For a good sense of his range, put on 'Canto Triste' and then 'Chovendo Na Roseira'. They're both him, just different shades.
His songs have a way of sticking with you, whether it's the gentle sway of 'Ave rara' or the rhythmic pulse of 'Cidade Nova'. He wrote 'Ciclo sem fim' for The Lion King, which brought his sound to a global stage. But his work with filmmaker Ruy Guerra on 'Terra em Transe' in the late '60s shows he was shaping Brazilian music long before that.
He started writing songs at fourteen in Rio. By 1967 he was recording albums like 'Canta Edu Lobo', and later pieces like 'O Grande Circo Místico' in 1983. You can hear shifts in his sound across those years, from the early 'Jogo de Roda' to the '90s Disney nomination.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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