Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (, born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter working in the genres of
samba
Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...
and
pagode
Pagode () is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party. In 1978, singer Beth Carvalho was introduced to this music, like ...
.
Biography
Born in the neighborhood of Irajá,
Rio de Janeiro
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, Zeca Pagodinho grew up around the most traditional manifestations of
samba
Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...
and started making his own verses while still a kid at
GRES Portela samba School. In the '70s, Zeca started frequenting the Carnival Block of Cacique de Ramos, which took place in
Rio de Janeiro
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every Wednesday and became a true
pagode
Pagode () is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party. In 1978, singer Beth Carvalho was introduced to this music, like ...
's crib (pagode is a type of
samba
Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...
). Son of Jessé da Silva and Irinéia da Silva, grandson paternal of Jessé Gomes da Silva and Milena da Silva, maternal of the president Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca and the president Mariana Cecília de Sousa Meirelles da Fonseca, his sister is Ircéia Pagodinho, his wife is Mônica Silva and his children are Eduardo, Elisa, Louis, and Maria Eduarda, his grandson is Noah, his granddaughter is Catarina, his daughter in law is Thalita, At one of these jams, samba singer
Beth Carvalho was impressed with Zeca's skills and invited him to record the song ''Camarão Que Dorme a Onda Leva'' in 1983. From that point on, Zeca began to record his own albums. There are now 15 of them, and three DVDs.
His creative, joyful, malicious songs translate the day-by-day of the typical easy going
carioca
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Like other Brazilians, ''Cariocas'' speak Portuguese. The ''carioca'' accent and sociolect (also simply called "''carioca''", ...
and are a big success in Brazil. He's one of the biggest-sellers in the country, He lives at neighborhood of
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca () (usually known as Barra) is an upper-middle class neighborhood or bairro in the Rio de Janeiro#West Zone, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known ...
with his wife Mônica Silva and his children Eduardo, Elisa, Louis, and Maria Eduarda.
A song of his, "Deixa a Vida Me Levar" was featured in the game
FIFA 2004.
In 2015, his album ''Ser Humano'' was nominated for the
16th Latin Grammy Awards in the
Best Samba/Pagode Album category.
Discography
* ''Mais Feliz'' (2019)
* ''O Quintal do Pagodinho 3'' (2016)
* ''Ser Humano'' (2015)
* ''Sambabook Zeca Pagodinho'' (2014)
* ''Multishow Ao Vivo: 30 Anos - Vida Que Segue'' (2013)
* ''O Quintal do Pagodinho'' (2012)
* ''Ao Vivo com os Amigos'' (2011)
* ''Vida da Minha Vida'' (2010)
* ''Especial MTV – Uma Prova de Amor Ao Vivo'' (2009)
* ''Uma prova de amor'' (2008)
* ''Raridades'' (2007)
* ''Acústico MTV – Zeca Pagodinho 2 – Gafieira'' (2006)
* ''À Vera'' (2005)
* ''Acústico MTV – Zeca Pagodinho'' (2003)
* ''Deixa a vida me levar'' (2002)
* ''O quintal do Pagodinho'' (2002)
* ''Água da minha sede'' (2000)
* ''Zeca Pagodinho ao vivo – DVD'' (2000)
* ''Zeca Pagodinho ao vivo'' (1999)
* ''Zeca Pagodinho'' (1998)
* ''Hoje é dia de festa'' (1997)
* ''Deixa clarear'' (1996)
* ''Samba pras moças'' (1995)
* ''Alô, mundo!'' (1993)
* ''Um dos poetas do samba'' (1992)
* ''Pixote'' (1991)
* ''Mania da gente'' (1990)
* ''Boêmio feliz'' (1989)
* ''Jeito moleque'' (1988)
* ''Patota de Cosme'' (1987)
* ''Zeca Pagodinho'' (1986)
Awards
*2003 – Troféu Imprensa de melhor cantor (Best singer)
*2004 – Troféu Imprensa de melhor cantor (Best singer)
*2005 – Troféu Imprensa de melhor cantor (Best singer)
*2009: VMB – Video Music Brasil 2009 (Best Samba)
*2009 – Prêmio da Música Brasileira (Best singer; Best Disco; Best song)
*2008 – Prêmio BRA GA de música (Best singer)
References
External links
*
Video: Zeca performing songs from his first record
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1959 births
Living people
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Samba musicians
Brazilian Candomblés
Latin Grammy Award winners
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singers