Zé Rodrix was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian composer, instrumentalist, and singer. He was well known in his native country for performing with musical ensemble

Musical ensemble

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s Sá, Rodrix e Guarabyra, Som Imaginário and Momento Quatro.

A native of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, José Rodrigues Trindade has used the shortened form as his stage name

Stage name

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 in career lasting over four decades. Som Imaginario, with another well-known member, Robertinho Silva

Robertinho Silva

Robertinho Silva is a Brazilian drummer known for jazz. His first album was "Musica Popular Brasileira" in 1981.He began his career with the band Som Imaginario with Zé Rodrix....

, accompanied Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...

 and Gal Costa

Gal Costa

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 and, in 1971, Elis Regina

Elis Regina

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was an important singer of Brazilian popular music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrastão in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record...

's recording of his rock-rural "Casa no Campo" (with Tavito) became a huge hit. During the 1970s, Sá e Guarabyra would continue as a duo while Rodrix pursued a solo career. Both acts played what they described as "rural rock", "a synthesis of the dream depicted in the American folk-rock of the '60s with the reality of upcountry Brazil".

A longtime resident of São Paulo

São Paulo

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, Zé Rodrix died of natural causes at the age of 61.

Group albums

• 1968: Momento Quatro - with Momento Quatro (Philips)
• 1970: Som Imaginário - with Som Imaginário (Odeon)
• 1971: Passado, Presente & Futuro - with Sá, Rodrix e Guarabyra (Odeon)
• 1973: Terra - with Sá, Rodrix & Guarabyra (Odeon)
• 2001: Outra Vez na Estrada - Ao Vivo - with Sá, Rodrix & Guarabyra (Som Livre)
• 2008: Amanhã - with Sá, Rodrix & Guarabyra (Som Livre)

Solo albums

• 1973: I Acto (Odeon)
• 1974: Quem Sabe Sabe Quem Não Sabe Não Precisa Saber (Odeon)
• 1976: Soy Latino Americano (EMI-Odeon)
• 1977: Quando Será? (EMI-Odeon)
• 1979: Hora Extra (EMI-Odeon)
• 1979: Sempre Livre (RCA Victor)
• 1981: Seu Abelardo/Rock do Planalto (Continental)
• 1983: Saqueando a Cidade - with Joelho de Porco (Lira Paulistana/Continental)
• 1988: 18 Anos Sem Sucesso - with Joelho de Porco (Eldorado)

Soundtracks

• Batimam e Robim (1993)
• Oh! Rebuceteio (1984)
• Amor de Perversão (1982)
• Mulheres... Mulheres (1981)
• Viagem ao Céu da Boca (1981)
• Massacre em Caxias (1979)
• As Grã-Finas e o Camelô (1976)
• O Sexomaníaco (1976)
• O Esquadrão da Morte (1975)
• Motel (1974)
• O Sexo das Bonecas (1974)
• Salve-se Quem Puder

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