Albums by Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMMoça, Poeta e Violão (feat. Clara Nunes & Toquinho)Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMO Poeta e o ViolãoToquinho & Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMEn Mar del PlataMaria Bethânia, Toquinho & Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMToquinho e ViníciusToquinho & Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMVinicius de MoraesMaria Creuza, Toquinho & Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMLa vita, amico, è l'arte dell'incontroVinicius de Moraes & Sergio Endrigo
ALBUMOs Afro - Sambas de Baden e ViníciusBaden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes
ALBUMOrfeu da ConceiçãoAntônio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes
Artist Biography
The late Brazilian poet, playwright, journalist, and diplomat Vinicius De Moraes was also, almost incidentally, one of the fathers of bossa nova. While producing his celebrated 1954 play, ORFEU DA CONCEICAO (later filmed as BLACK ORPHEUS), de Moraes was introduced to composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, and the two forged a songwriting cottage industry that produced some of the earliest and most enduring bossa nova classics, such as "Girl from Ipanema" and "No More Blues." Before his death in 1980, de Moraes co-wrote hundreds of sambas and bossa novas performed by artists like Joao Gilberto, Chico Buarque, and Toquinho.
Hometown
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Genre
MPB