996: ''Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (w/Josee Koning) *1997: ''Wouldn't It Be Nice: A Jazz Portrait of Brian Wilson'' (w/Various Artists) *1997: ''The Music Never Ends: The Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman'' (w/Maureen McGovern) *1997: ''Is Love Enough?'' (w/George Duke) *1997: ''Conversation Pieces'' (w/John Pisano) *1998: ''Brasil Nativo'' (w/Lani Hall) *1998: ''BRAzSIL'' (w/Daniel Taubkin) *1998: ''Astronauta: Songs of Elis'' (w/Joyce) *1998: ''State of the Heart'' (w/Bill Sharpe) *1999: ''Voltar Pro Rio (Back to Rio)'' (w/Kleber Jorge) *1999: ''I Won't Dance (Eu Nao Quero Dancer)'' (w/Harry Allen) *2001: ''The Look of Love'' (w/Diana Krall) *2001: ''Desejo'' (w/Nana Caymmi) *2002: ''Flamencando'' (w/Zezo Ribeiro) *2002: ''Back to Front'' (w/Arnold McCuller) *2002: ''O Mar E O Tempo'' (w/Nana Caymmi) *2003: ''Café Society'' (w/Lorraine Feather) *2004: ''Transoceanic'' (w/Audio Caviar) *2004: ''Outro Quilombo'' (w/Renato Braz) *2004: ''Nightcap'' (w/Marilyn Scott) *2004: ''Another Life Brazil'' (w/Steve Barta) *2005: ''Trovador'' (w/Kleber Jorge) *2005: ''The Love Project'' (w/Yevette Stewart) *2005: ''I'm in Love Once Again'' (w/Marilyn Scott) *2005: ''Flora's Song'' (w/Flora Purim) *2005: ''Bye Bye Blackbird'' (w/Kevyn Lettau) *2005: ''Amazon River'' (w/Hendrik Meurkens) *2005: ''Ivetthy Souza'' (w/Ivetthy Souza) *2006: ''Breath of the Soul'' (w/Ellen Honert) *2008: ''Nova'' (w/Chico Pinheiro) *2022: '' Quietude'' (w/Eliane Elias)

References

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