Latest Release
- 22 JAN 2024
- 21 Songs
- Composer Of Black Orpheus Plays And Sings Bossa Nova · 1961
- Composer Of Black Orpheus Plays And Sings Bossa Nova · 1959
- Amor! - The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa · 1955
- Jazz Samba Encore! · 1963
- Jazz Samba Encore! · 1963
- Softly... · 1966
- Plays and Sings Bossa Nova (Remastered) [feat. Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves] · 2009
- Music of Brazil - The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa · 1959
- Bossa Nova Hits · 1959
- Bossa Nova At Carnegie Hall · 2012
- 2013
- 2013
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About Luiz Bonfá
Before bossa nova took the world by storm in the 1960s, the reigning sound of Brazil was the samba. Guitarist Luiz Bonfa was one of the most well-known Brazilian samba-cancao composers and performers of the 1950s, known for his complex, lively fingerpicking style and soulful compositions. His contributions to the BLACK ORPHEUS soundtrack--particularly "Manha de Carnaval," which has since become a jazz standard--elevated him to fame in 1959, and he continued to enjoy the respect of peers and audiences well into the '90s. Bonfa died in Brazil in 2001.
- HOMETOWN
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- BORN
- 17 de octubre de 1922
- GENRE
- Bossa Nova