Aldir Blanc Musical artist

Aldir Blanc (born Aldir Blanc Mendes, on September 2, 1946) is a Brazilian author of crônicas (journalistic vignettes, chronicles) and lyricist. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriter João Bosco, guitarist Guinga, and others.Elis Regina recorded several of his songs, most notably "O bêbado e a equilibrista". Another song of his is "Resposta ao tempo" (with lyrics by Cristovão Bastos), a ballad that became one of Nana Caymmi's most famous songs, and which was recorded by many other musicians thereafter, amongst them Milton Nascimento and Aldir Blanc himself.Blanc's work 1972-1987 was analyzed by Prof. Charles A. Perrone in Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985 (U Texas P, 1989).

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 02, 1946
Birth place
Brazil , Rio de Janeiro

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Musical artist

Career started1963
BackgroundNon performing personnel
genre
Música popular brasileira
instrument
Drummer
Singing

Aldir Blanc on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/aldir-blanc