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Zarah Leander was the most popular singing movie star during the Nazi period Born Zarah Hedberg in Sweden, she came up through the ranks of small-town Swedish vaudeville and operetta to establish herself on the Viennese stage by 1935, appearing in Ralph Benatsky’s Axel an der Himmelstür
One of Martinique’s carnival stars, who often releases her work only on 45 RPM records ~ Gene Scaramuzzo, All Music Guide
Zabango, a Haitian-born singer, got started at the young age of 16 performing with Sugar Jazz~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide
Son of a viola maker and player, Zé Coco do Riachão became internationally acknowledged as a master of viola, guitar, cavaquinho, and fiddle, instruments that he also built In spite of his wide recognition as a man of the people who enriched the popular tradition of the caipira (hillbilly) music of Minas Gerais with classical elements while maintaining its characteristics, (he was praised in a film about cantigas de vaqueiro, or cowboy songs, produced by Dr
Two different artists, from different choro styles and historic periods Z� da Velha, a member of the old guard, having played with Pixinguinha and other great musicians, provides that trombone sound full of choro swing, drawing the maximum effect from the minimum of notes
A successful duo formed in the ’30s as the Dupla da Harmonia, the couple Zé da Zilda e Zilda do Zé was a member of the casts of the Rádio Clube do Brasil and Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul
Zé Geraldo began developing a faithful audience in the ’70s with his style derived from the peace-and-love philosophy and Brazilian and American folk music In the mid-’90s, he expanded his career to embrace U
Together with the brothers Lourival Batista, Dimas Batista, and Otacílio Batista; José Alves Sobrinho; and others, Zé Limeira represents the cream of the Northeast Brazilian repente (musical and lyrical improvisation)
Zé Luís Mazziotti started as a musician in 1966 in the vocal group Canto 4, winning first prize at the I Festival de Música Popular Brasileira (Festival of Brazilian Popular Music, TV Record, São Paulo)
Son of a peasant, Zé Pretinho moved to Rio de Janeiro at 16 and joined the Navy, when he started to write songs that would be recorded by some of the popular artists of his time