Dorival Caymmi

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Dorival Caymmi (born April 30, 1914 in Salvador, Bahia - August 16, 2008, Rio de Janeiro) is considered to be one to the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. The son of an Italian immigrant and a black Bahian woman, he has a distinctive style of his own and is the writer of many classic songs. The sambas, such as ‘O Samba Da Minha Terra’, have become standards of Música Popular Brasileira. He also wrote ballads celebrating the fearless fishermen of Bahia, including Promessa de Pescador and O Vento.

Although his songs celebrate the people of Bahia and he himself is enshrined in the popular Brazilian imagination as the archetypal Bahian, he moved to Rio de Janeiro to find fame in the 1930’s and never moved back to Bahia.

He became a contemporary and sometimes rival of composer Ary Barroso and enjoyed a lifelong friendship with Bahian author Jorge Amado. Dorival Caymmi first achieved success in the late 1930s with Carmen Miranda, for whom he composed ‘O Que é Que a Baiana Tem?’. He recorded for five decades, both singing solo with his own guitar accompaniment, and backed by bands and orchestras. In the 1960s many of his songs were covered by bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto, and he collaborated with Antonio Carlos Jobim. Among the many musicians heavily influenced by Dorival Caymmi are Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.

Dorival Caymmi passed away at age 94 on August 16, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of multiple organ failure.
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  • KarenValensi

    ainda bem que era baiano. alias, só podia ser baiano. +1

    22 days ago
  • ingrid__x

    ainda bem que era baiano. alias, só podia ser baiano. +1

    December 2011
  • titu_andronicus

    qual o problema em ele ser baiano, brother?? brasileiro com preconceito regional, que vão pro inferno!! e olha que nem sou brasileiro.

    December 2011
  • AyudaHombre

    no top 10 dos compositores mais importantes do brasil fácil

    October 2011
  • IlJunioor

    O mar, quando quebra na praia, é bonito é bonito *_*

    June 2011
  • wilsonline

    talves nao tenha nada a ver rs, me lembra O Velho e o Mar.

    June 2011
  • caramujobonitin

    Enormemente maravilhoso! Os olhos marejam.

    May 2011
  • jukitaoka

    Mestre!

    April 2011
  • PedroDuarte

    Dos momentos mais altos da arte brasileira.

    March 2011
  • martinsfa

    http://iosononatopostumo.blogspot.com/

    February 2011
  • bitchjess

    lerê lerê lererê lerê dance/

    January 2011
  • jorgefray

    ô morena de itapoã!

    November 2010
  • Bandagameover

    vixe mainha

    November 2010
  • viniciusazevedo

    ainda bem que era baiano. alias, só podia ser baiano.

    October 2010
  • viniciusazevedo

    pena que deixam pessoas imbecis usarem o last fm.

    October 2010
  • italotoffolo

    pena que foi baiano

    August 2010
  • biomorfo

    grande dori!!!! saudades...

    July 2010
  • jenisx

    ôxente

    May 2010
  • pedroz11

    Dorival me faz até ter vontade de ir à praia

    April 2010
  • versamare

    Dorival tá na mão, Dorival tá no céu

    April 2010
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