Baden Powell

Baden Powell de Aquino (6 Agustus 1937 – 26 September 2000), yang dikenal secara profesional sebagai Baden Powell, adalah seorang gitaris Brasil. Dia menggabungkan teknik klasik dengan harmoni dan ayunan yang populer. Dia tampil dalam banyak gaya, termasuk bossa nova, samba, jazz Brazil, jazz Latin dan MPB. Dia tampil di panggung hampir sepanjang hidupnya. Powell menyusun banyak lagu untuk gitar, seperti "Abração em Madrid", "Braziliense", "Canto de Ossanha", "Casa Velha", "Consolação", "Horizon", "Imagem", "Lotus", "Samba", "Samba Triste", "Simplesmente", "Tristeza e Solidão", dan "Samba da Benção". Dia merilis Os Afro-sambas, album penting di MPB, bersama Vinicius de Moraes pada tahun 1966. Baden Powell de Aquino lahir di Varre-Sai di Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Ayahnya, seorang penggila Pramuka, menamainya dengan nama Robert Baden-Powell. Ketika dia berusia tiga bulan, keluarganya pindah ke São Cristóvão di pinggiran Rio. Rumahnya menjadi tempat perhentian musisi populer selama tahun-tahun pembentukannya. Dia memulai pelajaran gitar dengan Jayme Florence, seorang gitaris choro terkenal di tahun 1940-an. Dia segera membuktikan seorang virtuoso muda, setelah memenangkan banyak kompetisi bakat sebelum dia remaja. Pada usia lima belas tahun, dia bermain secara profesional, mengiringi penyanyi dan band dalam berbagai gaya. Dia terpesona oleh swing dan jazz, tetapi pengaruh utamanya ada pada kanon gitar Brasil. Pada tahun 1955, Powell bermain dengan Steve Bernard Orquestra di Boite Plaza, sebuah klub malam di dalam Plaza Hotel di Rio, di mana keahliannya menarik perhatian trio jazz yang bermain di lobi Plaza Bar. Ketika Ed Lincoln perlu membentuk trio baru, dia meminta Powell untuk bergabung pada gitar untuk menjadi Hotel Plaza Trio. Powell membawa Luiz Marinho pada bass dan anggota keempat dari "trio": Claudette Soares pada vokal. Powell, Lincoln, dan teman-teman musisi muda mereka mengambil bagian dalam sesi jam kerja setelah jam kerja, mendapatkan perhatian dalam kancah jazz Brasil yang sedang berkembang. Powell mencapai ketenaran yang lebih luas pada tahun 1959 dengan meyakinkan Billy Blanco, seorang penyanyi dan penulis lagu mapan, untuk memasukkan lirik ke salah satu komposisi Baden. Hasilnya disebut "Samba Triste" dan dengan cepat menjadi sangat sukses. Ini telah di-cover oleh banyak artis, termasuk Stan Getz dan Charlie Byrd dalam LP Jazz Samba mereka. Pada tahun 1962, Powell bertemu dengan penyair-diplomat Vinicius de Moraes dan memulai kolaborasi yang menghasilkan musik klasik Brasil tahun 1960-an. Meskipun bossa nova adalah bunyi yang umum pada saat itu, Baden dan Vinicius ingin menggabungkan samba dengan bentuk-bentuk Afro-Brasil seperti candomblé, umbanda, dan capoeira. Pada tahun 1966 mereka merilis Os Afro-Sambas de Baden e Vinicius. Powell mempelajari harmoni tingkat lanjut dengan Moacir Santos dan merilis rekaman di label Brasil Elenco Records dan Forma, serta di label Prancis Barclay dan label Jerman MPS/Saba (khususnya, Tristeza on Guitar tahun 1966 miliknya). Dia adalah gitaris rumah untuk Elenco, dan acara TV penyanyi Elis Regina O Fino da Bossa. Pada tahun 1968, Powell bergabung dengan penyair Paulo César Pinheiro dan memproduksi serangkaian musik yang terinspirasi Afro-Brasil, dirilis pada tahun 1970 dengan judul Os Cantores da Lapinha. Powell sering mengunjungi dan berkeliling Eropa pada tahun 1960-an, dan pindah secara permanen ke Prancis pada tahun 1968. ... Sumber: Artikel "Baden Powell (gitaris)" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Baden Powell de Aquino (6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and MPB. He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. Powell composed many pieces for guitar, such as "Abração em Madrid", "Braziliense", "Canto de Ossanha", "Casa Velha", "Consolação", "Horizon", "Imagem", "Lotus", "Samba", "Samba Triste", "Simplesmente", "Tristeza e Solidão", and "Samba da Benção". He released Os Afro-sambas, a watershed album in MPB, with Vinicius de Moraes in 1966. Baden Powell de Aquino was born in Varre-Sai in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father, a Scouting enthusiast, named him after Robert Baden-Powell. When he was three months old, his family relocated to the Rio suburb of São Cristóvão. His house was a stop for popular musicians during his formative years. He started guitar lessons with Jayme Florence, a famous choro guitarist in the 1940s. He soon proved a young virtuoso, having won many talent competitions before he was a teenager. At age fifteen, he was playing professionally, accompanying singers and bands in various styles. He was fascinated by swing and jazz, but his main influences were in the Brazilian guitar canon. In 1955, Powell played with the Steve Bernard Orquestra at the Boite Plaza, a nightclub within the Plaza Hotel in Rio, where his skill got the attention of the jazz trio playing across the lobby at the Plaza Bar. When Ed Lincoln needed to form a new trio, he asked Powell to join on guitar to become the Hotel Plaza Trio. Powell brought in Luiz Marinho on bass and a fourth member of the "trio": Claudette Soares on vocals. Powell, Lincoln, and their young musician friends took part in after-hours jam sessions, gaining notice in the growing Brazilian jazz scene. Powell achieved wider fame in 1959 by convincing Billy Blanco, an established singer and songwriter, to put lyrics to one of Baden's compositions. The result was called "Samba Triste" and quickly became very successful. It has been covered by many artists, including Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd in their seminal LP Jazz Samba. In 1962, Powell met the poet-diplomat Vinicius de Moraes and began a collaboration that yielded classics of 1960s Brazilian music. Although bossa nova was the prevailing sound at the time, Baden and Vinicius wanted to combine samba with Afro-Brazilian forms such as candomblé, umbanda, and capoeira. In 1966 they released Os Afro-Sambas de Baden e Vinicius. Powell studied advanced harmony with Moacir Santos and released recordings on the Brazilian labels Elenco Records and Forma, as well as in the French label Barclay and the German label MPS/Saba (notably, his 1966 Tristeza on Guitar). He was the house guitarist for Elenco, and of the singer Elis Regina's TV show O Fino da Bossa. In 1968, Powell joined with poet Paulo César Pinheiro and produced another series of Afro-Brazilian-inspired music, released in 1970 as Os Cantores da Lapinha. Powell visited and toured Europe frequently in the 1960s, relocating permanently to France in 1968. ... Source: Article "Baden Powell (guitarist)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.