Johnny Alf obituary

Brazilian pianist and pioneer of bossa nova Johnny Alf, who has died aged 80, was a Brazilian pianist, singer and composer, considered to be one of the fathers of the bossa nova movement that swept the globe in the 1960s. Over a 60-year career on stage in Brazil, Alf recorded and performed with the top brass of Brazilian popular music and composed for many of the country's most important artists, among them Elizete Cardoso, Leny Andrade and Caetano Veloso.Born Alfredo Jose da Silva in Rio de Jan...

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