Raul de Souza (2014, in the middle of Carlinhos Patriolino and Tito Freitas) (photo from Wikipedia)
Photo: Raul de Souza (2014, in the middle of Carlinhos Patriolino and Tito Freitas) | Raul de Souza (August 23, 1934, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – June 13, 2021, also known as Raulzinho, was a trombonist who had recorded with Sérgio Mendes, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins, Hermeto Pascoal, Cal Tjader and the jazz/fusion band Caldera.
American producer, composer and pianist, George Duke, was brought in to produce de Souza’s first and second album releases for Capitol in the mid-1970s, Sweet Lucy and Don’t Ask My Neighbors. In 1979, de Souza released ‘Til Tomorrow Comes, an Arthur Wright production with many of the top soul session players in Los Angeles. This recording was devoid of any jazz and was an effort to jump aboard the disco/funk bandwagon. Colors, his earlier album for Milestone, is available on CD as part of the Original Jazz Classics series from Fantasy Records.
In the early 1960s, he was a member of Sérgio Mendes’ original Bossa Rio group. In the late ’60s, a second, more pop-oriented Bossa Rio group was led by keyboardist Manfredo Fest (Mendes was the producer of their two albums).
He appeared at many international jazz festivals and after living and working in the United States for many years, he had returned to live in Brazil where he continued to play and compose.
De Souza died at age 86 in France on June 13, 2021 from throat cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_de_Souza
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths…
June 2021
16: Novica Zdravkovic, 73, Serbian folk musician, prostate cancer.
14: Mahmadsaid Akhmedov, 66, Tajik singer; Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish composer, heart attack.
13: Raul de Souza, 86, Brazilian trombonist (Sérgio Mendes, Baden Powell, Milton Nascimento), throat cancer; Pato Larralde, 55, Argentine heavy metal singer.
11: Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese musician.
10: Talal Bagher, 65, Saudi composer, COVID-19.
9: Torgny Björk, 82, Swedish musician, composer and singer; Juan Nelson, 62, American bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals).
8: Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani singer and drummer (Overload); Dean Parrish, 79, American soul singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2021