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Jonas de Freitas
Jonas de Freitas came up in Rio de Janeiro during the late 1970s. His debut album 'O Que É Velho Sai' gave him a start, with the title track becoming a...
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Jonas de Freitas came up in Rio de Janeiro during the late 1970s. His debut album 'O Que É Velho Sai' gave him a start, with the title track becoming a recognizable piece in Brazilian music circles. The song's title translates to 'What's Old Must Go,' which suggests a certain forward-looking attitude, though the music itself drew from familiar Brazilian forms.
He worked with a regular band that included Henrique Cazes on bass, Marcelo Costa on drums, and Fábio Torres on keyboards. They backed him on albums like 'Rio de Janeiro' from 1982 and 'Camarões' from 1989. His music stayed within the broad MPB tradition, and he sometimes recorded with other Brazilian artists like Milton Nascimento and Ivan Lins.
Freitas kept making records through the 1980s. His sound wasn't particularly radical, but it had enough of a personal touch that certain songs, especially 'O Que É Velho Sai,' stuck around in the repertoire. He was one of many musicians working in that fertile post-bossa-nova period, writing songs that felt both of their moment and connected to what came before.
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