Vinicius Cantuária (born April 29, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist. He is associated with

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and

Brazilian jazz Brazilian jazz can refer to both a genre, largely influenced by bossa nova and samba, that exists in many nations and the jazz music of Brazil itself. Música instrumental Brasileira The term "música instrumental Brasileira", which literally m ...

. Born in the Amazonian city of

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, Cantuária grew up in Rio de Janeiro and moved to New York City in the mid-1990s. His career spans several zones of Brazilian music. He founded the Brazilian rock group O Terço in the 1970s, released six solo albums in Brazil in the 1980s that include his hit songs "Só Você" and "Lua e Estrela", and pioneered the world of neo-Brazilian music with his first international album ''Sol Na Cara'' in 1996. Since moving to the United States, Cantuária has been a leading figure in the

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New York jazz and contemporary music scenes. His albums include collaborations with

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, and

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. In 1998, Cantuária contributed the song "Luz de Candeeiro" to the

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benefit compilation album '' Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon'' produced by the

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. Cantuária has said that jazz, rock, and bossa nova are "three planets that move in one and the same orbit."

Discography

As leader

* ''Vinicius Cantuaria'' (RCA Victor, 1982) * ''Gávea de Manhã'' (RCA Victor, 1983) * ''Sutis Diferenças'' (EMI, 1984) * ''Siga-Me'' (EMI, 1985) * ''Nu Brasil'' (EMI, 1986) * ''Rio Negro'' (Chorus Estudio, 1991) * ''Sol na Cara'' (Gramavision, 1996) * ''Tucumā'' (Verve, 1998) * ''

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'' (Transparent, 2001) * ''Live: Skirball Cultural Center 8/7/03'' (Kufala, 2003) * ''Horse and Fish'' (Bar/None, 2004) * ''Silva'' (Hannibal, 2005) * ''

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'' ( Naïve, 2007) * ''

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'' (Naïve, 2010) * ''

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'' with

(E1, 2011) * ''Índio de Apartamento'' (Naïve, 2012) * ''Vinicius Canta Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (Song X Jazz, 2015)

As sideman

With

* ''

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'' (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros., 1997) * ''Look into the Eyeball'' (Virgin, 2001) With

* ''

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'' (Bar/None, 1996) * ''

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'' (Bar/None, 1997) * '' Noon Chill'' (Rykodisc, 1998) * ''Prize'' (Righteous Babe, 1999) * ''Invoke'' (Righteous Babe, 2002) With

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* '' Bicho'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1979) With others *

, '' Life on a String'' (Nonesuch, 2001) *

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, ''Francisco'' (Kardum, 1988) *

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, ''Ostinato'' (Island, 1998) *

, ''

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'' (Nonesuch, 2003) *

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, ''Good Bread Alley'' (Thirsty Ear, 2006) *

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, ''Smokey's Secret Family'' (2009) *

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, '' Black Ivory Soul'' (Columbia, 2001) *

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, '' Half Horse, Half Musician'' (Grand Royal, 1999) *

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, ''Canto'' (Columbia, 2001) *

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, '' O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade'' (EMI, 2011) *

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, ''Lucy'' (Eastworld, 1997) *

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, ''Seven Waves'' (MA, 1999) *

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, ''Sound Museum'' (Elektra, 1997) * Ana Torroja, ''Pasajes de Un Sueno'' (2000) *

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, ''Vento Sul'' (2002) *

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References

External links

Official site
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