Caetano Veloso

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Caetano Veloso at a concert in Perugia ( Italy )

Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso (born August 7, 1942 in Santo Amaro da Purificação , Bahia ) is one of the most influential Brazilian singers , composers and songwriters .

Life

Caetano Veloso was born in Santo Amaro da Purificação in the state of Bahia near Salvador da Bahia . He was the fifth of seven children of José Telles Veloso (Seu Zézinho) and Claudionor Vianna Telles Veloso (Dona Canô). His younger sister Maria Bethânia is also a famous singer.

Veloso spent his youth in the Brazilian northeast, whose rich musical heritage is influenced by Caribbean, African and North American music, but also by deep religious beliefs as well as poverty and the conditions of the weather: long periods of drought make the states there a poor house.

In the early sixties he followed his sister Maria Bethânia, who was already enjoying her first successes as a singer, to Rio de Janeiro . Together with Gilberto Gil , Tom Zé and other artists, Veloso revolutionized the Música Popular Brasileira . The style called Tropicalismo combined bossa nova , folk music , American rock music and influences of the serious music avant-garde (especially Karlheinz Stockhausen ). The album Tropicália ou panis et circensis manifestly formulated the musical and textual ideas of the tropicalists.

From 1964 to 1984 there was a military dictatorship in Brazil that censored many works by committed musicians such as Chico Buarque and Geraldo Vandré . Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were arrested by the military and went into exile in London in 1968 . Veloso was only allowed to return to Brazil in 1972. Over the past few decades Veloso has remained one of the most creative and influential artists of the Música Popular Brasileira.

In 2002, he published Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil, a reflection on the Tropicalismo movement.

In 2017 he recorded the live album "Ofertório" with his three sons Moreno, Zeca and Tom Veloso, with the repertoire of which the four have been touring extensively since 2018.

In May 2018 he performed as a pause act at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in a duet with last year's winner Salvador Sobral .

Discography

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PT
2003 Anthologia PT5 (17 weeks)
PT
2004 A foreign sound PT3 (12 weeks)
PT
2005 Novo millenium PT27 (2 weeks)
PT
Muito corn PT7 (18 weeks)
PT
2006 Cê PT5 (5 weeks)
PT
2009 E a musica de Tom Jobim PT3 (18 weeks)
PT
Zii & ze PT22 (1 week)
PT
2011 Multishow ao vivo PT2 (11 weeks)
PT
2012 Live at Carnegie Hall PT28 (1 week)
PT
Especial Ivete Gil Caetano PT5 (11 weeks)
PT
Abraçaço PT15 (6 weeks)
PT
2014 Multishow ao vivo - Caetano Veloso Abraçaço PT20 (2 weeks)
PT
2016 Dois amigos, around século de música PT4 (16 weeks)
PT
with Gilberto Gil
2017 Antologia 67/03 PT42 (1 week)
PT

More albums

  • Domingo (1967) - with Gal Costa
  • Caetano Veloso (1968)
  • Tropicália (1969)
  • Caetano Veloso (1969)
  • Caetano Veloso (1971)
  • Transa (1972)
  • Barra 69 - Caetano e Gil ao Vivo (1972) - with Gilberto Gil
  • Caetano e Chico Juntos e ao Vivo (1972) - with Chico Buarque
  • Araçá Azul (1972)
  • Temporada de Verão - Ao Vivo na Bahia (1974) - with Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa
  • Jóia (1975)
  • Qualquer Coisa (1975)
  • Doces Bárbaros (1976) - with Gilberto Gil , Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa
  • Bicho (1977)
  • Muitos Carnavais (1977)
  • Muito - Dentro da Estrela Azulada (1978)
  • Maria Bethânia e Caetano Veloso ao Vivo (1978) - with Maria Bethânia
  • Cinema Transcendental (1979)
  • Outras Palavras (1981)
  • Cores, Nomes (1982)
  • Us (1983)
  • Velô (1984)
  • Totalmente Demais (1986)
  • Caetano Veloso (1986)
  • Caetano Veloso (1987)
  • Estrangeiro (1989)
  • Circuladô (1991)
  • Circuladô ao Vivo (1992)
  • Tropicália 2 (1993) - with Gilberto Gil
  • Fina Estampa (1994)
  • Fina Estampa ao Vivo (1995)
  • Livro (1997)
  • Prenda Minha - Ao Vivo (1998)
  • Omaggio a Federico e Giulieta ao Vivo (1999)
  • Noites do Norte (2000)
  • A Bossa de Caetano (2000)
  • Noites do Norte ao Vivo (2001)
  • Eu Não Peço Desculpa (2002)
  • Cê ao Vivo (2007)
  • Ofertório (2018, with Moreno, Zeca & Tom Veloso)

Web links

Commons : Caetano Veloso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: PT
personal data
SURNAME Veloso, Caetano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veloso, Caetano Emanuel Vianna Telles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian singer, composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Amaro da Purificação , Bahia