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Nelson Cavaquinho Nelson Antônio Da Silva - October 29 1911 Rio De Janeiro - February 2 1986 Rio De Janeiro Was Arguably The Best Samba Composer Ever Behind Cartola. He Left 600 Compositions That Have Been Recorded By Some Of The Greatest Interpreters Of Brazilian Music Including Ciro Monteiro Elis Regina Elizeth Cardoso Chico Buarque Guinga Paulinho Da Viola João Bosco Rafael Rabello Zizi Possi Beth Carvalho Toquinho Luiz Melodia Maria Bethânia Leny Andrade Clara Nunes Jards Macalé Itamar Assumpção Arnaldo Antunes Nelson Gonçalves Zeca Pagodinho And Others. Nelson Cavaquinho Was In Fact Born One Year After The Date Consigned On His Birth Certificate October 28 1910 . His Father Brás Antônio Da Silva A Tuba Player From The Military Police Band Of Rio Worried About The Precocious Signs Of A Dedicated Bohemian Changed The Certificate So He Could Enlist In The Army One Year Sooner. He Was Born In The São Cristóvão Neighborhood In Rio. At Eight He Moved With His Family To Lapa. Soon After He Abandoned The Junior High School To Go To Work. Nine Years Later He Moved Again With His Family To A Blue-Collar Neighborhood In Gávea Where He Began To Play The Cavaquinho In The Local Rodas De Choro Where He Got The Nickname. His First Choro Compositions Date From That Period When He Also Enrolled With The Military Police At 19 Due To His Father's Insistency. He Got Married The Next Year And Moved To The Brás De Pina Neighborhood But His Marriage Lasted For Only A Short Period Due To His Bohemian Habits. By And By He Began To Frequent The Rodas De Samba In The Hills When He Wrote His First Song "Entre A Cruz E A Espada." Becoming Acquainted With Cartola Wrote Some Sambas With Him But The Partnership Ended When Cavaquinho Sold One Of Those Songs. He Also Became Friends With Many Of The Hills' Composers But Very Few Of His Partners Participated In The Composition Of Cavaquinho 's Sambas. As A Bohemian He Used To Give Partnerships Of His Songs In Exchange For A Hotel Room For The Night As He Did Many Times At The Hotel Brasil A Dish Of Food Or Even A Night Of Love. In Spite Of His Always Being Cherished By Women In The Bars He Frequented Most Of Cavaquinho 's "partners" Were Hotel Or Bar Owners Or Pimps. In 1938 Cavaquinho Left The Police And Became A Mason Like Cartola. His First Samba To Be Recorded Was "Não Faça Vontade A Ela" With Rubens Campos And Henricão By Alcides Gerardi In 1939. Ciro Monteiro A Highly Popular Artist Began To Record His Songs In 1943 With "Apresenta-Me Aquela Mulher" With Augusto Garcez/Gustavo De Oliveira Followed By "Não Te Dói A Consciência" With Ari Monteiro In 1945 He Recorded "Aquele Bilhetinho" With Augusto Garcez/Arnô Canegal All For Victor. In 1946 He Recorded Cavaquinho's First Big Hit "Rugas" With Augusto Garcez/Ari Monteiro . Instead Of Jumping On The Success And Opening His Way Into Radio Which Represented The Big Avenue For Fame And Money He Continued To Show New Songs In Rodas De Samba. In 1952 He Moved To Mangueira. In 1954 Roberto Silva Recorded "Notícia" With Alcides Caminha/Nourival Bahia . In 1955 He Started A Long 30 Years And Fruitful Partnership With Guilherme De Brito His Most Constant And Important Partner. They Settled A Pact Of Musical Fidelity Which Was Broken A Couple Of Times One Was In The Song "Rei Vagabundo" With José Ribeiro By Cavaquinho Under Alcohol's Effluviums. In That Same Year Cavaquinho Came Out With "Cinzas" With Guilherme De Brito And R. Gaetani In 1956 He Had "Pranto De Poeta" With Guilherme De Brito And In 1957 His Masterpiece "A Flor E O Espinho" With Guilherme De Brito And Alcides Caminha . Caminha Was Broadly Known In Brazil As An Erotic Cartoonist Who Signed Under The Pseudonym Of Carlos Zéfiro. His Only Participation In The Song Was The Amount Paid By Him Three Contos De Réis. According To Guilherme De Brito When There Was Anyone Other Than Him And Cavaquinho On One Of Their Songs The Person Paid To Be Included In The Credits. In 