Deodato
- MatchDeodato
- 100%Azymuth
- 88%Herbie Hancock
- 88%Idris Muhammad
- 87%George Duke
- 80%The Blackbyrds
- 75%Bobbi Humphrey
- 73%Roy Ayers
- 71%Crusaders
- 71%The Crusaders
- 69%Lonnie Liston Smith
Biography
Eumir Deodato Almeida, 21 June 1942, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a child, Deodato (which translates as god given) taught himself to play keyboards and graduated to playing in local pop bands in his teens. He also worked as a session musician (keyboards, bass, guitar) before recording under his own name. His first success came in Brazil with his 1964 solo debut Inútil Paisagem, a recording which successfully fused jazz and bossa nova and placed Deodato alongside Antonio Carlos... Read more