Some music artists live for the show. They're just happy on stage. Others, however, feel comfortable in the studio, away from the audience, experimenting with sounds until they reach a satisfactory result. Studio musician Tony Bizarro was one of those sound architects.
For this reason, he did not have the great recognition from the public that he could have achieved if he had built a legacy greater than a single solo album, the impeccable "Nesse Inverno", from 1973. But he was adored by a group of resounding success in popular music, notably in the 1970s. People like Tim Maia, Sidney Magal, Cassiano and Odair José, to name only the most famous.
Luiz Antônio Bizarro, the singer, producer and composer from São Paulo died this Monday, aged 73. He lived in a nursing home in São Paulo and suffered from Alzheimer's. Tony Bizarro is praised as one of the strong names of Brazilian soul. Radio and TV shows pay tribute by playing his biggest hit, "Estou Livre," really a well-finished copy of the Brazilian adaptation of black American music.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon