Rosa Passos is a contemporary singer in Brazil who is dedicated to a genuine evolution of Brazilian music, devoid of fashionable trends or commercialism. She has established herself firmly in the country's artistic scenery, acknowledged by such artists as
João Gilberto,
Maria Schneider,
Clare Fisher,
Paquito d'Rivera,
Johnny Alf,
Nana Caymmi (who recorded two of her compositions), and even the number one enemy of bossa nova, the music researcher J.R. Tinhorão. Passos's father was very fond of music and he started all his six children on an instrument. Passos's pe…
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