Walter Wanderley
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Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of Bossa Nova and latin jazz
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Works
- 10
Top works
- As palavras, a amizade e o tempo
- Eliseu Viana, o educador (1890-1960)
- Família Wanderley; história e genealogia
- Gente da gente
- Irineu Sóter Caio Wanderley
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1932-05-12
- Active to
- 1986-09-04
bossa novabrazilianexoticajazzlatin jazzlounge
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 350,746
- Total plays
- 3,026,919
Tags
Bossa Novajazzloungebrazileasy listening
A Brazilian organist/composer who stumbled upon a gold mine in the 1960s, Walter Wanderley has been resurrected posthumously in the 1990s, a purveyor of lounge music for a young generation. Yet his sound on the organ, generated by a crisp, lightweight, staccato attack, can be mistaken for no one else's - and his choice of material showed much good taste, particularly when exploring his countrymen' s songs. Although his most popular records contained only a minimum of melodic jazz improvisation,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- José
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Recife
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Spouse
- Isaurinha Garcia
- Occupation
- organist
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- bossa nova
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- GNP Crescendo
- Image
- Walter Wanderly Group.png
- Number of children
- 1
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-05-12
- date of death
- 1986-09-04
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- Commons category
- Walter Wanderly
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