Musician, composer, record producer, arranger, label owner
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1950s–present
Labels
PolyGram, Albatroz
Musical artist
Roberto Menescal (born October 25, 1937) is a Brazilian composer, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea, including his best-known composition "O Barquinho" ("Little Boat"). He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra, Nara Leão, Wanda Sá, Ale Vanzella, and many others. Menescal has performed in Latin music genres such as Música popular brasileira (Brazilian pop), bossa nova, and samba. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with his son's bossa group Bossacucanova in 2002 and received the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Special Awards in Las Vegas in November 2013.[1]
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RobertoMenescal (born October 25, 1937) is a Brazilian composer, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs...
Henri Ackselrud and guitarist Celso Brando, who was later replaced by RobertoMenescal in 1962. Eumir’s paternal grandfather was a marble craftsman from Custonaci...
preserved. In line with this thesis, musicians such as Baden Powell, RobertoMenescal, and Ronaldo Bôscoli also claim that this beat is related to the tamborim...
Raúl Portela, 1937) Listen Here Litha Little Boat (O Barquinho) (RobertoMenescal and Ronaldo Bôscoli, 1961) Little Girl Blue Little Karin (Benny Golson...
graduating in 1968, he began arranging music under the mentorship of RobertoMenescal for artists like Jorge Ben, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Ivan Lins, Marcos...
Valle Story". Wax Poetics. June 2, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2019. "RobertoMenescal e outros". MultiRio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 6...
of music and Brazilian music as a whole. It inspired Carlos Lyra, RobertoMenescal, Nara Leão, Oscar Castro-Neves, and João Gilberto. In particular, Gilberto...
Musicanossa movement, which was set up in Rio de Janeiro by composer RobertoMenescal. In the same year he was a final contestant of the local phase of the...
Deodato, Sérgio Barrozo, João Palma and RobertoMenescal, he recorded his first LP, A Bossa Nova de RobertoMenescal e Seu Conjunto, playing vibraphone. Titles...
of the best-selling Latin music artists. Lucía Galán Cuervo and Joaquín Roberto Galán Cuervo were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Joaquín and Lucía are...
who helped bring bossa nova music mainstream, has died". CNN. Muggiati, Roberto (March 15, 2013). "Há 50 anos era gravado Getz/Gilberto o LP que colocou...
Brasilidade. Among the group's permanent members is Márcio Menescal, son of bossa nova pioneer RobertoMenescal, who appeared on the Brasilidade album, DJ Marcelinho...
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