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Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born August 7, 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso , is a Brazil ian composer , singer, guitarist , writer, and activism|political activist . Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the History of Brazil (1964–1985)|Brazilian military dictatorship . He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since.

Veloso was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia , a state in the northeastern area of Brazil, but moved to Salvador, the state capital, as a college student in the mid-1960s. Soon after the move, Veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first record label|label . He became one of the founders of Tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists& mdash;including his sister Maria Bethânia & mdash;in the same period. However the Brazilian government at the time viewed Veloso's music and political action as threatening, and he was arrested, along with fellow musician Gilberto Gil , in 1969. The two eventually were exiled from Brazil, and went to London, where they lived for two years. After he moved back to his home country, in 1972, Veloso once again began recording and performing, becoming popular outside of Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s.

Biography

Early years (1942–1969)

Veloso was born in Santo Amaro, Bahia|Santo Amaro da Purificação , Bahia, the fifth of seven children of José Teles Veloso (1901–1983) and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (1907-). His childhood was influenced greatly by artistic endeavors: he was interested in both literature and filmmaking as a child, but focused mainly on music. The musical style of bossa nova and João Gilberto , one of its most prominent exponents, were major influences on Veloso's music as he grew up. Veloso first heard Gilberto at 17& nbsp;years old, and describes the musician as his "supreme master." He recognizes Gilberto's contribution to Brazilian music as new& mdash;"illuminating" the tradition of Brazilian music and paving the way for future innovation. Veloso moved to the Bahian port city of Salvador, Bahia|Salvador as a teenager, the city in which Gilberto lived and a center of Afro-Brazilian culture and music.Wald (2007), p. 118

1n 1965 he moved again to Rio de Janeiro , with his sister Maria Bethânia , also a musician. Shortly after the move, Veloso won a lyrics contest for his composition "Um Dia" and was signed to Philips Records . Beginning in 1967, with collaborators including Maria Bethânia|Bethânia , Gilberto Gil , Gal Costa , Tom Zé , and Os Mutantes , Veloso developed Tropicalismo , which fused Brazilian pop with rock and roll and avant-garde music. Veloso describes the movement as a wish to be different& mdash;not "defensive" like the right-wing History of Brazil (1964–1985)|Brazilian military government , which vehemently opposed the movement. Leftist college students also condemned Tropicalismo because they believed it commercialized Brazilian traditional music by incorporating musical influence from other cultures, specifically the United States. Even though Tropicalismo was controversial among traditional critics, it introduced to Música Popular Brasileira new elements for making music with an eclectic style.

Veloso studied philosophy at the Universidade Federal da Bahia , which influenced both his artistic expression and viewpoint on life. Two of his favorite philosophers were Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger . Veloso's leftist political stance earned him the enmity of Brazil's military dictatorship which ruled until 1985; his songs were frequently censored and some banned. Veloso and Gil spent several months in prison in 1969 and then were sent into exile . He said that "they didn't imprison us for any song or any particular thing that we said," ascribing the government's reaction to its unfamiliarity with the cultural phenomenon of Tropicália& mdash;they seemed to say "We might as well put them in prison." The federal police detained the two and flew them to an unknown destination. Finally, Veloso and Gil lived out their exile in London, England. When Caetano was asked about his experience there he says, "London felt dark, and I felt far away from myself." Nevertheless, the two improved their music there and were asked to make a musical production with the producer Ralph Mace.

Musical career (1972–present)

Veloso's work upon his return in 1972 was often characterized by frequent merging not only of international styles but of Brazilian folkloric styles and rhythms as well. His popularity grew outside Brazil in the 1980s, especially in Israel , Greece, Portugal, France, and Africa. His records released in the United States, such as O Estrangeiro , helped gain him a larger audience.

To celebrate 25& nbsp;years of Tropicalismo, Veloso and Gilberto Gil released a CD called Tropicalia 2 in 1993. One song, "Haiti", attracted people's attention during the time, especially because it included powerful statements about sociopolitical issues present in Haiti and also in Brazil. Issues addressed in the song included Ethnic group|ethnicity , poverty , homelessness , and capital corruption in the AIDS pandemic . By 2004, he was one of the most respected and prolific international pop stars, with more than 50& nbsp;recordings available including songs in film soundtrack s of Michelangelo Antonioni 's Eros (film)|Eros , Pedro Almodóvar 's Talk to Her|Hable con ella , and Frida , for which he performed at the 75th Academy Awards but did not win. In 2002 Veloso published an account of his early years and the Tropicalismo movement, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil .

His first all-English Compact Disc|CD was A Foreign Sound (2004), which covers '' Nirvana (band)|Nirvana 's " Come As You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are " and compositions from the Great American Songbook such as " The Carioca (song)|The Carioca " (music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn ), " Always (1925 song)|Always " (music and lyrics by Irving Berlin ), " Manhattan (song)|Manhattan " (music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart ), " Love for Sale (song)|Love for Sale " (music and lyrics by Cole Porter ), and " Something Good (song)|Something Good " (music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers). Five of the six songs on his third eponym ous album, released in 1971, were also in English.

