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Milton Banana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Milton Banana is credited on 475 releases across 92 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
475
Pressings credited
92
Albums
8
Decades active
197
In collections
Biography
Milton Banana (born Antônio de Souza; 23 April 1935 – 22 May 1999) was a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz drummer. A self-taught musician, he is best known for his collaborations with João Gilberto and Stan Getz and for his work with the trio he founded.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
475 releases · 92 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 565
- Other credits · 30
Studios: Rio Som · Studio Atonal Ltda. · A&R Studios · Multi Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Getz / Gilberto
1964
Tristeza On Guitar
1966
Bossa Nova No Carnegie Hall
1963
Chega De Saudade
1959
Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl From Ipanema
2002
The Girl From Ipanema
1964
Muito À Vontade
1962
Great Women Of Song
2023
Verve's Grammy Winners
1994
The Artistry Of Stan Getz (The Best Of The Verve Years, Volume 1)
1991
Best Of Bossa Nova
1987
Stan Getz
1987
Balançando Com Milton Banana Trio
1966
The Sound Of Ipanema
1965
Embalo
1964
A Bossa Muito Moderna De Donato E Seu Trio
1963
João Gilberto
1961
Astrud For Lovers
2004
Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour
2001
Astrud Gilberto
1987
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Stan Getz
- Milton Banana Trio
- João Gilberto
- Astrud Gilberto
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Fogueira Três
- Leny Andrade
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