Sivuca
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thumb|Sivuca ca 1960. Severino Dias de Oliveira (May 26, 1930 – December 14, 2006), known professionally as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist, guitarist and singer. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, Brazil, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worked and lived in Paris, Lisbon, and New York City intermittently. He has two daughters, Wilma Da Silva and Flavia de Oliveira Barreto.
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- Person
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- Male
- Country
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2006
Discography
- Eis Sivuca1956
- Samba “Nouvelle Vague”1963
- Sivuca1973
- Gravado ao Vivo1977
- Sivuca1978
- Cabelo de Milho1980
- Forró e Frevo1980
- Vou Vida Afora1981
- Forró e Frevo volume 21982
- Onça Caetana1983
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Severino "Sivuca" Dias de Oliveira (26 March 1930, Itabaiana, Paraíba, Brazil — 14 December 2006, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil) was a Brazilian accordionist and guitarist. He is best known internationally for his work with Scandinavian jazz musicians in the 1980s. His most famous songs are the Brazilian popular classic "João e Maria" with lyrics by Chico Buarque and the accordion standard "Feira de Mangaio". He is also famous for his use of makeshift instruments playing alongside conventional o
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- Severino Dias de Oliveira
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- Itabaiana, Paraíba, Brazil
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- João Pessoa, Paraíba
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- Latin, jazz
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- Musician, composer
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- Accordion, guitar
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- 1950s–2000s
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- 1930-05-26
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- 2006-12-14
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6 sectionsContents
- Career
- New York 1964–1976
- 1980s
- Final years
- Discography
- References
thumb|Sivuca ca 1960. Severino Dias de Oliveira (May 26, 1930 – December 14, 2006), known professionally as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist, guitarist and singer. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, Brazil, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worked and lived in Paris, Lisbon, and New York City intermittently. He has two daughters, Wilma Da Silva and Flavia de Oliveira Barreto.
He worked with Scandinavian jazz musicians in the 1980s. His most famous songs are "João e Maria" with lyrics by Chico Buarque and "Feira de Mangaio", named after the artisan markets of northeast Brazil. He used makeshift instruments alongside conventional ones and combined traditional regional styles such as forró and choro with jazz, bossa nova, and classical music. Sivuca and Hermeto Pascoal, both versatile multi-instrumentalists with albinism, worked together and are sometimes confused with each other.