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Dorival Caymmi

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If one were to look for a geographical region in Brazil that resembles the Mississippi Delta in terms of producing a lion's share of influential performers, a good case could be made for the region of Bahia in Brazil's northeast. The list of Bahian performers is formidable: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Maria Bethania, etc. What links all of these people is the influence of Dorival Caymmi perhaps the single most important composer to come from this region.

Born in 1914, Cammyi composed popular songs that echoed the nation's indigenous songforms: sambas, toadas (melancholy romantic tunes), modinhas (sentimental songs), songs and chants from fishermen, and singing from the Afro-Brazilian religion of candomble (practiced most widely in Bahia). In many ways Caymmi is a very conservative songwriter in that he relies on simple, beautiful melodies and sharply imagistic lyrics, the latter generally about the people and place, life and love in Bahia. Most importantly, Caymmi is a great storyteller in a folkloric tradition, a tradition that Americans might associate, with, say, Woody Guthrie. This is not to say that Caymmi resembles Guthrie — he doesn't compositionally (although his writing is frequently poetic) or vocally — but there is a similarity in the way he creates a sense of place and fills that place with mostly common, working folk, characters who are richly drawn and sensitively portrayed (a good example would be his songs that detail the hard life of fisherman). It is unsurprising to find that Caymmi's songs have become so beloved in that everyone is familiar with his music as if it were in the air they breathe — perhaps it is.

Caymmi is also well-known as the man who composed hit songs for the legendary Carmen Miranda, but it was during the heady days of tropicalia in the late '60s when performers such as Veloso, Gil, Elis Regina and other began recording Caymmi's songs as a tribute to their Bahian heritage as a way to preserve (and in some cases update) Brazilian musical tradition. Believe it or not even a schlocky pop singer like Andy Williams recorded a Caymmi song. A true legend, Caymmi's influence lives on with his extraordinarily talented children, Nana, Danilo, and Dori all of whom have achieved great success in Brazil.

Title: Pansies

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: World Music

Title: Gaudy Colours

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Range

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin Folk

Title: Imposingly

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: World Music

Title: Xmas Angel

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin Folk

Title: Sheet Music

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin Folk

Title: Leisure Time

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Explore

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Love Caught

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Best Of Mix

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: World Music

Title: Confectioner's

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Festive Tones

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Get Faster

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Indian Spirit

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Leopard Lady

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Spring Caper

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Up And Down

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Stuffy Fellow

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Dora

Artist: Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso

Genre: Jazz

Title: Palm Trees

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin Folk

Title: Splash Of Color

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Surf Riding

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Fabulous Creature

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: Sunrise

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin Folk

Title: Nearly Invisible

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Title: White And Yellow

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Pop

Title: Caribbean Cruise

Artist: Dorival Caymmi

Genre: Latin

Collections

Title: Bosa Nova, Vol. 1

Genre: Latin

Featuring albums

Title: Maritmo

Artist: Adriana Calcanhotto

Genre: Latin

Title: Nana

Artist: Nana Caymmi

Genre: Rock, World Music, Latin

Title: Caymmi Visita Tom

Artist: Dori E Danilo

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Title: Duetos

Artist: Renato Russo

Genre: Rock

Title: Jazzmim 1

Artist: Iky Castilho

Genre: Jazz

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