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João Donato
Brazil • 1934-08-17 – 2023-07-17
João Donato is credited on 2,240 releases across 589 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,240
Pressings credited
589
Albums
8
Decades active
245
In collections
Biography
João Donato de Oliveira Neto (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w doˈnatu]; 17 August 1934 – 17 July 2023) was a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist as well as a trombonist from Rio Branco. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto. Because of the area he grew up in Brasil he was able to hear Cuban music on the radio. This influence would manifest itself in many of his compositions, piano, and trombone playing. Donato's most well-known compositions include: "Amazonas", "Lugar Comum", "Simples Carinho", "Até Quem Sabe" and "Nasci Para Bailar".
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Credited work
2,240 releases · 589 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 3,838
- Other credits · 152
- Production · 10
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Western Recorders · Annex Studios, Hollywood · A&R Studios · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Midnight Marauders
1993
Look Around
1968
The Astrud Gilberto Album
1965
Brasil '65
1965
Sleeping Gypsy
1977
Brel
1977
Down Here On The Ground
1968
The Shadow Of Your Smile
1965
Cannonball's Bossa Nova
1963
Tanto Tempo
2000
Amazonas
1976
A Bad Donato
1970
Solar Heat
1968
Soul Burst
1966
Curyman II
2024
Jazz Is Dead 7
2021
Sweet Lucy
1977
Primal Roots
1972
Samba Blim
1968
Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues
1962
Chega De Saudade
1959
Echoes
2023
Jazz Is Dead 9 (Instrumentals)
2021
Jazz Is Dead 10 (Remixes)
2021
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