Raul de Souza (23 August 1934 -– 23 June 2021), also known as Raulzinho, was a Brazilian

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who recorded with

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, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira,

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, Sonny Rollins,

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and the jazz/fusion band

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Life and career

De Souza was born in

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. American producer, composer and pianist George Duke was brought in to produce de Souza's first and second album releases for Capitol in the mid-1970s, ''Sweet Lucy'' and ''Don't Ask My Neighbors''. In 1979, de Souza released Til Tomorrow Comes'', an Arthur Wright production with many of the top soul session players in Los Angeles. This recording was devoid of any

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and was an effort to jump aboard the disco/funk bandwagon. ''Colors'', his earlier album for Milestone, is available on CD as part of the Original Jazz Classics series from

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. In the early 1960s, he was a member of Sérgio Mendes’ original Bossa Rio group. In the late ’60s, a second, more pop-oriented Bossa Rio group was led by keyboardist Manfredo Fest (Mendes was the producer of their two albums). He appeared at many international jazz festivals and after living and working in the United States for many years, he had returned to live in Brazil where he continued to play and compose. De Souza died at age 86 in France on 13 June 2021 from throat cancer.

Discography

As leader

* ''Colors'' (Milestone, 1975) * ''Sweet Lucy'' (Capitol, 1977) * ''Don't Ask My Neighbors'' (Capitol/EMI, 1978) * Til Tomorrow Comes'' (Capitol, 1979) * ''Viva Volta Inverno & Verao,'' (RGE, 1986) * ''20 Preferidas'' (RGE, 1996) * ''Rio'' (Mix House, 1999) * ''Elixir'' (Tratore, 2004) * ''Jazzmim'' (Biscoito Fino, 2006) * ''Soul & Creation'' (PAO, 2008) * ''Bossa Eterna'' (Biscoito Fino, 2008) * ''Brazilian Samba Jazz'' (Encore Merci, 2016) * ''Blue Voyage'' (Selo, 2018) * ''Curitiba 58'' (Gramofone, 2019) * ''Plenitude'' (PAO, 2021)

As sideman

, ''

'' (Capitol/EMI, 1976) * David Feldman, ''Horizonte'' (2016) *

, '' Slaves Mass'' (Warner Bros., 1977)

References

External links

*
Profile on de Souza at Brazilianmusic.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Souza, Raul de 1934 births 2021 deaths Brazilian jazz trombonists Milestone Records artists Capitol Records artists Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century trombonists 21st-century trombonists Male jazz musicians 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians Deaths from throat cancer Deaths from cancer in France