Veloso has contributed songs to two AIDS benefit compilation albums produced by the Red Hot Organization : Red Hot + Rio (1996) and Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon (1998).

In 2011, he again contributed two songs to the Red Hot Organization|Red Hot Organization's most recent compilation album, "Red Hot + Rio 2." The two tracks include Terra (Prefuse 73 '3 Mellotrons In A Quiet Room' Version) and Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses, in collaboration with David Byrne .

His September 2006 album, Cê , was released by Nonesuch Records in the United States. It won two Latin Grammy Awards , one for best singer-songwriter and one for Best Portuguese Song, "Não Me Arrependo". With a total of five Latin Grammys, Veloso has received more than any other Brazilian performer.

Veloso has been called "one of the greatest songwriters of the century" and "a pop musician/poet/filmmaker/political activist whose stature in the pantheon of international pop musicians is on a par with that of Bob Dylan , Bob Marley , and John Lennon|Lennon / Paul McCartney|McCartney ".

Veloso has won five Latin Grammy Awards.

Personal life

Veloso's first marriage in 1969 was to a dance student named Andréa Gadelha, known as Dedé, who was the sister of Gilberto Gil's ex-wife Sandra Gadelha. With Dedé, he had his first son Moreno Veloso|Moreno , born in 1972. In 1982 Veloso started a relationship with Paula Lavigne. Veloso's marriage with Gadelha ended in 1983 and he married Lavigne in 1986 when she was 17. The couple had two sons: Zeca (born 1992) and Tom (born 1997). Veloso and Lavigne divorced in 2004.

Musical style

Veloso's home, Bahia, has had a decisive role in his music. He praises Bahia for its importance in Brazil's colonial period& mdash;when the Portuguese first came& mdash;as well as for Bahia's contribution to Brazilian music. He has cited among his musical influences Amália Rodrigues , Cole Porter , the Rolling Stones 1969 tour, and above all, João Gilberto .

Veloso says that he is unable to make a comparison between his musical style in the 1960s, at the height of Tropicália, and his current work. He does note, however, that he has been able to accomplish music of a higher quality later in his career; that he is "better at everything."

Discography

Studio albums

1967: Domingo (Caetano Veloso & Gal Costa album)|Domingo

1968: Caetano Veloso (1968 album)|Caetano Veloso

1968: Tropicália: ou Panis et Circenses

1968: Veloso, Gil e Bethania

1969: Caetano Veloso (1969 album)|Caetano Veloso

1971: Caetano Veloso (1971 album)|Caetano Veloso

1972: Transa (album)|Transa

1972: Araçá Azul

1975: Jóia

1975: Qualquer Coisa

1977: Bicho

1977: Caetano... muitos carnavais...

1978: Muito (dentro da estrela azulada)

1979: Cinema Transcendental

1981: Outras Palavras

1981: Brasil

1982: Cores, Nomes

1983: Uns (album)|Uns

1984: Velô

1986: Caetano Veloso

1987: Caetano

1989: Estrangeiro

1991: Circuladô

1993: Tropicália 2 (with Gilberto Gil)

1994: Fina Estampa

1998: Livro

2000: Noites do Norte

2002: Eu não peço desculpas (with Jorge Mautner)

2004: A Foreign Sound

2005: Onqotô

2006: Cê

2008: Caetano Veloso e Roberto Carlos - e a música de Tom Jobim

2009: Zii e Zie

Live albums

1968: Ao Vivo (with Os Mutantes )

1972: Barra 69 ao vivo na Bahia (with Gilberto Gil )

1972: Caetano e Chico - Juntos ao Vivo (with Chico Buarque )

1974: Temporada de Verão - ao vivo na Bahia (with Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil )

1976: Doces Bárbaros (with Gal Costa , Gilberto Gil , and Maria Bethânia )

1977: Bicho Baile Show (with Banda Black Rio )

1978: Maria Bethânia e Caetano Veloso ao Vivo (with Maria Bethânia )

1986: Totalmente Demais

1992: Circuladô Vivo

1994: Fina Estampa ao Vivo

1999: Prenda Minha

1999: Omaggio a Federico e Giulietta

2001: Noites do Norte ao vivo

2007: Cê ao vivo

2011: MTV Ao Vivo – Caetano – Zii e Zie

2011: Caetano e Maria Gadú Multishow ao vivo

Soundtracks

1995: O Quatrilho

1996: Tieta do Agreste (film)|Tieta do Agreste

1999: Orfeu

2002: Talk to Her

2002: Frida (soundtrack)|Frida

2004: Meu Tio Matou um Cara

Compilations

1996: Red Hot + Rio , AIDS-Benefit Album produced by the Red Hot Organization , contributor on track "É Precisco Perdoar"

1998: Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon , AIDS-Benefit Album produced by the Red Hot Organization , contributor on track "Dreamworld: Marco De Canaveses"

2002: Todo Caetano ( box set )

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Caetano Veloso

Biography

Biography

Early years (1942–1969)

Musical career (1972–present)

Personal life

Musical style

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Soundtracks

Compilations

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