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Joel Nascimento
12+ albums
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Joel Nascimento is an important choro master, a keeper of the tradition after Jacob do Bandolim, and, together with Déo Rian, a developer on his own. He had a noted international career and enjoyed popular acclaim in his own country. He also formed Camerata Carioca, a group that opened new directions for the choro genre. He began to learn the cavaquinho as a child, taking up the piano and the accordion at age 14. He formed the group Joel e Seu Ritmo, who animated dances. In 1955, he undertook formal piano studies at the Conservatório Brasileiro, but was forced to abandon music in 1959 due to audition problems. He became a radiologist, returning to music only ten years later after being noticed by the host of a traditional roda de choro, Oraci, in 1968. Receiving a mandolin as a present from Oraci, he switched to that instrument. In 1974, he presented the suite "Retratos" (Radamés Gnattali), written for the choro virtuoso Jacob do Bandolim; Gnattali applauded the performance. In August of the same year, Nascimento participated in the recording of A Música de Donga with his idols since childhood: Dino, Canhoto, Meira, and others. He soon became an active accompanist for masters of samba like João Nogueira (with whom he recorded, still in 1974, the tracks "Braço de Boneca" and "De Rosas e Coisas Amigas") and Beth Carvalho. This introduction to the samba scene yielded invitations for shows like Vem Quem Tem, Vem Quem Não Tem, together with Cartola, Roberto Nascimento, Cláudio J
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2 Em 1
Chorando de Verdade
Noites Cariocas (Os Maiores do choro ao vivo no municipal)
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2 Em 1 (O Passaro / Meu Sonho)
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Sempre Pixinguinha 100 Anos
Chorando pelos dedos
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Jacob do Bandolim 100 Anos Sentimento & Balanço
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Relendo Jacob do Bandolim
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Brazil Blue
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Chora Cartola
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Noites Cariocas
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Joel Nascimento e Sexteto Brasileiro