Eumir Deodato de Almeida (; born 22 June 1943) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and record producer, primarily in

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but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as

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, classical,

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and bossa nova. Deodato has arranged and produced more than 500 records for acts such as

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and Christophe, as well as produced

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's hits " Celebration", "

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" and " Too Hot". Deodato was nominated for three

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and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1974 for "

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." The song peaked at number 2 on the weekly

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in March 1973. It reached number 3 in Canada and number 7 on the British charts.

Biography

Deodato, born in Rio De Janeiro on 22 June 1943, began his musical life on accordion when he was 12 years old, and then piano two years later. He studied orchestration, conducting and arranging. He played bossa nova in bands with Paulo Silvino and Orlandivo, then formed his own band, which featured João Palma, Sergio Barroso, Ugo Marotta, Henri Ackselrud and guitarist Celso Brando, who was later replaced by Roberto Menescal in 1962. Eumir’s paternal grandfather was a marble craftsman from Custonaci, Sicily.

Career

Recording career

Deodato often plays the

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electric piano. He became successful as a keyboard player in the 1970s. Since then, he has produced and arranged music on more than 500 albums for artists such as

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, Christophe, Ithamara Koorax and

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. Guitarist

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and flautist

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appeared on his early albums. '' Prelude'', his first album in the U.S., was released in 1973. His track ''

'' scored a big hit on the Billboard pop chart. This album was crossover music style that attracted a large audience and was produced by

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for his label CTI. The album sold 5 million copies worldwide and earned Deodato the 1974 Grammy Award for

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for the track ''

'' as well as a Grammy nomination for

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. His second album, ''

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'', reached number 19 on the ''Billboard'' album chart, and the single "Rhapsody in Blue" reached No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1973. His interpretation of ''

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'' ("Pavane for a Dead Princess") by

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was used in the 1970s by an Australian television station as background music. In 1978, he had an orchestral hit with "Whistle Bump" from the LP titled '' Love Island''. The track promoted the widespread use of whistles in nightclubs at the time. However, his popularity in the discos was solidified when he released the 1979 single ''Night Cruiser'' from the album of the same name, which earned him a third Grammy nomination for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Deodato continued recording through the 1980s. In 1985, he had two hits, " S.O.S., Fire in the Sky" and " Are You For Real", on ''Billboard'' magazine's top 20 Dance chart. In 1998, Deodato invited his old friend and fellow Brazilian jazz impresario Arnaldo DeSouteiro to co-produce with him the first official CD reissues of all his albums from the 1960s, in a total of nine releases. Among them, ''Inútil Paisagem'' (reissued by JSR in co-production with Universal Music), ''Idéias'', and all the albums from the Os Catedráticos series that were digitally remixed and remastered by audio engineer Rodrigo de Castro Lopes under the direct supervision of both Deodato and DeSouteiro. He recorded ''Live in Rio'' in 2007. In 2009, ''Prelude'' was reissued for the first time in Asia on SACD and SHM-CD formats under the supervision of Arnaldo DeSouteiro. In 2011, he released the album ''The Crossing'', which he produced with Lino Nicolosi and Pino Nicolosi at Nicolosi Productions, with guest vocalist

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. In 2010 he played the rhodes piano in the album ''Oasis'' produced and performed by Marita Pauli. In 2018 he arranged and conducted the strings orchestra in the album ''The First'' released by Riccardo Dalli Cardillo.

Arranging and producing

Since the 1960s, Deodato has been in demand as a producer and arranger. He has worked on more than 500 albums, and 15 have reached platinum status as defined by the

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. In the early 1960s, he worked as a freelance arranger for

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. He wrote arrangements for

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, Leny Andrade,

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, Tito Madi and for his own debut album, ''Inútil Paisagem'' (1964), which was dedicated to the work of

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and recorded in Rio when Deodato was 22. Jobim praised him in the album's liner notes. Deodato played piano with guitarists

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and Roberto Menescal, drummer Juquinha and an all-star cast including Copinha, J.T. Meirelles, Cipó,

