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Ivan Lins

Ivan Lins was born in 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, where his father João Lins was a pianist and composer and his mother Maria Luiza Lins was a pianist and singer....

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Ivan Lins, the Rio songwriter with a jazz touch

A Brazilian composer whose songs blend samba, bossa nova, and jazz into something quietly expansive.

If you want to hear that mix of samba and jazz, 'Novo Tempo' is a good place. For something a little more straightforward, 'Coração' holds up.

He wrote 'Madalena' with lyricist Vítor Martins in the late 1960s, and it became a hit in Brazil. Songs like 'Novo Tempo' and 'Meu País' caught attention abroad for how they folded jazz into samba and bossa nova. Even a track like 'Coração' from his top songs shows that blend staying steady over the years.

He started performing in Rio clubs as a teenager, then teamed up with Vítor Martins in the late 1960s. By the 1970s and 1980s he was touring internationally and playing with Sergio Mendes and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1998 there were plagiarism accusations about similarities between 'Novo Tempo' and another melody.

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Ivan Lins was born in 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, where his father João Lins was a pianist and composer and his mother Maria Luiza Lins was a pianist and singer. By his teenage years he was already performing in local clubs around the city.

In the late 1960s he began working with lyricist Vítor Martins, and together they wrote 'Madalena,' which became a hit in Brazil. His songs like 'Novo Tempo' and 'Meu País' blend samba, jazz, and bossa nova in a way that caught attention both at home and abroad.

During the 1970s and 1980s he toured internationally and performed with artists including Sergio Mendes and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1998 he faced plagiarism accusations regarding similarities between 'Novo Tempo' and another musician's melody.

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