João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, known professionally as João Bosco () is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
In the 1970s he established his reputation in ''
música popular Brasileira
Música popular brasileira (, ''Popular Brazilian Music'') or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and baião and other Brazilian regional music, com ...
'' (Portuguese: "Brazilian pop music") with lyricist Aldir Blanc.
Born on July 13, 1946, in
Ponte Nova
Ponte Nova is a municipality in central-eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
Location
Ponte Nova is located a few kilometers south of the Doce River on a tributary called the Piranga.
As of 2020, the population is estimated at 59,875 inhabitan ...
,
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
, Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, where his songs were recorded by
Elis Regina
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (March 17, 1945 – January 19, 2002), known professionally as Elis Regina (), was a Brazilian singer of MPB and jazz music. She is also the mother of the singers Maria Rita and Pedro Mariano.
She became national ...
. In the introduction to his three-volume ''Songbook'', Almir Chediak wrote, "Brilliant composer João Bosco's melodic and harmonic constructions are among the most auspicious in Brazilian music."
Chapter Five of ''Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985'' by Charles A. Perrone is dedicated to the work of Bosco and Blanc.
His father was Lebanese.
Notable compositions
* "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista"
* "Papel Mache"
* "Corsário"
* "O Mestre Sala dos Mares"
* "Kid Cavaquinho"
* "Latin Lover"
* "Jade"
* "Incompatibilidade de Gênios"
Discography
* 1972: ''Disco de Bolso'' (Pasquim)
* 1973: ''João Bosco''
* 1975: ''Caça à Raposa''
* 1976: ''Galos de Briga''
* 1977: ''Disco de Ouro'' with
Aldir Blanc
* 1977: ''Tiro de Misericórdia''
* 1979: ''Linha de Passe''
* 1980: ''Bandalhismo''
* 1981: ''Essa É a Sua Vida''
* 1982: ''Comissão de Frente''
* 1983: ''João Bosco ao Vivo''
* 1984: ''Gagabirô''
* 1986: ''Cabeça de Nego''
* 1987: ''Ai Ai Ai de Mim''
* 1989: ''Bosco''
* 1991: ''Zona de Fronteira''
* 1992: ''Acústico MTV''
* 1994: ''Na Onda Que Balança''
* 1995: ''Dá Licença Meu Senhor''
* 1997: ''As Mil e Uma Aldeias''
* 1998: ''Benguelê''
* 2000: ''Na Esquina''
* 2001: ''João Bosco ao Vivo''
* 2003: ''Malabaristas do Sinal Vermelho''
* 2003: ''Songbook 1/2/3''
* 2006: ''Obrigado Gente! Ao Vivo'' (Live performance on DVD)
* 2010: ''Senhoras do Amazonas''
* 2009: ''Não Vou Pro Céu, Mas Já Não Vivo No Chão''
* 2012: ''40 Anos Depois'' (CD and DVD)
* 2018: ''Mano Que Zuera''
* 2020: ''Abricó-de-Macaco''
References
External links
Official websiteBiography page at allmusic.com
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1946 births
Living people
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian people of Italian descent
People from Minas Gerais
Música Popular Brasileira guitarists
Brazilian male guitarists
Música Popular Brasileira singers
Latin Grammy Award winners
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Latin music songwriters
Brazilian people of Lebanese descent