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. He has been credited for helping to start the career of

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; Deodato was part of a committee tasked with choosing songs for a festival and chose three by Nascimento. He moved to New York City in 1967 to work with guitarist

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, with whom he recorded seven albums and countless jingles. Bonfá also introduced him to vocalist

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and record producer

, when they were reunited on the making of Astrud's "Beach Samba" album for

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. Later on, Creed Taylor hired him to write arrangements for musicians at

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who included

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and the CTI All Stars. Deodato also recorded with

, (1969),

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(1970), Youg, Holt Unlimited (1973), Aretha Franklin (1973), and recorded three albums with

from 1971 to 1973. He had other collaborations, including producing four million-selling albums for Kool and the Gang from 1979 to 1982, the first solo album by

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in 1988, three albums for singer Ithamara Koorax, as well as records by

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, Pretty Poison, One Way,

, Brenda K. Starr,

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and kd Lang. Deodato also developed a close collaboration with Icelandic singer Bjork from 1996 to 1998, arranging her albums ''Post'', ''Telegram'' and ''Homogenic'' as well as conducting the orchestra in many concerts for her both in Brazil and in the USA. For Deodato's '' Love Island'', he and

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co-wrote the instrumental "Tahiti Hut", which (with lyrics added to it) was later recorded by the band

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with guest vocals by

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. Deodato wrote orchestral arrangements for the films ''The Gentle Rain'' (with original soundtrack by Luiz Bonfá in 1965), and ""The Adventurers" (with soundtrack by Antonio Carlos Jobim and additional score by Deodato in 1969), as well as the original soundtracks for ""Target Risk", "The Reporter", ''The Black Pearl'' (1977), '' The Onion Field'' (1979), ""

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(1980), ''White Nights'' (1985, resuming his collaboration with Roberta Flack), and ''Bossa Nova'' (2000), among many others. He also produced and arranged for the movies "Body Rock" and "The Ghostbusters II". In 2025, Deodato released ''Meridiano'' with Carlos Pingarilho, and ''Spirit of Summer'' with Ithamara Koorax.

Personal life

Eumir Deodato was married to Ruth Deodato from 1963 to 1999. Their daughter Kennya Deodato (b. 1968) is married to actor

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. Their granddaughter

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is married to Canadian singer

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Discography

Albums

As sideman

With

* ''The Bonfa Magic'' (Milestone, 1993) * ''Jacaranda'' (Ranwood, 1973; reissued JSR, 1998) * ''Bonfá'' (Dot, 1969) * ''Black Orpheus Impressions'' (Dot, 1968; reissued Sony, 2000) * ''Steve & Eydie, Bonfa & Brazil'' (Columbia, 1968) * ''Luiz Bonfá Plays Great Songs'' (Dot, 1967) * ''Luiz Bonfá" (Dot, 1967) * ''The Gentle Rain - Original Soundtrack" (Mercury, 1966) With

* '' Gilberto with Turrentine'' (CTI, 1971) * ''Now'' (Perception, 1972) * ''Windy'' (Verve, 1968) With

* ''The Adventurers - Original Soundtrack'' (Paramount, 1969) * ''Stone Flower'' (CTI, 1970) * ''Tide'' (A&M/CTI, 1970) * ''Antonio Carlos Jobim's Finest Hour'' (Verve, 2000) With

* ''Ladies' Night'' (De-Lite, 1979) * ''Celebration'' (De-Lite, 1980) * ''Something Special'' (De-Lite, 1981) * ''As One'' (De-Lite, 1982) With Ithamara Koorax * ''Ithamara Koorax Sings the Luiz Bonfa Songbook'' (Paddle Wheel, 1996) * ''Exclusively For My Friends'' (BCE, 1999) * ''Serenade in Blue'' (Milestone, 2000) * ''Spirit Of Summer'' (JSR, 2025) With Roberto Menescal * ''A Nova Bossa Nova'' (Elenco, 1965) * ''The Boy from Ipanema Beach'' (Kapp, 1965) * ''Bossa Nova'' (Odeon, 1965) * ''A Bossa Nova De Roberto Menescal '' (Elenco, 1964) With

