Genres Samba Movies Saludos Amigos | Genre Samba | |
Birth name José do Patrocínio Oliveira Occupation(s) Brazilian composer, singer Died 22 December 1987, Los Angeles, California, United States Similar Nestor Amaral, Bando Da Lua, Aloísio de Oliveira, Anibal Augusto Sardinha, Aurora Miranda | ||
José do Patrocínio Oliveira (Jundiaí, February 11, 1904 - Los Angeles, December 22, 1987) known by the pseudonym Zé Carioca was a Brazilian musician.
Biography
Self-taught on musical instruments, Zé Carioca played the guitar, ukulele and banjo. He worked as an employee of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo. In 1931, he went on to perform at the Columbia Orchestra, directed by Odmar Amaral Gurgel conductor at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul. At that time, he exchanged the ukulele by banjo, earning him the nickname Zezinho do Banjo. In 1932, he went to Rio de Janeiro, through César Ladeira, to perform at Radio Mayrink Veiga. At that station, he worked alongside the great composers of that period: Garoto, Pixinguinha, Nélson Souto, among others. When Ladeira became artistic director of the Cassino da Urca, took Zé Carioca to perform at the famous carioca casino. Was where he met Carmen Miranda in 1939.
By the 1940s, Zé Carioca started to work alongside Carmen Miranda together with the Bando da Lua in several movies from 20th Century Fox, initially participated only the soundtrack, and then also in scene. It was at this time that he met Walt Disney, through Aloysio de Oliveira, starting to dub studio cartoon characters. The contact with Disney inspired the American producer create the character José Carioca. He became a celebrity with the film Saludos Amigos, released in 1942, and became even more popular with another Disney film, The Three Caballeros released in 1944 with Aurora Miranda. The design is considered one of the icons of evolution of special effects in movies. For some scholars, was at the time a pact between the US government and Hollywood to produce films of the "Good Neighbor Policy" strategy for the advancement of U.S. influence in Latin America during the presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt.
By 1947, Zé Carioca with Nestor Amaral, Russo do Pandeiro, Russinho and Laurindo Almeida create together the Carioca Boys. The group participated in the movie Road to Rio starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, with the presence of the Andrews Sisters.