Claudio Nucci

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Claudio Nucci é um cantor e compositor que expressa na sua música uma brasilidade diversa, com acentos da música rural e urbana, refletindo as muitas influências que recebeu. Ligado à memória e à intuição e unindo a tradição à modernidade, seu trabalho de compositor e cantor o faz um dos mais reconhecidos talentos da sua geração no Brasil. Nascido em Jundiaí (SP), iniciou sua carreira musical no Rio de Janeiro, sendo um dos fundadores do quarteto vocal BOCA LIVRE junto de Maurício Maestro, Zé Renato e David Tygel e tendo participado anteriormente, do grupo Semente, com Zé Luís Oliveira, Mário Adnet, Marcio Resende, Claudio Infante, Paulinho Soledade e Ricardo Mará.

Saindo do Boca Livre em 1980 para começar a carreira solo, lançou quatro discos: (Quero Quero – 1980, Claudio Nucci – 1981, Volta e Vai – 83 e Melhor de Três – 84. Em 1985, gravou um disco em dupla com Zé Renato e mais tarde, fez parte da a Banda Instrumental ZIL, com Zé Renato, Zé Nogueira, Marcos Ariel, Ricardo Silveira, Jurim Moreira e João Baptista, banda que lançou um produto no Brasil e outro nos Estados Unidos.

Como compositor, já teve composições gravadas por Nana Caymmi, Emílio Santiago, Zizi Possi, César Camargo Mariano, Mario Adnet, Roupa Nova entre outros, e participou de muitos trabalhos como artista convidado, interpretando vários compositores.

Participou do premiado (Grammy) CD “brasileiro”, de Sérgio Mendes, em 1991. Gravou o CD "Ê Boi" (1995), dividido com o vocal mineiro Nós e Voz, Casa da Lua Cheia (1999, re-lançado pela True Azul em 2007) e Ao Mestre, Com Carinho, (2004) em homenagem a Dorival Caymmi. Esses dois mais recentes, lançamentos da gravadora Lua Music.

De volta ao Boca Livre entre 1999 e 2004, participou do premiado CD (Grammy) de Ruben Blades, “Mundo”.

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Not a living soul in Brazil would fail to recognize Claudio Nucci's name, voice, songs, and beautiful heart! Hits such as "Toada", "Sapato Velho" and "Quero Quero" became part of the Brazilian Popular Music songbook and of Brazilian people's life stories.

Claudio Nucci's career is rich with irrefutable testimonies of musical quality that endures the tests of time. Featured in 1993's Sergio Mendes' "Brasileiro" CD winner of Grammy for Best World Music Album, or as a member of acclaimed group "Boca Livre" featured in 2003' s Ruben Blades "Mundo" CD, also winner of Grammy for Best World Music Album, Nucci's mark is unmistakable.

With "Boca Livre" he also toured the U.S. on Ruben Blades' Coast-to-Coast "Mundo" tour, leading to the above mentioned Grammy Award.

Back in Brazil, Claudio Nucci has collaborated with greats of Brazilian music such as Chico Buarque and Edu Lobo in "Dança da Meia Lua" and icons such as Milton Nascimento, Nana Caymmi, Guinga, Mario Adnet and many more.

In 1978 together with Zé Renato, Mauricio Maestro and David Tygel, Nucci formed "Boca Livre" a group that still today is a landmark in the Brazilian music industry. Their first release, the LP self-entitled "Boca Livre" including some of Claudio's songwriting, stablished a sales record at the time surpassing 110,000 copies, top-charting in Brazil from North to South, projecting the group into the limelight of the music scene, not for a season but now for almost 30 years.

Claudio Nucci ventured also into a successful solo carrier, recording 3 albums under EMI-Odeon: "Claudio Nucci", "Volta e Vai" and "Melhor de Três". These releases were followed by "Pelo Sim, Pelo Não", an unforgettable album in the company of Zé Renato. Soon after, Claudio Nucci and Zé Renato joined Ricardo Silveira, Marcos Ariel, Zé Nogueira, João Batista and Jurim Moreira to create another success of sales and critics: "Banda Zil". The CD was released worldwide by Continental and reached unprecedented sales in the U.S.

With vocal group "Nós e Voz", Claudio is also featured on the CD "Ê Boi", nominated for the Sharp Awards.

"Casa da Lua Cheia" another solo release from 2000 is now re-issued by True Azul Music with worldwide distribution, featuring some of Nucci's greatest hits, such as "Toada" and "Sapato Velho".

Claudio Nucci is constantly touring Brazil performing hits of his albums. He has also featured in songbooks of "Dorival Caymmi", "Antonio Carlos Jobim", "Ary Barroso" and "Djavan".

His songs have been recorded by such names as "Nana Caymmi", "Eliane Elias", "Emílio Santiago", "Roupa Nova", "Cesar Camargo Mariano", "Zizi Possi", "Mario Adnet" and many others.

Currently, Claudio Nucci is composing new tunes for his new CD coming up soon, while still touring and collaborating with other artists such as Marcio Rezende, Danilo Caymmi, and more recently with Franco Sattamini in the CD Christmas in Rhythm & Bossa, alongside with Phil Woods, Danilo Caymmi, Roberto Menescal and many other greats.

Member Since:

June 20, 2007

Members:

About these 4 Claudio Nucci's tunes in MySpace:

1- SAPATO VELHO* (Mu Carvalho / Claudio Nucci / Paulinho Tapajós
* (the last part on arrangement is a citation of San Vicente, writed by Milton Nascimento and Fernando Brant)
Acoustic Guitar - Claudio Nucci
Acoustic Guitar - Paulo Bellinati
Percussion - Marcos Suzano
Flute - Marcelo Bernardes
Acordeon - Chico Chagas
Bass - Itamar Collaço
Vocal - Nilson Chaves, Eudes Fraga and Graça Almeida
Producer - Sergio Oliveira

2- MEU SILÊNCIO ("Velho Companheiro")
(Claudio Nucci / Luiz Fernando Gonçalves)
Producer, Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Arrangement – Claudio Nucci

3- TOCA PRA VER (Claudio Nucci / Murilo Antunes)
Acoustic Guitar - Claudio Nucci
Solo Guitar - Torcuato Mariano
Percussion - Marcos Suzano
Vocal - Edmar da Rocha
Bass - Ney Conceição
Drums - Pantico Rocha Producer - Sergio Oliveira

4- CASA DA LUA CHEIA (Claudio Nucci / Paulo César Pinheiro)
Arrangement and Guitars – Paulo Bellinati
Clarinet - Marcelo Bernardes
Bass - Itamar Collaço
Percussion - Marcos Suzano Producer - Sergio Oliveira

Influences:

From the "Traditional Brazilian Folk", thanks to Alvarenga e Ranchinho, Guilherme e Maninha, Vô Antonio e Vó Maria, Lilliam e Zé, Zé Côco do Riachão, Tião Carreiro, Luiz Gonzaga and Menotti Del Picchia.

My main influences: Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso, Tom Jobim, Carlos Lyra, Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo, Paulinho Nogueira, Francis Hime and Milton Nascimento.

Also thanks to Hermeto Paschoal, Egberto Gismonti, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, João Bosco, Djavan, Gonzaguinha, Sueli Costa, Nelson Ângelo and Toninho Horta.

Sounds Like:

Pure Music!

Record Label:

EMI, Sony, True Azul, Lua Music