* ''

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'' (A&M/CTI, 1969) * ''Clube Da Esquina'' (EMI, 1972) * ''Pietá'' (Warner, 2002) With

* '' Sinatra & Company'' (Reprise, 1971) (side one arrangements) With Brenda K. Starr * ''Brenda K. Starr'' (MCA, 1987) * ''By Heart'' (Epic, 1991) With

* '' Salt Song'' (CTI, 1971) * ''The Baddest Turrentine'' (CTI, 1973) * '' The Sugar Man'' (CTI, 1975) With

** ''Samba Demais'' (Odeon, 1964) * ''O Compositor E O Cantor'' (Odeon, 1965) * ''Viola Enluarada'' (Odeon, 1968) * ''Braziliance!'' (Warner Bros., 1966) * ''Samba '68'' (Verve, 1968) * ''Tempo da Gente'' (Arca Som, 1986) With others * Anthony and the Camp, ''Suspense'' (Warner Bros., 1988) *

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, ''Toujours'' (EMI, 2011) *

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, ''Uptown Saturday Night'' (Profile, 1997) * Tony Cicco, ''...E Mo' Parlamm'e Musica'' (RCA 1987) *

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, ''Drum 'n' Voice Vol. 4'' (Nicolosi, 2016) *

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, ''Rock the Room'' (RCA Victor, 1988) *

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, ''Accordion My Way-Ole!'' (RCA Victor, 1967) *

, '' Summertime'' (A&M, 1968) *

, ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1989) *

, ''Killing Me Softly'' (Atlantic, 1973) *

, ''Quiet Fire'' (Atlantic, 1972) *

, ''Chapter Two'' (Atlantic, 1971) *

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, ''Let Me in Your Life'' (Atlantic, 1974) * Michael Franks, '' Burchfield Nines'' (Warner, 1978) *

, "Made in New York'' (Manhattan, 1984) *

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, ''Come Find Yourself'' (EMI, 1996) *

, ''The Grave and the Constant EP'' (Chrysalis, 1996) *

, ''Fired Up'' (Warner Bros., 1998) *

, ''Seeekret'' (Atlantic, 1985) * Kleiton & Kledir, ''Dois'' (Som Livre, 1996) * Tito Madi, ''Balanco Zona Sul E Outros Sucessos'' (Odeon, 1966) *

, ''Disguise'' (Columbia, 1984) *

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, ''Maysa'' (Elenco, 1964) *

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, ''Pretty World Suite!'' (Supuesto! 2000) *

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, ''Grooves in the Temple'' (2005) * Pretty Poison, ''Catch Me I'm Falling'' (Virgin, 1988) *

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, ''Quarteto em Cy'' (Forma, 1964) * Ranieri, ''Meditazione'' (CGD, 1976) *

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, ''Lake of Perseverance'' (JSR/Irma, 2001) * JSR All-Stars, ''Friends From Brazil 2001'' (JSR/Irma, 2001) * Carlos Pingarilho, ''Histórias E Sonhos'' (JSR,2002) * Carlos Pingarilho, ''Meridiano'' (JSR, 2025) * Brazil All Stars, ''Rio Strut'' (JSR, 2002) *

, ''The Wanderer'' (Mercury, 1988) *

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, ''Infinito Particular'' (EMI, 2006) *

Carlinhos Brown Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musica ...

, ''Omelete Man'' (EMI, 1998) *

Wanda Sá Wanda Maria Ferreira de Sá (born July 1, 1944) (also Wanda de Sah) is a Brazilian bossa nova singer and guitarist, active from 1964 to the present day. Her first guitar teacher, when she was 13, was Roberto Menescal. Later, she worked with Sér ...

, ''Wanda Vagamente'' (RGE, 1964) *

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, ''Steve & Eydie, Bonfa & Brazil'' (CBS/Sony, 1987)
Riccardo Dalli Cardillo
''The First'' (DCP, 2018)

Singles

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