Laurindo Almeida (September 2, 1917 – July 26, 1995) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer in classical, jazz, and Latin music. He and

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were pioneers in the creation of

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. Almeida was the first guitarist to receive

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s for both classical and jazz performances. His discography encompasses more than a hundred recordings over five decades.

Background

Laurindo Jose de Araujo Almeida Nobrega Neto was born in the village of Prainha, Brazil near Santos in the

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. Born into a musical family, Almeida was a self-taught guitarist. During his teenage years, Almeida moved to São Paulo, where he worked as a radio artist, staff arranger and nightclub performer. At the age of 19, he worked his way to Europe playing guitar in a cruise ship orchestra. In Paris, he attended a performance at the Hot Club by

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and famed guitarist

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, who became a lifelong artistic inspiration. Returning to Brazil, Almeida continued composing and performing. He became known for playing both classical Spanish and popular guitar. He moved to the United States in 1947; a trip financed when one of his compositions, a song known as "Johnny Peddler" became a hit recorded by

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. In Los Angeles, Almeida immediately went to work in film studio orchestras.

Early career in the United States

Almeida was first introduced to the jazz public as a featured guitarist with the

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band in the late 1940s during the height of its success. According to author Michael Sparke, Almeida and his fellow Kenton bandmember drummer

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"endowed the music of Progressive Jazz with a persuasive Latin flavor, and the music is enriched by their presence." Famed Kenton arranger

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composed "Lament" specifically for Almeida's cool, quiet sound, and Almeida's own composition "Amazonia" was also featured by the Kenton orchestra. Almeida stayed with Kenton until 1952. Almeida's recording career enjoyed auspicious early success with the 1953 recordings now called Brazilliance No. 1 and No. 2 with fellow Kenton alumnus

, bassist

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, and drummer Roy Harte on the

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label (originally entitled "The Laurindo Almeida Quartet featuring Bud Shank"). Widely regarded as "landmark" recordings, Almeida and Shank's combination of Brazilian and jazz rhythms (which Almeida labeled "samba-jazz"-) presaged the fusion of Latin and jazz, which is quite different in bossa nova, although jazz critic Leonard Feather credited Almeida and Shank as the creators of bossa nova sound. Other observers note that the beat, harmonic stamp, and economy of expression were different from the bossa nova, giving Almeida and Shank's recording "...a different mood and sound...certainly valuable in its own right." Almeida's classical solo recording career on

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began in 1954 with ''The Guitar Music of Spain''. Almeida made a series of highly successful classical recordings produced by Robert E. Myers. Among Almeida's notable classical recordings is an album widely considered to be the first classical crossover album, the 1958 Grammy winner ''

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'' with mezzo-soprano

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and flutist

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. In this recording, Almeida arranges standard classical and folk repertoire through the prism of several Latin musical forms, including the modenha, charo, maracatu and boi bumba. The result, according to ''Hi-Fi and Music Review'' was "...a prize winner in my collection. Laurindo Almeida's guitar playing captures the keen poignancy and rhythmic élan of Brazilian music with superb assurance and taste...". The recording was nominated for two Grammy Awards and won for Best Classical Engineering for Sherwood Hall III at the first Grammy Awards ceremony. In her recent memoir ''Simple Dreams'', singer

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discusses ''Duets With the Spanish Guitar'' and notes that her aunt, the renowned Spanish singer

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was a friend of vocalist Salli Terri: "Knowing I wanted to sing, Aunt Luisa had sent me a recording, ''Duets with the Spanish Guitar'', which featured guitarist Laurindo Almeida dueting alternately with flautist Martin Ruderman and soprano Salli Terri. It became one of my most cherished recordings." Of Almeida's five career Grammys, four were awarded in classical categories. His classical recording discography also includes the debut recordings of two major guitar works,

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' Guitar Concerto and

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's Concerto de Copacabana. In 1964, Almeida again expanded his recording repertoire by joining forces with the

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on ''Collaboration'' (

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), which combined classical with jazz, called "chamber jazz." Almeida also toured with the MJQ, both in the 1960s and again in the 1990s.

