Singer, instrumentalist and composer, José Gomes Filho, known as ‘Jackson do Pandeiro’ (Tambourine Jackson), was born in Alagoa Grande, Paraíba, on 31 August 1919, to potter José Gomes and ‘coco pernambucana’ singer Flora Mourão (Glória Maria da Conceição).

Jessier Quirino is a poet, humorist, writer, songwriter, orator and story teller. However, the best definition of who Jessier Quirino is the one he gave himself: “Architect by profession, poet by vocation and backwoodsman by conviction”.

Joaquim Antônio Candeias Júnior was born in Belém do Pará, on 1 November 1923. He learned to play the guitar by himself and began composing at the age of 12, creating short songs about his daily life. His first samba was entitled Agora é tarde [Now It’s Late].

Lenine, Oswaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, singer, composer, arranger, musician and producer, was born on 2 February 1959 in Recife, to Geraldo Pimentel and Dayse Macedo Pimentel.

In 1950 he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he debuted on Rio nights as an orchestra singer at Copacabana Palace; he also worked at Rádio Nacional. In this period, Luiz Bandeira composed Na cadência do samba (In a Samba Rhythm), also known as Que bonito é (What a Beauty It Is), which was for many years