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After working as a producer for a while, guitarist and composer awaits for an opportunity to record new material

Tárik de Souza

18/10/2000

Bossa nova emerged mostly from the apartments in the richest part of Rio de Janeiro, but not all of it.

Born and raised in the suburbs, Durval (Inácio) Ferreira, author of bossa standards such as Estamos Aí, Batida Diferente, Tristeza de Nós Dois, Moça Flor and Chuva, got interested in music while listening to his mother play the mandolin.

He recalls exchanging information with another innovative bossa composer, João Donato, who would fit his modernist accordion into Valdemar Spillman’s orchestra. "He was always playing with us in bars and frequently got late; they had to have a cab pick him up", he says.

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Adalberto Castilho, a.k.a. Bebeto, would eventually take on the bass and flute with Tamba Trio, was also part of the pack. Bebeto’s brother, Carlinhos, was the guitarist who would later be substi