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Baden Powell de Aquino was born in Varre-e-Sai in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father, a scouting enthusiast, named him after Robert Baden-Powell. When he was three, his family relocated to a suburb in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The new surroundings proved profoundly influential. His house was a stop for popular musicians during his formative years. He soon started guitar lessons with Jayme Florence, a famous Choro guitarist in the 1940s. He proved a young virtuoso, having won many talent competitions before he was a teenager. At age fifteen, he was already playing professionally, accompanying singers and bands in various styles. As a youngster, he was fascinated by Swing and Jazz, but his main influences were firmly rooted in the Brazilian guitar canon.

He first achieved notoriety in 1959 by convincing Billy Blanco, who was an established singer and songwriter to put lyrics to one of his compositions. The result was called “Samba Triste” and very successful. It has been covered by many artists, including Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd in their seminal LP Jazz Samba.

In 1962, he met the poet-diplomat Vinicius de Moraes and began a collaboration that yielded some true classics of 1960s Brazilian music. Although Bossa Nova was the prevailing sound of the times, the partnership Baden-Vinicius wanted to transcend the form by syncretizing Afro-Brazilian forms such as Candomblé, Umbanda and Capoeira with Rio de Janeiro’s Samba forms.

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everthonVS wrote:
last month

awesome!

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EddieHeinz wrote:
August 2009

http://www.brazil-on-guitar.de/home.html

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robertgentel wrote:
April 2009

Some great Baden videos here: http://able2know.org/topic/127234-2#post-3605327

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renatotec wrote:
March 2009

rsrsrs .. exatamente fanny .. todo mundo sabe que spanish guitar é da Toni Braxton ***brincando*** ;)

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fannyhill wrote:
March 2009

Quem foi a anta que tagueou como "spanish guitar"?

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YuriBR wrote:
February 2009

Arte.

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rakdos wrote:
February 2009

baden powell DE AQUINO??? puts, q mancada XD

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ingeborgheise wrote:
January 2009

I would like to recommend you an artist: http://www.last.fm/music/Thilo+Martinho I love the tracks of this versatile musician. Maybe, you do so too ?

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nadiaanissa wrote:
December 2008

Le sacre du Brésil, musique savoureuse et moelleuse.......

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iquemeirelles wrote:
November 2008

Autêntico, Célebre e Excepcional... Além de Fodástico!

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Ciacchi wrote:
November 2008

que merda, ainda tem gente que botou "spanish" nas tags :S

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Theeboon wrote:
November 2008

Well put, kivitel.

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kivitel wrote:
August 2008

Huge, Mt. Everest sized musical genius, a man who knows what it is like to be an animal and what it is like to be divinity. He is like a dog that knows how to dance and goes to church.

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Iguarassu wrote:
August 2008

maestria do violão, um verdadeiro pedaço dele hehe

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zipozan wrote:
June 2008

A Viola

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robotkarel wrote:
June 2008

great music, perfect combination of guitar and percussion

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grazistrani wrote:
June 2008

Perfeito!

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brun-o wrote:
March 2008

the man!

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marcosvenicio wrote:
January 2008

Baden Powell é o cara !!!

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alicelanders wrote:
January 2008

esse é o cara!

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