Edu Lobo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Góes and the second or paternal family name is Lobo.
Edu Lobo
Edú Lobo
Background information
Birth nameEduardo de Góes Lobo
Born (1943-08-29) August 29, 1943 (age 81)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
OriginBrazil
GenresBossa Nova
Websitehttp://edulobo.com.br

Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo (born August 29, 1943) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer.[1]

Edu Lobo, 1963.
Edu Lobo, 1967

In the 1960s he was part of the bossa nova movement.[1][2]

His compositions include Upa Neguinho (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), Pra Dizer Adeus (with Torquato Neto; also known in its English version as "To say goodbye"), Choro Bandido, A história de Lily Braun, Beatriz (the latter three songs with Chico Buarque), Arrastão and Canto triste (both with Vinicius de Moraes), and Ponteio (with Capinam). Ponteio won best song at the 3rd Festival de Música Popular Brasileira in the recording by Quarteto Novo in 1967.[1][3][4]

He has worked with, and his songs have been covered by, artists including Toots Thielemans, Marcos Valle, Elis Regina,[5] Sylvia Telles, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Monica Salmaso, Sarah Vaughan, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Caterina Valente.

Dos Navegantes, a collaboration album by him, Romero Lubambo and Mauro Senise, won the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Edu Lobo". AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  2. ^ McGowan, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (1998). The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil. Temple University Press. ISBN 9781566395458. page 77
  3. ^ "Edu Lobo: 70 Anos". Música Brasileira. December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Cultural, Instituto Itaú. "Edu Lobo – Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural". itaucultural.org.br. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Castro, Ruy (April 1, 2012). Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613745748. Retrieved August 20, 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Ceccarini, Viola Manuela (November 20, 2017). "The 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards in Las Vegas". Livein Style. Retrieved December 28, 2017.