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BBC News called the song an extraordinarily mature song for a 16-year-old songwriter. [5] Matt Wilkinson at NME called it "one of the best songs" of 2015, he said, "This bright’n’breezy Hertfordshire teen's first track 'Brazil' was one of the best songs of last year, recalling Jamie T right at the start of his career and being easily the finest song to ever be written about corruption in ...
This song, because of its exaltation of Brazil's great qualities, marked the creation of a new genre within samba, known as samba-exaltação (exaltation samba). This musical movement, with its extremely patriotic nature, was seen by many as being favorable to the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas, generating criticism towards Barroso and his work, which was perceived as Barroso's prostration to ...
Murphy had recorded Brazilian music previously on Mark Murphy Sings ("Empty Faces"), Who Can I Turn To ("Star Sounds"), Midnight Mood ("Sconsolato"), and others. However, Brazil Song was Murphy's first all-Brazilian jazz album. He later released Night Mood in 1987 dedicated to Ivan Lins. He continued to record many Brazilian songs during his ...
"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by Jorge Ben (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album Samba esquema novo. The song was covered in 1966 by Sérgio Mendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works.
The music received critical acclaim from critics, praising the Brazilian influences in the music and creative choices of involving the native musicians to influence South American culture. Powell's score was a separate album, titled Rio (Original Motion Picture Score) , which was released by Varèse Sarabande on April 19, 2011.
"Lambada", also known as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)", or "Llorando Se Fue (Lambada)" (both meaning "crying, he/she went away" in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), is a song by French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma. It features guest vocals by Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz and was released as the first single from Kaoma's 1989 debut album ...
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His song Na Baixa do Sapateiro, based on a Brazilian pop tune, was included in the Disney film The Three Caballeros and popularised as Baía. [2] Barroso's soundtrack for the movie Brazil was nominated for an Oscar in 1945. [3] Although he failed to win, Barroso was presented a Merit Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...