Adoniran Barbosa

Adoniran Barbosa is the main composer of the samba of the state and city of São Paulo. His compositions portray the life in that city, evidencing the cultural mix of the Italian immigration and the hillbilly upstate accents in a samba style which is extremely singularized from that practiced in Rio de Janeiro. Barbosa had many successes that are celebrated as all-time classics of Brazilian popular music, like "Saudosa Maloca," "O Samba do Arnesto," "Tiro ao Álvaro" (with Osvaldo Moles), and "Trem das Onze," all of them having been continuously covered by great artists of all p...