Jamelao Homepage Solidifying his place among Brazil 's Samba greats, Jose Bispo, better known as Jamelão, was an integral part of one of the most important historic albums of all time, recorded by the Severino Araújo Orquestra Tabajara. This record is considered by many today as the Bible of "Samba Canção" singing. The record established Jamelão, as arguably the greatest Brazilian Samba Canção singer ever, and made popular dozens of songs of Brazilian composer Lupiscínio Rodrigues. Now in his 90's, Jamelão is still very active, performing in occasional national and international shows and concerts, and still appearing every year in Mangueira's "Samba Enrêdo" at the Carnival Parade in Rio de Janeiro . |
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About Jamelao At 90 years of age, José Bispo Clementino dos Santos, aka Jamelão, has recorded yet another chapter of the Brazilian history of popular music. . “Jamelão and guests”, was released by Obi music in September. The legendary singer is experimenting, for the first time in his carreer, with a fusion of classic themes from the MPB (Brazilian Popular musci movement, started in the 60s by Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and others) with younger artists like como Djavan, Alcione and Emílio Santiago. more... |
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Noventa Anos do Samba - TUMI130 '90 Years of Samba' - also known in Brazil as 'Each Time Even Better' - is acknowledged by many as The Bible of 'Samba Canção', that particular form of samba for listening and dancing to. It established Jose Bispo, better known as Jamelão, as arguably one of the greatest Brazilian Samba Canção singers ever, and certainly the one with the longest most fruitful career. 'Samba Canção' are the sung sambas which map the life of people in the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro. This CD will soon be available for purchase. CD Samples: Piano na Mangueira These are 1 minute mp3 format clips. You can click on them to listen or download them. |