Film and television

In addition to his recording achievements, Almeida continued his work with the film studios throughout his career, playing guitar, lute, mandolin and other instruments for more than 800 motion picture and television soundtracks (such as ''

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'' and " The Gift," an episode of ''

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''). Almeida made cameo appearances in the 1954 movie ''A Star is Born'' and on a 1959 episode of ''

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'' titled "Skin Deep". His performing credits included major motion pictures such as ''Good-bye, My Lady'' (1956), ''Funny Girl'' (1968), and ''

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'' (1972). He composed the complete film scores for ten motion pictures and portions for hundreds of others, including

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's 1957 film ''Day of the Dead''. He also underscored and performed for

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's ''

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'' (1992). His final film work was in ''

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'' (2003) in which his whistling cover of "

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" is briefly heard. Some articles report Almeida won at least one Oscar award for film composition; however, while he was involved in films that were nominated, he did not receive an Oscar for his film work.

Later career

In the 1970s, Almeida reunited with Bud Shank, forming The L.A. Four with Ray Brown and

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(later

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and then Jeff Hamilton).McGowan and Pessanha. — p.180. From 1974 to 1982, the L.A. Four toured internationally and recorded a series of albums for

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, including ''The L.A. Four Scores!'', an acclaimed live recording from the 1974 Concord Jazz Festival. In 1980, Almeida joined forces with Charlie Byrd on a series of highly regarded recordings, including ''Latin Odyssey'', ''Brazilian Soul'' and ''Tango''. He also recorded with Baden Powell,

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and

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, among others. His guitar trio, ''Guitarjam'', with

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and

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played Carnegie Hall in 1988. In the 1990s, Almeida toured again with the Modern Jazz Quartet. In 1992, Concord Records issued ''Outra Vez'', an October, 1991 live recording with bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Jim Plank; ''

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'' wrote that ''Outra Vez'' was "...a testament to his enduring genius as a concert guitarist, composer and arranger". In discussing ''Outra Vez'',

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noted "...there was nothing retro about its tour de force, a phenomenal duet of Almeida performing Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' while bassist Bob Magnusson played Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight.'"

Awards and honors

Laurindo Almeida was nominated for sixteen Grammys and received the award five times: * 1960 ''The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida'' Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Duo * 1960 ''Conversations with the Guitar'' Best Classical Performance Vocal or Instrumental Chamber Music * 1961 ''Discantus'' Best Contemporary Classical Composition (tied with

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) * 1961 ''Reverie for Spanish Guitars'' Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra * 1964 ''Guitar from Ipanema'' Best Instrumental Jazz Performance-Large Group In 1992, he was honored with the Latin American & Caribbean Cultural Society Award for "his illustrious career as a performer and composer and his dedicated promotion of the music of the Americas." Shortly before his death, the Brazilian government honored Almeida, awarding him the "Comendador da Ordem do Rio Branco." In 2010, ''Fanfare'' inducted his 1958 ''Duets with Spanish Guitar'' into its Classical Recording Hall of Fame.

Death

Almeida was teaching, recording and performing until the week before his death of leukemia on July 26, 1995, at age 77 in Los Angeles, California.

Legacy

Laurindo Almeida's archives are housed at the US Library of Congress and at

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. He composed more than 1000 separate pieces, including 200 popular songs. In 1952 Almeida formed his own publishing company, Brazilliance, which has been influential in the dissemination of Latin American music. As described by authors Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha, Laurindo Almeida was "...an artist known for his harmonic mastery, subtle dynamics, rich embellishments and adept improvisatory skills in a variety of idioms". In 2004 Almeida's guitar work from his version of ''

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'' was

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by the late Japanese DJ and producer

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for the song "Aruarian Dance" which features on the soundtrack to the

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series ''

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''.

Discography

As leader

* ''Guitar Music of Spain'' (Capitol, 1955) * ''Guitar Music of Latin America'' (Capitol, 1955) * ''Impressoes do Brasil'' (Capitol, 1957) * ''Guitar Solos'' (Coral, 1957) * ''The New World of the Guitar'' (Capitol, 1957) * ''

