Alcione

Alcione Alcione Nazaré São Luís Maranhão November 21 1947 Also Known As Marrom Brownie Is One Of The Most Successful Female Sambists In Brazil Who First Claimed International Recognition In The Late 1970s And Has Had 19 Gold Records And Two Platinum Records. Alcione Was Introduced To The Traditional Brazilian Music By Her Father. He Was A Military Musician Who Worked As The Conductor Of The Corps Marching Band. At The Age Of Thirteen She Was Already Able To Give Vocal Performance In College Parties. At This Same Age She Began To Study Clarinet And Then Learnt To Play The Trumpet. At Age 20 Alcione Moved To Rio De Janeiro. There She Worked At The City's TV Excelsior And Later Went On Tour In Argentina And Chile For Four Months. On Returning To Brazil She Settled In São Paulo Working In Nightclub And Making Appearances On Television. In 1970 She Started Her Two-Year Tour In Europe Performing As A Vocalist And A Trumpet Artist. In 1972 When Back To Brazil Alcione Recorded Her First Single. The Following Year She Traveled To Sing In Mexico And In 1974 Portugal Where She Recorded Her First Full-Length Album. In 1975 Alcione Released Her LP A Voz Do Samba Which Achieved Gold Sales Status And Featured Several Hit Tracks. The Most Successful Songs Were Não Deixe O Samba Morrer Written By Edson And Aloiso And O Surdo Written By Totonho/Paulinho Resende. In The Late 1970s Nazaré Became Well-Known As A Samba Artist And Achieved International Recognition. She Recorded Alerta Geral For Philips Records And In 1978 Released This Album The Title Of Which Was Taken From A Television Show That Alcione Had Hosted On TV Globo For Two Years. Following Its Success Alcione Continued To Release Several Other Full-Length Albums In Late 1970s And Early 1980s Including Her Self-Titled Album. In 1997 Alcione Signed With Universal Records Subsequently Releasing A Label Debut Named Valeu Through Polygram The Next Year. This Was Followed By Celebração That Same Year And Claridade---Uma Homenagem A Clara Nunes In 1999. In December 2002 Alcione Was Recognized For Playing An Important Part In Founding The Paraíso School Of Samba In London England. She Also Helped Organizing And Preparing The Stage For A British Version Of The Carnival Brasil Paraíso Dos Orixás Brazil Paradise Of The Gods . In 2003 Her 2002 Album Ao Vivo Received The Best Samba/Pagode Album Award At Fourth Latin Grammy Award Ceremony. She Has Interpreted Several Hits Such As Não Deixe O Samba Morrer Lá Vem Você Gostoso Veneno And Ilha Da Maré. On July 7 2007 She Performed At The Brazilian Leg Of Live Earth In Rio De Janeiro. read less