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Luis Morais

Luis Morais

Luis Morais has been played on NTS shows including Insolar w/ Cami Layé Okún , with Dicanga Dia Povo first played on 8 November 2020.

Luis Morais (10 February 1935 - September 2002) - Born in Mindelo (on the island of São Vicente, Cabo Verde), Luis Morais spent his youth in Dakar where he studied and learned the rudiments and theory of music, then composition.

Caboverdean evenings were very popular in Dakar at the time and it was at these dances that he first appeared on stage, playing his chosen instruments, the clarinet and saxophone (alto and tenor). In those postwar years, Latin beats (merengue, cha-cha, etc.) were gathering popularity and Morais began to adapt Caboverdean standards to the new genres and also composed instrumentals. While retaining the traditional form of coladera, he changed its rhythmic structure, basing his work on Cuban beats.

In 1964 in Rotterdam, Luis Morais formed the group Voz de Cabo Verde along with other musicians like Frank Cavaquinho Djosinha and Chico Serra. In about ten years, Voz de Cabo Verde recorded many records - singles and albums - on the Morabeza label, also based in Rotterdam…

In the 60s and 70s, Luis Morais divided his time between Cabo Verde and Lisbon, where most of the Caboverdean musical scene was centred. Voz de Cabo Verde, until then an instrumental group, were joined by Bana, a singer who enabled them to reach another audience in Portugal.

When the group finally split up, Luis Morais continued to accompany Bana and arranged some of his records. Luis Morais accompanied his old friend Cesaria Evora (from the live shows of Radio Mindelo when she started out as a singer) in the recordings of her first album, "La Diva aux Pieds nus", in 1988, and in her tours and some months before his death, on stage for the "Nuit du Cap-Vert" at the Paris Zénith.

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Luis Morais

Luis Morais has been played on NTS shows including Insolar w/ Cami Layé Okún , with Dicanga Dia Povo first played on 8 November 2020.

Luis Morais (10 February 1935 - September 2002) - Born in Mindelo (on the island of São Vicente, Cabo Verde), Luis Morais spent his youth in Dakar where he studied and learned the rudiments and theory of music, then composition.

Caboverdean evenings were very popular in Dakar at the time and it was at these dances that he first appeared on stage, playing his chosen instruments, the clarinet and saxophone (alto and tenor). In those postwar years, Latin beats (merengue, cha-cha, etc.) were gathering popularity and Morais began to adapt Caboverdean standards to the new genres and also composed instrumentals. While retaining the traditional form of coladera, he changed its rhythmic structure, basing his work on Cuban beats.

In 1964 in Rotterdam, Luis Morais formed the group Voz de Cabo Verde along with other musicians like Frank Cavaquinho Djosinha and Chico Serra. In about ten years, Voz de Cabo Verde recorded many records - singles and albums - on the Morabeza label, also based in Rotterdam…

In the 60s and 70s, Luis Morais divided his time between Cabo Verde and Lisbon, where most of the Caboverdean musical scene was centred. Voz de Cabo Verde, until then an instrumental group, were joined by Bana, a singer who enabled them to reach another audience in Portugal.

When the group finally split up, Luis Morais continued to accompany Bana and arranged some of his records. Luis Morais accompanied his old friend Cesaria Evora (from the live shows of Radio Mindelo when she started out as a singer) in the recordings of her first album, "La Diva aux Pieds nus", in 1988, and in her tours and some months before his death, on stage for the "Nuit du Cap-Vert" at the Paris Zénith.

Original source: Last.fm

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Dicanga Dia Povo
Evolução África, Luis Morais, Paulino
A Voz De Cabo-Verde0
Meu Irmão Na Fe
Luis Morais feat. Manuel Tidjena
Discos Monte Cara1980
Sina De Cabo-Verde
Bana, L. Morais, Os Verdianos
Casa Silva1966
Resposta de Segredo Cumar
Bana, Luis Morais, Os Verdianos
Morabeza Records1996
Linda Melodia
Luís Morais
Morabeza Records1967
R. Morna
Luís Morais
A Voz De Cabo-Verde0
Cumbia Pé Di Cabra
Evolução África, Luis Morais, Paulino
A Voz De Cabo-Verde0