Aloísio de Oliveira

Aloísio de Oliveira
Carmen Miranda and the members of the musical group Bando da Lua (from left to right: Zé Carioca, Vadico, Nestor Amaral, Afonso, Stenio and Aloysio de Oliveira).
Background information
Born	(1914-12-30)December 30, 1914 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	February 4, 1995(1995-02-04) (aged 80) Los Angeles, Califórnia
Genres	Samba, Bossa Nova
Occupation(s)	Record producer, singer, actor, Brazilian composer
Labels	Odeon Records, Decca Records, RCA Victor, Elenco, Som Livre, Warner Music

Aloysio de Oliveira (December 30, 1914 – February 4, 1995) was a Brazilian record producer, singer, actor and composer.^[1]

Key figure in the internationalization of Brazilian popular music, Aloysio de Oliveira participated in all the Carmen Miranda career abroad, with the "Bando da Lua" musical ensemble he founded in 1929 with Hélio Jordão Pereira, Afonso Osório, Stênio Osório, Armando Osório, Osvaldo Éboli, Ivo Astolfi, Diego Astolfi and some cousins of the latter whose names are not remembered for a total of 12 people.^[2] With the death of Carmen in August 1955 the group disbanded. Back in Brazil, Aloysio directed the command of Odeon Records, then created the "Elenco", producing dozens of disks and launching important names of bossa nova as Tom Jobim.^[3][4]

Biography

Aloysio graduated in dentistry, but never practiced the profession. From an early age, had a strong relationship with music. In 1929, he joined the Bando da Lua and already in 1931 the group recorded their first album 78 rpm, in which Aloysio sang one of the two tracks, samba Tá de Mona.

Later, in 1939, traveled to the United States with his group to accompany Carmen Miranda (with whom he had a brief relationship). In the 40s, he began working with Walt Disney soundtracks as a consultant (helped create the character Zé Carioca), narrating documentaries and like cartoon voice actor (the lines in Portuguese of Captain Hook in Peter Pan are his.)^[5]

In Saludos Amigos, he sang Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso). In The Three Caballeros participated as actor and also the soundtrack. In addition, he directed the Bando da Lua in its new phase, from 1949 until its end, six years later, with the death of Carmen Miranda, in August 1955.

After the death of Carmen Miranda, Aloysio returned to Brazil, where he worked as artistic director of Odeon Records (now EMI) and acted in Radio Mayrink Veiga, with Aurora Miranda and Vadico. In 1959, he was responsible for launching the LP Chega de Saudade, João Gilberto, landmark of bossa nova. The following year, he transferred to the Philips Records (now Universal Music), remaining there for eight months. In 1963 he married Sylvia Telles, singer launched by him and who produced albums, and founded the Elenco, specializing in high artistic quality discs.^[6]

Launched several artists in solo albums, as Edu Lobo, Nara Leão, Nana Caymmi, Vinicius de Moraes (as a singer) - indeed the first LP of Elenco was "Vinicius & Odette Lara" - in addition to producing albums anthologies, as Caymmi Visita Tom, Vinicius & Caymmi Zum Zum in, Edu & Bethania, Maysa (live at Au Bon Gourmet), among others. It was also in the 60s that Aloysio composed many famous songs in partnership with Tom Jobim, as Dindi, Só Tinha de Ser com Você, Inútil Paisagem, Eu Preciso de Você, among others.

In 1968, when the "Elenco" was extinguished, returned to the US, where he produced Brazilian artists discs at Warner Music.^[7] Returned to the country in 1972, working as a music producer on various labels such as Odeon, RCA Victor and Som Livre. Eleven years later, in 1983, published the memoir “De Banda pra Lua” (Ed. Record).

Personal life

Aloysio married for the first time in 1944, with one of the secretaries of Disney, American Nora, with whom he had an only daughter, Luise. Her second marriage was with another American, Nikky Walker. In 1963, he married the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles, launched by him. Married later with Cyva singer (Quarteto em Cy), also maintained a brief romance with Carmen Miranda in the late 30's and early 40. About his relationship with singer, Aloysio said in an interview to Jornal do Brasil in 1988: "We were very young at the time, but then we were great friends until the end of her life."^[8] His last marriage was to Margot Brito, and lasted until his death in 1995.^[9]

Death

Aloísio de Oliveira died on February 4, 1995 in Los Angeles, where he had lived the last years of life, from lung cancer at the Hospital Saint Joseph Medical Center where he had been admitted for treatment since November 1994.^[10]

Filmography

References

Bibliography

Oliveira, Aloysio. De banda pra lua (in Portuguese). [S.l.]: Editora Record, 1983. OCLC 10183935.

External links

• Aloísio de Oliveira on IMDb
• Elenco – A Casa da Bossa Nova at the Canal Brasil (Miniseries about the Record Label Elenco)