Baden Powell de Aquino, known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and MPB. He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. Powell composed many pieces for guitar, some of them now considered guitar standards, such as Abração em Madrid, Braziliense, Canto de Ossanha, Casa Velha, Consolação, Horizon, Imagem, Lotus, Samba, Samba em Prelúdio, Samba Triste, Simplesmente, Tristeza e Solidão, and Samba da Benção. He released Os Afro-sambas, a watershed album in MPB, with Vinicius de Moraes in 1966. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian guitar players of all time.
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Albums
Songbook for Guitar
2025—O Universo Musical de Baden Powell
2002—Baden Powell & Filhos
2002—De Aquino
2001—Roda de Choro
2000—Lembranças
2000—Bossa Nova Guitarra Jubileu
1998—Retratos / Solitude on Guitar
1995—Three Originals
1993—Baden Powell & Trio (The Frankfurt Opera Concert)
1992—Os afro sambas
1991—Le génie de Baden Powell
1990—Melancholie
1989—
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