Jairzinho Oliveira

Jairzinho Oliveira, son of Jair Rodrigues, along with Wilson Simoninha, Pedro Camargo Mariano, Max de Castro, and Daniel Carlomagno (with whom he shares common aesthetic options -- a funky approach to samba), is the proponent of a new lineage of MPB influenced by soul music. Still a child, Jairzinho became a successful TV host in the early '80s with the show Turma do Bal+úo M+ígico. Several albums were released by the gang which led the group to selling over ten million albums. His first solo album, La Casa dei Giocattollo (1995), was released in Italy but didn't become a hit...