Danilo Caymmi
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Danilo Caymmi
|image = 25o Premio da Musica Brasileira (14187325012).jpg
|caption = Danilo in 2014, at the 25th edition of the Prêmio da Música Brasileira
| birth_name = Danilo Candido Tostes Caymmi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|3|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| genre = MPB
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|musician|composer|arranger}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|flute|classical guitar}}
}}
Danilo Candido Tostes Caymmi (born March 7, 1948) is a Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger.
Danilo was born in Rio de Janeiro, the youngest son of Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris, and brother of Dori and Nana Caymmi. Brought up by two musical parents and older siblings, he showed an early interest in music and began playing the flute and the guitar as an adolescent. Danilo Caymmi is considered among the most notable Brazilian wind instrument musicians.The Brazilian sound: samba, bossa nova, and the popular music of Brazil, Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha
Career
Danilo began his artistic career in 1963, working with Tom Jobim, both singing and playing the flute. This collaboration lasted until 1994.{{Cite web |url=http://mitglied.multimania.de/condouant/inhalt/leow/leo6.html |title=LEO WRIGHT - discography 6 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430121558/http://mitglied.multimania.de/condouant/inhalt/leow/leo6.html |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead }} In 1964 he played the flute for the compilation Caymmi Visita Tom, 1964.All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music, Bogdanov, V, Woodstra, B, Thomas, S Erlewine
As a composer, the first of his works to be recorded was the music for De Brincadeira, in collaboration with Edmundo Souto, in the voice of Mário Castro Neves in 1967. During this period, he accompanied many jazz musicians, such as Sarah Vaughan.Sarah Vaughan: a Discography, Denis Brown
Danilo Caymmi won third place in TV Globo's Festival Internacional da Canção, third edition in 1968 with Andança (written with Edmundo Souto and Paulinho Tapajós). The song became a classic, launching the career of Beth Carvalho and since then recorded many times by different artists.[https://music.apple.com/us/artist/danilo-caymmi/83947096 Danilo Caymmi, Biography, Álvaro Neder] Another of his biggest hits came a year later, "Casaco Marrom (Bye Bye, Ceci)," written with Guarabira and Renato Correia (the latter being one of the Golden Boys), with which he won the 1969 festival of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais and also had several re-recordings. As was the case with Andança, this song served to launch another new star, this time Jovem Guarda music style outfit Trio Esperança vocalist Evinha.{{Cite web|url=http://loronix.blogspot.com/2006_09_03_archive.html|title=Loronix}}
In 1977 Caymmi went to Bahia, where he collaborated with Tom & Dito, this time playing brass instruments.{{Cite web|url=http://www.millarch.org/artigo/cantorescompositores-ii|title=Cantores/Compositores (II) | tabloide digital}} A year later, Caymmi borrowed money to record and produce 10 thousand copies of his first independent work and most well known compilation Cheiro Verde.{{Cite web|url=http://www.millarch.org/artigo/o-caymmi-independente|title = O Caymmi independente | tabloide digital}}
As a solo artist, he has recorded seven albums, interpreting his compositions.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p63382/biography|pure_url=yes}} Danilo Caymmi, biography, by Álvaro Neder]
In 1983, Danilo joined Jobim's musical group, Banda Nova, a family ensemble featuring Jobim's wife, Ana Lontra Jobim, and his son and daughter, Paulo and Elizabeth, as well as Jacques Morelembaum and his wife, Paula, and Danilo Caymmi and his wife, Simone.Billboard of January 27, 1996, pg 35
In 1999, Caymmi recorded with American jazz musician David Liebman, working from a Jobim songbook. In this jazz and bossa nova collection, Caymmi sang in what is described as a "rich baritone".Global Rhythm, Volume 15, World Marketing Inc., 2006
To commemorate his father's 90th birthday, in 2004, Danilo and his brother Dori and sister Nana recorded a compact disc, titled Para Caymmi de Nana, Dori e Danilo (To Caymmi from Nana, Dori and Danilo), featuring Dorival Caymmi's greatest hits. The following year, they composed the album Falando de Amor – Famílias Caymmi e Jobim Cantam Antônio Carlos Jobim, with their brothers and Paulo and Daniel Jobim, heirs of Tom Jobim, to produce the album that paid tribute to Jobim's work.{{Cite journal |last=Rocha |first=Irlam |date=December 17, 2005 |title=Bonito demais |url=https://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=028274_05&pesq=%22Falando%20de%20Amor%22&pasta=ano%20200&hf=memoria.bn.gov.br&pagfis=116356 |journal=Correio Braziliense |issue=15552 |pages=44}} Ten years later, they recorded another album together, named Caymmi, which was nominated for the 2014 Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album.{{cite web|first1=Andrea|last1=Wang|first2=Tracy|last2=Brown|title=Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/music/la-et-ms-latin-grammys-2014-nominations-winners-list-20140924-story.html#page=2|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=29 September 2014|date=24 September 2014}}
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Category:Brazilian music arrangers
Category:Brazilian male songwriters
Category:20th-century Brazilian male singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian singers
Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)