Knowing Artists - João Bosco (1946 - ...)

Hi music lovers, Today I Introduce to you, ​João Bosco.
Son of a Lebanese father, João Bosco began playing guitar at the age of twelve, encouraged by a family full of musicians. His first influences were Angela Maria, Cauby Peixoto, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, integrated the band X-Gare (inspired by the song "She's got it" if Richard).

Some years later, he began at the School of Mines in Ouro Preto attending Civil Engineering. Despite not neglecting his studies, he devoted himself especially to the musical career, influenced mainly by genres such as jazz and bossa nova and tropicalismo. It was in Ouro Preto, in 1967, at the home of the painter Carlos Scliar, who met Vinícius de Moraes, with whom he composed the following songs: Rosa dos Ventos, Samba do Pouso and O mergulhador - among others.

In 1970 he met the one who would become the most frequent partner, with whom he composed more than a hundred songs: Aldir Blanc: O mestre sala dos mares, O bêbado e a equilibrista, Bala com bala, Kid cavaquinho, Caça à raposa, Falso brilhante, O rancho da goiabada, De frente pro crime, Fantasia, Bodas de prata, Latin Lover, O ronco da cuíca, Corsário, among many others.

The first recording was on the pocket disc of O Pasquim: Agnus Sei (1972). In one side of the record Tom Jobim with Aguas de março, in the other side João Bosco with "Agnus Sei" The following year, it sealed a ​contract with the record company RCA, releasing the first disc, that took only its name.

In 1972 he met Elis Regina, who recorded his partnership with Blanc: Bala con Bala; The career took off when interpreting of the singer for the bolero Dois pra lá, Dois pra cá.

Discografy

RCA / Sony Music

1973 - João Bosco
1975 - Caça à Raposa
1976 - Galos de Briga
1977 - Tiro de Misericórdia
1979 - Linha de Passe
1980 - Bandalhismo
1981 - Essa É a Sua Vida

Ariola
1982 - Comissão de Frente
1983 - 100ª Apresentação - Ao Vivo
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1984 - Gagabirô
1986 - Cabeça de Nego

CBS/ Sony Music
1987 - Ai Ai Ai de Mim
1989 - Bosco
1991 - Zona de Fronteira
1992 - Acústico MTV (João Bosco)
1994 - Na Onda que Balança
1995 - Dá Licença Meu Senhor
1997 - As Mil e Uma Aldeias
1998 - Benguelê (trilha sonora do Grupo Corpo)
2000 - Na Esquina
2001 - Na Esquina - Ao Vivo (CD duplo)
2003 - Malabaristas do Sinal Vermelho

Universal Music
2006 - Obrigado, Gente! - ao vivo (CD e DVD)
2008 - Senhoras do Amazonas - João Bosco & NDR BIG BAND (CD)
2009 - Não Vou Pro Céu, Mas Já Não Vivo no Chão
2012 - 40 Anos Depois (CD e DVD)

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