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Tom Zé

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Jimmy, Renda-SeTom Zé

Listen to O Que Se Leva (Dói) [feat. Tom Zé] by Rod 3030, Rashid & Helio Bentes, see lyrics, music video & more!

O Que Se Leva (Dói) [feat. Tom Zé]Rod 3030, Rashid & Helio Bentes

Listen to Tô by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

TôTom Zé

Jimmy, Renda-SeTom Zé

Listen to Augusta, Angélica e Consolação by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

Augusta, Angélica e ConsolaçãoTom Zé

Listen to Mã by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

MãTom Zé

Listen to Ogodô, Ano 2000 by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ogodô, Ano 2000Tom Zé

Listen to Só (Solidão) by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

Só (Solidão)Tom Zé

Listen to A felicidade by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

A felicidadeTom Zé

Listen to Dói by Tom Zé, see lyrics, music video & more!

DóiTom Zé

Latest Release

Listen to Danilo Constelação - Single by Tom Zé

ALBUMDanilo Constelação - SingleTom Zé

More albums from Tom Zé

ALBUMLíngua BrasileiraTom Zé

ALBUMSem Você Não ATom Zé

Listen to Canções Eróticas de Ninar by Tom Zé

ALBUMCanções Eróticas de NinarTom Zé

Listen to Vira Lata na Via Lactea by Tom Zé

ALBUMVira Lata na Via LacteaTom Zé

Listen to Tropicália Lixo Lógico by Tom Zé

ALBUMTropicália Lixo LógicoTom Zé

ALBUMTodos Os OlhosTom Zé

Listen to O Pirulito da Ciência by Tom Zé

ALBUMO Pirulito da CiênciaTom Zé

Listen to Estudando o Pagode (Na Opereta Segregamulher e Amor) by Tom Zé

ALBUMEstudando o Pagode (Na Opereta Segregamulher e Amor)Tom Zé

Listen to Jogos de Armar: Faça Você Mesmo by Tom Zé

ALBUMJogos de Armar: Faça Você MesmoTom Zé

Listen to Com Defeito de Fabricação by Tom Zé

ALBUMCom Defeito de FabricaçãoTom Zé

Listen to Com Defeito de Fabricação / Fabrication Defect by Tom Zé

ALBUMCom Defeito de Fabricação / Fabrication DefectTom Zé

Listen to Parabelo (Trilha Sonora Original do Espetáculo do Grupo Corpo) by Tom Zé & José Miguel Wisnik

ALBUMParabelo (Trilha Sonora Original do Espetáculo do Grupo Corpo)Tom Zé & José Miguel Wisnik

Listen to Dois Momentos, Vol.1 by Tom Zé

ALBUMDois Momentos, Vol.1Tom Zé

Listen to Brazil 5 - The Return of Tom Zé: The Hips of Tradition by Tom Zé

ALBUMBrazil 5 - The Return of Tom Zé: The Hips of TraditionTom Zé

ALBUMCantando Com a PlateiaGereba & Tom Zé

Listen to Correio da estação do brás by Tom Zé

ALBUMCorreio da estação do brásTom Zé

ALBUMEstudando o sambaTom Zé

Listen to Grande Liquidação (Deluxe Version) by Tom Zé

ALBUMGrande Liquidação (Deluxe Version)Tom Zé

ALBUMTom ZéTom Zé

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About Tom Zé

Hometown

Irara, Bahia, Brazil

Born

October 11, 1936

Genre

Brazilian

Tropicália star Tom Zé transforms the unassuming beauty of Brazil’s samba and folk traditions—often performed on accordion, triangle, and cavaquinho guitar—into art that’s intelligent and leaves room for a little clowning on the side. Born Antônio José Santana Martins in the small town of Irará in 1936, Zé moved to Salvador in 1951 to study music. There, he met Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, whom he followed to São Paulo, where he contributed the track “Parque Industrial” to the landmark 1968 musical manifesto Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circensis. Zé’s earliest albums brought him cult appreciation but not fame, and he spent much of the ’70s and ’80s back in his hometown working in a gas station. But his fortune changed in 1990 when David Byrne released Brazil Classics 4: The Best of Tom Zé on Luaka Bop. Zé doubled down his experimental folk-pop on more than a dozen seriously playful investigations of Brazilian music and culture, including 2022’s theatrical tour de force Língua Brasileira.