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João Donato de Oliveira Neto was born on 1934 in Brazil, the son of a military father. Still a teenager, he demonstrated more musical than scholastic ability and so left school in 1949. He lived with fellow musicians, played guitar in the bars of Rio de Janeiro and, of course, talked about music. In the 1950s he visited the Sinatra-Farney Fan Clube, considered by many specialists as the school that created the Bossa Nova. Donato befriended individuals such as João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Johny Alf, and others, although he never recorded with them. Instead, he was a musician who played for himself. Also in 1950s João Donato went to United States and stayed for 13 years. This visit gave him the opportunity to incorporate African-Cuban music with Jazz. Donato record the disc A Bad Donato and wrote such pieces as Amazonas, A Rã and Cadê Jodel. He returned to Brazil and rediscovered Brazilian music while maintaining his passion for the fusion with Jazz and Caribbean rhythms. As an arranger he participated in recordings of the great names of Brazilian popular music such as Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil.

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Roncsipar wrote:
7 days ago

Can't have enough Donato!

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mak182 wrote:
August 2009

parabéns joão! 75 anos de idade e 60 de música real. abração. rocks!

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natymagno wrote:
July 2009

Ele é um gênio e tem muito carisma! =)

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MamaLuigi wrote:
June 2009

WOAH! I'm listening to his "Lugar Comum" album and this is some of the lushest Brazilian music I've ever heard! Very good!

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acertijo8 wrote:
May 2009

How are you? :)

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Vernerena wrote:
May 2009

SUBLIME!

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mak182 wrote:
April 2009

gênio!

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March 2009

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Loraynne wrote:
March 2009

Bom demais!!!

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discordia23 wrote:
March 2008

The correct option for this artist's name is not up for voting: João Donato. FAIL, last.fm

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Bicalho wrote:
March 2008

Show do João Donato de graça dia 20/03 no Centro Cultural Light http://www.lastfm.com.br/event/549783

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Cornholio4242 wrote:
February 2008

somebody should probably translate the artist description to english

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zygocactus wrote:
September 2007

genial!

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February 2007

<3

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