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The Composer Of Bossa Nova Classics Like "O Barquinho " "Ah Se Eu Pudesse " "Errinho À Tôa " "Nós E O Mar " "Rio " "Você " And "Vagamente " Roberto Menescal Roberto Batalha Menescal - 10/25/1937 Vitória ES Started His Professional Career In 1957 As Sylvia Telles' Sideman On Guitar In A Tour Around Brazil. In 1958 He Opened A Guitar School In Copacabana Rio With Carlos Lyra Having As His Pupils Nara Leão And His Sister Danuza Leão. In The Same Year He Formed With Luís Carlos Vinhas João Mário Henrique And Bebeto The Conjunto Roberto Menescal One Of The First Instrumental Groups Of Bossa Nova. The Group Accompanied Dorival Caymmi Vinícius De Moraes Billy Blanco Maysa And Telles. Also In 1958 He Participated With Telles Carlos Lyra And Other Artists In A Show At The Clube Hebraica Rio When The Words "bossa Nova" Were Used Inadvertently By The Club's Secretary For The First Time To Advertise The Event. Having Taken Part With His Group In The Recording Of Garotos Da Bossa Nova In 1959 He Participated In The I Festival De Samba Session At The Teatro De Arena Theater Of The School Of Architecture At The State University Of Rio De Janeiro. Such Informal Venues Were Important Vehicles For Bossa Nova Among The Middle-Class University People Who Were More Inclined To Absorb And Disseminate It And Menescal Was Instrumental For The Promotion Of Such Concerts In 1959 1960 And 1961. Also In 1959 He Had His First Recorded Composition "Jura De Pombo" With Ronaldo Bôscoli By Alaíde Costa. His "O Barquinho" With Ronaldo Bôscoli A Bossa Nova Classic Was Simultaneously Recorded By Maysa Perry Ribeiro And Paulinho Nogueira In 1960. In 1962 He Accompanied Maysa In Her Argentinean Tour And With Eumir Deodato's Group He Performed In Marlene's Program On TV Rio Having Been Hired For Two Years With His Own Group To Back Up Artists On That TV Station. In November 1962 He Participated In The Historic Bossa Nova Festival At Carnegie Hall In New York NY With Tom Jobim Carlos Lyra And Others Interpreting "O Barquinho" In One Of His Few Performances As A Singer. From 1964 To 1968 He Worked As An Arranger And Invited By André Midani He Started To Work As An Independent Producer And Arranger At Polygram. In 1968 He Accompanied Elis Regina In Her Performance At The MIDEM International Phonographic Market And Music Publishers In Cannes France And In Her Subsequent European Tour Having Been Regina's Sideman Until 1970 When He Became Polygram's A&R. Already Established As A Major Producer Having Worked With Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil Jorge Ben Jor Gal Costa Maria Bethânia And Many Others Instrumentalist As A Session Man He Worked With Lúcio Alves Maysa Claudette Soares Nara Leão Jair Rodrigues And Elis Regina He Had Several Compositions Of His Included In Soundtracks Of Broadly Popular TV Soap Operas And Also Wrote Music For The Cinema Bye Bye Brasil Joana Francesa Both By Cacá Diegues And Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo By Hugo Carvana . In 1985 Having Accompanied Nara Leão In Performances In Brazil And Abroad He Launched With Her The LP Um Cantinho Um Violão/Nara Leão E Roberto Menescal. In The Next Year He Abandoned His Career In A&R And Dedicated Himself To His Solo Career. He Has Also Been Participating In Jazz Projects Among Others With Joe Henderson. In 2001 He Participated With Wanda Sá Danilo Caymmi And Marcos Valle In The Fare Festival Pavia Italy . Menescal Also Owns The Label Albatroz Which Released Albums By Danilo Caymmi Emílio Santiago And Others. - By Alvaro Neder - AllMusic read less