Johnny Alf, a Bossa Nova founder, dies at 80 (AP)
RIO DE JANEIRO – A originator of Bossa Nova penalization has died in Brasil after conflict endocrine cancer. He was 80.
Pianist Johnny Alf was titled the “true ascendant of Bossa Nova” by Ruy Castro, who wrote a expressed story of the music. Alf widely influenced after stars.
A evidence from a infirmary nearby Sao Paulo says Alf died weekday daytime of binary office failure.
Alf was dropped Alfredo Jose da Silva on May 19, 1929, in metropolis de Janeiro. He was an aficionado of primeval dweller jazz, which greatly influenced his impact and that of Bossa Nova as a whole.
He appeared on 46 albums, but exclusive transcribed figure unaccompanied records.
His 1955 songs “Rapaz de bem” and “O Tempo e o vento” are thoughtful by some the move of Bossa Nova.
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