Maurício Einhorn, creative improviser on the jazz harmonica and composer of several classics of bossa nova, had his songs recorded by
Tom Jobim,
Cannonball Adderley,
Herbie Mann,
Paquito d'Rivera,
Leny Andrade, Lito Nebbia, and others. Some of his hits are "Different Beat" ("Batida Diferente," written with
Durval Ferreira), "Cloud" ("Nuvem"), "There We Are" ("Estamos Aí," written with
Durval Ferreira/
Regina Werneck), "Tristeza de Nós Dois" (written with
Durval Ferreira/
Bebeto), "Alvorada," "Joyce's Samba," and "Sambop."
Einhorn's debut was as early as 1947 on the Rádio Tupi in the show Programa das Gaitas Hering (named after a harmonica factory which sponsored the program). In 1949, he recorded for the first time, with the harmonica group Brazilian Rascals, the theme "Portate Bien." In the same year, he performed with
Waldir Azevedo and his regional band at the Rádio Clube do Brasil.
Einhorn had an original song recorded for the first time in 1960: "Sambop" (written with
Durval Ferreira) and "Tristeza de Nós Dois" (written with
Durval Ferreira/
Bebeto), by
Claudette Soares on the LP Nova Geração em Ritmo de Samba, on which
Einhorn also participated as a sideman. Having recorded with a who's who of Brazilian music since then, he only cut his own first LP in 1975, The Oscar Winners, reissued two years later as A Era de Ouro do Cinema. In 1979,
Einhorn participated in the Montreux Festival (Switzerland) with
David Sanborn,
Monty Alexander, and
Nina Simone. In 1984, he recorded in duo with
Sebastião Tapajós on guitar (having as a special guest the bassist
Arismar do Espírito Santo) the notable LP Maurício Einhorn & Sebastião Tapajós. Invited by
Pete Pedersen,
Einhorn participated in 1997 in a show realized by the SPAH (Association of Preservation of the Harmonica) in Troy, MI, in a duo with Joe Carter; with whom he also performed in the same year at the International Harmonica Hohner Festival, in Trossingen (Germany), invited by Arnold Kutzli.
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Alvaro Neder, Rovi