Cara Limpa - Music

Paulo Vanzolini São Paulo April 25 1923 With Adoniran Barbosa Is Acknowledged As The Biggest Representative Of The Samba Of São Paulo. A Physician By Education 1947 And A Zoologist Acknowledged Internationally As One Of The Most Eminent By Profession Vanzolini Nevertheless Also Kept Bohemian Habits Throughout His Youth And Maturity Always Having Been Connected With Music And Malandragem Street Smarts . Having Started To Write Sambas In The 1940s Soon He Proved To Be A Talented Verse Improviser His Lyrics Are Chronicles Both Of The Bohemian And Urban São Paulo And Of The Upstate Way Of Life. As A Composer His Biggest Hits Are The Samba "Volta Por Cima " Launched In 1962 By Noite Ilustrada And Later Re-Recorded Among Many Others By Maria Bethânia And Included In Gláuber Rocha's O Dragão Da Maldade Contra O Santo Guerreiro 1969 And The Samba-Canção "Ronda " Written In 1945 And Launched By Inesita Barroso In 1953 Being Highly Popular Until Today And Becoming An Anthem Of The City Of São Paulo. The Song Became Successful In Márcia's Re-Recording In The 1960s Also Recorded Later By Maria Bethânia On Her LP Álibi A Top-Seller Of 1978 Nora Ney Carmen Costa And Ângela Maria Among Others. In 1967 Vanzolini's Friend And Partner Luís Carlos Paraná And Marcus Pereira Produced For Fermata The LP Paulo Vanzolini Onze Sambas E Uma Capoeira On Which Vanzolini's Songs Were Interpreted By Chico Buarque Luís Carlos Paraná And Other Artists. Writing Lyrics And Melodies By Himself Vanzolini Also Had Partnerships With Toquinho In The Mid-'60s Before The Composer Formed His Duo With Vinícius De Moraes. In 1967 Vanzolini And Toquinho Participated In The II Festival Internacional Da Canção International Song Festival FIC TV Globo With One Of Those Songs "Na Boca Da Noite " Winning The São Paulo Stage. Vanzolini Also Had As Partners Luís Carlos Paraná Paulinho Nogueira Adauto Santos And Elton Medeiros. In 1974 Cristina Buarque Named Her First LP Cara Limpa After The Title Of A Paulo Vanzolini Samba. The Label Marcus Pereira Launched In That Same Year The LP A Música De Paulo Vanzolini Interpreted By Carmen Costa And Paulo Marques. In 1997 Vanzolini Was Paid Tribute At The University Of São Paulo With A Show Which Launched Previously Unpublished Compositions Like "Quando Eu For Eu Vou Sem Pena." Two Years Later He Was Again Paid Homage During The Commemorations Of The 447th Anniversary Of The City Of São Paulo In A Show At The Sesc Pompéia Hall. In 2001 Vanzolini's Complete Works Began To Be Recorded By Selected Interpreters For A Four-CD Box Set "Acerto De Contas De Paulo Vanzolini" Label Biscoito Fino . In 2003 In His 80 Y.O. There Was A Big Show-Party In SESC Pompéia Sao Paulo. Retired For USP Remains Like The Most Acknowledge Sao Paulo Composer. read less