Joao Bosco

João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a famous Brazilian MPB singer, guitarist, and composer. Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Joäo Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where his songs where recorded by Elis Regina and were a success. He soon became admired as a virtuoso vocalist himself, and a dynamic performer. Joäo Bosco has been noted for "his singular fusion between the Arab culture, Afro-American music and the Brazilian style bossa nova," influenced by American jazz. In the introduction to his three-volume Songbook, Almir Chediak observes, "Brilliant composer João Bosco's melodic and harmonic constructions are among the most auspicious in Brazilian music." In the substantial article (in Portuguese), '"A obra de Joâo Bosco," Zuza Homem de Mello offers an appreciative analysis of Bosco's creative work (in Chediak, Songbook, v. 2, noted below).