Quarteto Novo was a group formed in

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, Brazil in 1966 which released one landmark instrumental album and launched the careers of some of the band's members. The eponymous

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album has been influential in jazz and pop music. Originally named ''Trio Novo'', the group consisted of

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(bass and guitar);

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(

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and guitar) and

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(percussion). The group was created to accompany singer/songwriter

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in concert and on recordings. With the arrival of flutist

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, the group was renamed ''Quarteto Novo''. In 1967 the group recorded their only album, ''Quarteto Novo'' (

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). In that same year, the band backed

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on the live performance of ''Ponteio'', which won "Best Song" at the 3rd Festival de Música Popular Brasileira (MPB). Quarteto Novo's album won the prize for "Best Televised Recording by a Musical Group" (

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) in 1967 and the Troféu Roquette Pinto.Soundscapes (& More) From The Third Planet
/ref> The band toured Brazil backing Vandré on his 1968 album ''Canto Geral''. The group disbanded in 1969. EMI Music Brasil released a CD in 2002 and a vinyl LP reissue in 2003, and EMI a European CD in 2008. All the band members come from the northeastern part of Brazil which is known for its regional baião music style, except Airto Moreira, who is from the south of Brazil. The album was instrumental in bringing baião to a national and then international audience. Although the style is not well known outside Brazil, the album has influenced a host of popular songwriters in America, the UK, and Europe who had various hit songs using elements of baião style.

Discography

*1967: '' Quarteto Novo''

References

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