'' with Martin Ruderman and

(Capitol, 1958) * ''Maracaibo'' (Decca, 1958) * ''Contemporary Creations for the Spanish Guitar'' (Capitol, 1958) * ''Danzas'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''Happy Cha-Cha-Cha!'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''Songs of Enchantment'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''For My True Love'' (Capitol, 1959) * '' The Intimate Bach, Duets with the Spanish Guitar Vol.2'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''Villa Lobos: Music for the Spanish Guitar'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''Vistas de Espana'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''Conversations with the Guitar'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida'' (Capitol, 1961) * ''The Guitar Worlds of Laurindo Almeida'' (Capitol, 1961) * '' Brazilliance'' (World Pacific, 1962) * ''Reverie for Spanish Guitars'' (Capitol, 1962) * ''Acapulco '22'' (

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, 1963) * ''Broadway Solo Guitar'' (Capitol, 1964) * ''Guitar from Ipanema'' (Capitol, 1964) * ''New Broadway-Hollywood Hits'' (Capitol, 1965) * ''Suenos'' (Capitol, 1965) * ''A Man and a Woman'' (Capitol, 1967) * ''The Look of Love and the Sounds of Laurindo Alemeida'' (Capitol, 1968) * ''Classical Current'' (Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1969) * ''Bach Ground Blues & Greens'' (Century City, 1970) * ''The Art of Laurindo Alemeida'' (Orion, 1972) * ''The Best of Everything'' (Daybreak, 1972) * ''The Golden Hits of the Masters—Today!'' (Daybreak, 1973) * ''Bach Is Beautiful'' (Orion, 1972) * ''Latin Guitar'' (Dobre, 1976) * '' Virtuoso Guitar'' (Crystal Clear, 1977) * ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (East Wind, 1978) * ''Chamber Jazz'' (Concord, 1977) * ''Prelude: Romantic Studies for the Guitar'' (Angel, 1979) * ''New Directions'' (Crystal Clear, 1979) * ''Clair de Lune'' (Angel, 1980) * ''First Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra'' (Concord, 1980) * ''Brazilian Soul'' with Charlie Byrd (Concord Picante, 1981) * ''Selected Classical Works for Guitar and Flute'' with

(Concord, 1982) * ''Latin Odyssey'' with Charlie Byrd (Concord Jazz, 1983) * ''3 Guitars 3'' with

and

(ProArte, 1985) * ''Tango'' with Charlie Byrd (Concord, 1985) * ''Music of the Brazilian Masters'' with Charlie Byrd and Carlos Barbosa-Lima (Concord 1989) * ''Outra Vez'' (Concord Picante, 1992) With The L.A. 4 * ''The L.A. Four Scores!'' (

, 1975) * ''The L.A. 4'' (Concord Jazz, 1976) * ''Going Home'' (

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, 1977) * ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'' (East Wind, 1977) * ''Watch What Happens'' (Concord Jazz, 1978) * ''Just Friends'' (Concord Jazz, 1978) * ''Live at Montreux'' (Concord Jazz, 1979) * ''Zaca'' (Concord Jazz, 1980) * ''Montage'' (Concord Jazz, 1981) * ''Executive Suite'' (Concord Jazz, 1983)

As sideman

With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1950) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1952) * '' Encores'' (Capitol, 1947) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1947) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1950) * '' Stan Kenton Presents'' (Capitol, 1950) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1953) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' Lush Interlude'' (Capitol, 1958) * ''

Artistry in Voices and Brass ''Artistry in Voices and Brass'' is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra revisiting their popular compositions with new lyrics composed by Milt Raskin and arranged by Pete Rugolo for an 18-member vocal chorus and trombone section recorded in 1963 ...

'' (Capitol, 1963) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1997) With

* '' The Magic Flute of Herbie Mann'' (

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, 1957) With

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* '' Skull Session'' (

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, 1975) With

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* ''

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'' (Reprise, 1962) With

* ''

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'' (Harmony, 1957) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1960) * '' The Original Music of Thriller'' (Time, 1961) With

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* ''

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'' (

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, 1964) With

* ''

Holiday in Brazil ''Holiday in Brazil'' (also released as ''Brazilliance Vol. 2'') is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank with arrangements by Laurindo Almeida released on the Pacific Jazz label.Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M.World Pacific Album Discography ...

'' (World Pacific, 1958) * '' Latin Contrasts'' (World Pacific, 1958) With

* '' Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida'' With

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* ''

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'' (

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, 1966)

References

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Background

Early career in the United States

Film and television

Later career

Awards and honors

Death

Legacy

Discography

As leader

As sideman

References

Further reading

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