K-Ximbinho

K-Ximbinho (born January 20, 1917 in Taipu , † June 26, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro ), actually Sebastião de Barros, was a Brazilian clarinetist , composer and arranger .

Life

K-Ximbinho began his musical career in various formations in his hometown Taipu, including the group Pan Jazz . He was always interested in the diverse traditional and also modern styles of music such as jazz . In 1938 he became a member of the well-known Orquestra Tabajara , to which he belonged until 1942. That year he moved to Rio de Janeiro . Since then he has been one of the most sought-after musicians of his time in Brazil as a clarinetist, composer and arranger and has worked a lot for television since the 1960s.

His greatest successes include the compositions Sonoroso , Eu quero é sossego , Sonhando and Semper .

Selection of works

• Autoplágio
• Baião potiguar
• Catita
• Começou o baile
• Dá-lhe garoto
• Eu quero é sossego
• Gilka
• Ilusão demais
• Juras de amor
• Just walking
• Mais uma vez (with Del Loro )
• Manda brasa
• Meiguice
• Mora no balanço
• Penumbra
• Perplexo
• Semper
• Simoninha na Barra
• Sonhando
• Sonoroso
• Tá
• Teleguiado
• Ternura
• Tô semper aí
• Tudo passa
• To clarinete a jato
• To tema novo
• Velhos companheiros

Discography

• Perplexo / Tudo passa, 1953, 78
• Começou o baile / Baião potiguar, 1954, 78
• Um clarinete à jato / Fim de semana em Paquetá, 1954, 78
• A fonte secou / Gilka, 1955, 78
• Ama-me ou esquece-me / Murmurando, 1956, 78
• Le rififi / Jura, 1956, 78
• Molambo / Arrasta a sandália, 1956, 78
• Suba espuma / Esperando você, 1956, 78
• Em Ritmo de dança, 1958, LP
• O Samba de Cartola, 1959, LP
• K-Ximbinho e Seus Play Boys, 1961, LP
• K-Ximbinho - Saudades de um clarinete, 1980, LP

Web links

• K-Ximbinho at Allmusic (English)
• K-Ximbinho at CliqueMusic (Portuguese)
• Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira