Marcos Valle

Marcos Kostenbader Valle born 14 September 1943 is a Brazilian singer songwriter and record producer He has produced works in many musical styles including bossa nova samba and fusions of rock soul jazz and dance music with Brazilian styles Valle is credited for popularizing bossa nova in the 1960s Valle was born as Marcos Kostenbader Valle on 14 September 1943 He and his family lived in an apartment near Copacabana beach Valle began playing piano at the age of five His parents purchased him a Petrof piano when he was ten years old Growing up he became influenced by Marvin Gaye In 1963 he and his family lived in a house and Antônio Carlos Jobim had just moved across the street from them Valle is married to singer Patricia Alví He previously had a wife named Anamaria Valles talent was evident from his high school years which coincided with the explosion of the bossa nova movement in Rio His classmates included future legends such as Edu Lobo and Dori Caymmi and his composition Sonho de Maria was included on the Avanco album by the influential Tamba Trio in 1963 With his brother Paulo Sérgio Valle as his lyricist he had already built an impressive portfolio of songs prompting Odeon Records a subsidiary of EMI to sign him as a singer His debut album Samba Demais was released in April 1964 His reputation quickly spread and his fellow musicians including Wilson Simonal Elis Regina and Nara Leão lined up to record his songs A second album O Compositor e o Cantor followed in 1965 and featured what would become his most recognisable song Samba De Verão known in English as So Nice Summer Samba along with other hits such as Deus Brasileiro Gente and A Resposta 1966 brought Valles first trip to the United States where he and his thenwife Annamaria briefly teamed up with Sérgio Mendes in an early version of what would later become Brasil 66 The threat of being drafted and sent to Vietnam caused Valle to return quickly to Brazil although the following year saw him back to the United States and enjoying some success including the release of his US debut album Braziliance on Warner Bros Records and several appearances on The Andy Williams Show Following session work on Verve Records releases by compatriots Walter Wanderley and Astrud Gilberto the label released Valles Samba 68 featuring Englishlanguage versions of songs from his earlier Brazilian releases Shortly thereafter feeling homesick Valle returned to Brazil and entered a new creative phase Viola Enluarada 1968 was more mature and introspective far removed from the frothy feel of Samba 68 The title track was a duet with Milton Nascimento and became one of Valles signature compositions in Brazil It also betrayed a political consciousness largely absent from Valles previous work he would become more overtly political in the years to come The album as a whole pointed to a broader range of musical influences particularly the Northeastern Brazilian styles he had enjoyed listening to since his childhood days that moved him out of the strictly bossa nova artists club Source Article Marcos Valle from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30