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Edu Lobo
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Edu Lobo

Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer

Since 1943

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

In the 1960s he was part of the bossa nova movement.

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.

He has worked with, and his songs have been covered by, artists including Toots Thielemans, Marcos Valle, Elis Regina, 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.

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Eduardo de Góes Lobo, connu sous le nom de Edu Lobo est un chanteur, guitariste, arrangeur et compositeur brésilien né à Rio de Janeiro le 29 août 1943. Il atteint la célébrité dans les années 1960, fait partie de la « seconde génération » de la bossa nova et devient une figure majeure de la nouvelle Musique Populaire Brésilienne (MPB).

Edu Lobo a collaboré avec les plus grands noms de la bossa nova et de la musique populaire brésilienne : Vinícius de Moraes, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Tamba Trio, Nara Leão, Dorival Caymmi, Maria Bethânia, Milton Nascimento, Zizi Possi et bien d'autres. Il fait partie de la "seconde génération" de la bossa nova et est un des principaux fondateurs de la MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira).

Ses compositions originales ont, par leur sensibilité et leur richesse, obtenu à la fois le succès auprès du grand public et la reconnaissance des critiques. Citons parmi les plus connues Pra Dizer Adeus (avec Torquato Neto), Choro Bandido et Beatriz (avec Chico Buarque), Arrastão (avec Vinícius de Moraes), Upa Neguinho (avec Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) , Canto triste et Ponteio (avec José Carlos Capinam).

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