A Brazilian group from the 1950s whose songs like "O Periquito Da Madame" still echo.
If you want to get a feel for them, start with "O Periquito Da Madame" and "Seridó." They give you a sense of that mid-century Brazilian sound they were part of.
They were part of that shift in Brazilian music when bossa nova was just starting to take shape. Their 1959 album "Bossa Nova" shows them working in that style, but they also had folkier tracks like "Terra Seca" that kept one foot in older traditions. You can hear that mix on "O Periquito Da Madame," which became one of their most remembered songs.
They put out five studio albums between 1956 and 1960. Their debut in 1956 included "Bahia de Todos Os Santos," and by 1959 they were recording an album called "Bossa Nova." The lineup seems to have included figures like João Gilberto and Luiz Bonfá at different points, though the details are a bit fuzzy.
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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