1961 Roberto Silva Recorded "Degraus Da Vida" With Antônio Braga And César Brasil Through Copacabana . In The Next Year Together With Zé Keti Paulinho Da Viola And Jair Do Cavaco He Formed The Samba Group A Voz Do Morro Which Would Generate A Famous Show In 1968 By Elton Medeiros And Paulinho Da Viola. When Cartola Opened His Restaurant/nightclub Zicartola Cavaquinho Began To Perform For Audiences. In 1964 He Also Performed In The Important Show Opinião And Nara Leão Recorded His "Luz Negra" With Hiraí Barros For Her Opening Album Nara. In The Next Year He Played Violão On Maria Bethânia's Opening Album On The Track "Feiticeira." "A Flor E O Espinho" Was Recorded In The Same Year By Elizeth Cardoso On Her Famous Elizete Sobe O Morro. He Also Recorded "Luz Negra" In 1966 With Amâncio Cardoso A Year In Which CBS Released An LP With Only His Compositions And Three Of His Interpretations. Three Years Later Leon Hirzman Shot A Short-Subject Documentary About Him Nelson Cavaquinho. In 1968 He And The Samba Masters Clementina De Jesus Cartola And Carlos Cachaça Recorded The LP Fala Mangueira Odeon Which Was Never Released On CD. His First Solo LP Came Only In 1970 Depoimentos Do Poeta For Castelinho And Was Reissued On CD By Continental. Later His "Folhas Secas" With Guilherme De Brito Was Re-Recorded By Elis Regina. The Song Would Also Be Re-Recorded By Beth Carvalho With Whom Cavaquinho Toured Brazil In The Pixinguinha Project. In 1973 And 1974 He Recorded Other Solo Albums For Odeon. In 1974 Eduardo Gudin Paulo César Pinheiro And Márcia Opened The Show O Importante É Que A Emoção Sobreviva Which Was Recorded Live And Released On An Eponymous LP Containing Cavaquinho's "Tatuagem." In The Same Year He Played His Characteristic And Rude Violão In Beth Carvalho's Pra Seu Governo On "Miragem." The Following Year She Recorded The Old Master Again On Her Pandeiro E Viola Both For ABW. In 1977 Cavaquinho Recorded Os Quatro Grandes Do Samba With Elton Medeiros Candeia And Guilherme De Brito. In 1985 He Was Paid Tribute In Mangueira At An Event Where The Album Flores Em Vida Was Presented. The Album Had His Compositions Interpreted By Chico Buarque Paulinho Da Viola Christina Buarque João Bosco Rafael Rabello Beth Carvalho Toquinho Carlinhos Vergueiro And Others. Cavaquinho Also Plays Violão And Sings On Three Tracks. Cavaquinho Continued To Live This Way Until He Died Of Pulmonary Emphysema. In 1995 Leny Andrade Interpreted His Songs On Luz Negra Velas A Year In Which Wayne Shorter Wallace Roney Guilherme Vergueiro Mads Vinding Robertinho Silva And Raul De Souza Interpreted His Songs At São Paulo's Heineken Concerts. In 1996 Zizi Possi Recorded His "Juízo Final" With Élcio Soares For Her Mais Simples And The Compilations Quando Eu Me Chamar Saudade EMI And Nelson Cavaquinho RCA Victor Were Released. In 1998 Nelson Gonçalves Recorded "Quando Eu Me Chamar Saudade" With Guilherme De Brito On His Quando A Lapa Era Lapa And Jair Rodrigues Also Recorded The Old Sambista On His Jair De Todas As Bossas. In 1999 The Label EMI Released A Compilation Of His Works On The Raízes Do Samba Series. In 2000 Flávio Moreira Da Costa Released The Book Nelson Cavaquinho -- Enxugue Os Olhos E Me Dê Um Abraço And Ricardo Cravo Albin Presented The Show Cavaquinho -- 90 Anos. In The Same Year The Banda Mantiqueira Presented A Selection Of His Works At The 31o. Festival De Inverno De Campos Do Jordão And The Series A Música Brasileira Deste Século Por Seus Autores E Intérpretes Was Released Bringing The Transcription Of 25 Of Producer Fernando Faro's 400 Interviews And TV Specials Which Include The Ones Done With Nelson Cavaquinho. Marisa Monte Recorded His "Gotas De Luar" On Her Memórias Crônicas E Declarações De Amor. The Important Compilation Mangueira -- Sambas De Terreiro E Outros Sambas With Cavaquinho And Other Bambas Was Also Released That Year. In The Same Year The Quinteto Em Branco E Preto Recorded "Pranto De Poeta" With Guilherme De Brito . ~ Alvaro Neder All Music Guide