Alcione was introduced to the traditional Brazilian music by her father. He was a military musician who worked as the conductor of the corps marching band. At the age of thirteen, she was already able to give vocal performance in college parties. At this same age, she began to study clarinet, and then learnt to play the trumpet.
At age 20 Alcione moved to Rio de Janeiro. There she worked at the city's TV Excelsior, and later went on tour in Argentina and Chile for four months. On returning to Brazil, she settled in São Paulo, working in nightclub and making appearances on television. In 1970, she started her two-year tour in Europe, performing as a vocalist and a trumpet artist.
In 1972, when back to Brazil, Alcione recorded her first single. The following year, she traveled to sing in Mexico and, in 1974, Portugal, where she recorded her first full-length album. In 1975 Alcione released her LP, A Voz do Samba, which achieved gold sales status and featured several hit tracks. The most successful songs were Não Deixe o Samba Morrer, written by Edson and Aloiso, and O Surdo, written by Totonho/Paulinho Resende.
In the late 1970s, Nazaré became well-known as a samba artist and achieved international recognition. She recorded Alerta Geral for Philips Records and, in 1978, released this album, the title of which was taken from a television show that Alcione had hosted on TV Globo for two years. Following its success, Alcione continued to release several other full-length albums in late 1970s and early 1980s, including her self-titled album.
In 1997, Alcione signed with Universal Records, subsequently releasing a label debut named Valeu, through Polygram the next year. This was followed by Celebração that same year, and Claridade---Uma Homenagem A Clara Nunes in 1999. In December 2002 Alcione was recognized for playing an important part in founding the Paraíso School of Samba in London, England. She also helped organizing and preparing the stage for a British version of the Carnival Brasil, Paraíso dos Orixás (Brazil, Paradise of the Gods). In 2003, her 2002 album, Ao Vivo, received the Best Samba/Pagode Album Award at fourth Latin Grammy Award ceremony.
She has interpreted several hits such as Não deixe o samba morrer, Lá vem você, Gostoso veneno and Ilha da maré.
On July 7, 2007 she performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.
Mister Samba
Alcione Lyrics
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O samba batucou rompendo aurora
Eu sei o que é tentar
Encantar a todos com meu samba
Quando de repente o samba endoidou
O povo invadiu toda a batucada
Eu sei o que é contestar
Cantei, sambei
Andei, voltei
Cansei de dar amor
A quem nunca prezou o meu pandeiro
(Repete tudo)
The lyrics to Alcione's song "Mister Samba" describe a scene of people gathered together, enjoying themselves and the music of the samba. The samba beat plays on, breaking through the dawn, and the singer reflects on the challenge of trying to impress everyone with her samba. However, suddenly the samba goes wild and the people invade the drumming, which causes the singer to contest the word of a sambista (a samba singer or musician). In the end, despite having sung, danced, walked back and forth, and become tired of giving love to those who do not appreciate her pandeiro (a type of Brazilian drum), the singer repeats the chorus reflecting on the love that she has for samba.
Line by Line Meaning
Toda a turma estava numa boa
Everyone was having a good time
O samba batucou rompendo aurora
The samba played as the dawn broke
Eu sei o que é tentar
I know what it's like to try
Encantar a todos com meu samba
To enchant everyone with my samba
Quando de repente o samba endoidou
When suddenly the samba went crazy
O povo invadiu toda a batucada
The people invaded the whole batucada
Eu sei o que é contestar
I know what it's like to contest
A palavra de um sambista
The word of a sambista
Cantei, sambei
I sang, I danced samba
Andei, voltei
I walked, I came back
Cansei de dar amor
I got tired of giving love
A quem nunca prezou o meu pandeiro
To those who never valued my pandeiro
Contributed by Anna S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Cássia Borja
Parabéns Alcione, linda interpretação de Mister Samba de nosso mestre do samba-soul, CASSIANO!!!
Santacruz Santacruz
Mister Samba
Cassiano
Toda a turma estava numa boa
O samba batucou rompendo aurora
Eu sei o que é tentar
Encantar a todos com meu samba
Quando de repente o samba endoidou
O povo invadiu toda a batucada
Eu sei o que é contestar
A palavra de um sambista
Cantei, sambei
Andei, voltei
Cansei de dar amor
A quem nunca prezou o meu pandeiro.
giovani neves
Musica impecável
Fabio de Sampa
Suinga aí, Marrom! Pra quem pode...
Frantisek Tokar
11111 super song
Ormando lk
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