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Ivan Lins | |
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 Ivan Lins, November 2007 | |
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| Born | Ivan Guimarães Lins (1945-06-16)16 June 1945 (age 80) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Jazz,Latin,Brazilian pop,samba,bossa nova |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Piano |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels | Philips,RCA Victor,EMI,Verve,Reprise,Som Livre,Sony |
Ivan Guimarães Lins (born 16 June 1945) is aLatin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter ofBrazilian popular music (MPB) andjazz for over fifty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded byElis Regina in 1970. "Love Dance", a hit in 1989, is one of the most recorded songs in contemporary music .[1]
His songs have been covered byPatti Austin,David Benoit,George Benson,Michael Bublé,Eliane Elias,Ella Fitzgerald,Dave Grusin,Shirley Horn,Quincy Jones,Steve Kuhn,the Manhattan Transfer,Sérgio Mendes,Jane Monheit,Mark Murphy,Carmen McRae,Joe Pass,Lee Ritenour,Sarah Vaughan,Diane Schuur,Sting,Barbra Streisand,Take 6,Toots Thielemans,Dan Costa (musician) andNancy Wilson.
Ivan Lins was born in Ituverava - São Paulo. He spent several years inBoston, Massachusetts, while his father, a naval engineer, continued graduate studies atM.I.T., studied at the Military College in Rio. He later received a degree in industrialchemical engineering from theFederal University of Rio de Janeiro.[2] He considered a career in volleyball before discovering his considerable musical talent. Ivan Lins currently resides in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. He was married toLucinha Lins, with whom they had two children, includingCláudio Lins.
Ivan Lins has released albums regularly and penned several standards, such as "Love Dance", "Começar de Novo" (Starting Over) (the English lyric version is titled "The Island", with lyrics byAlan andMarilyn Bergman) and "Velas Içadas", which have made their way north into the American jazz lexicon. "You Moved Me to This", a duet with Brenda Russell from the same album as "Love Dance", saw modest success on American radio. He recorded in English forReprise/Warner Bros. Records in the early 1990s.
In the mid-eighties, Lins recorded a jazz fusion album withDave Grusin andLee Ritenour titledHarlequin, which was a critical and commercial success. Lins also composed the soundtrack for the Brazilian filmDois Córregos.
Lins' longtime composing partner isVítor Martins. Their songs typically feature lush harmony with a distinctive jazz sensibility. One signature voicing Lins often employs when performing his own compositions is the delayed addition of a♯11 to a sus13 chord, or the delayed addition of a♭9 to a sus13 chord.
Lins appeared as a guest performer on the albumsDois Mundos (1998) andRecorded in Rio (2003) by the Dutch artist Josee Koning. He also appeared on theMichael Bublé albumCall Me Irresponsible (2007) and with singer/songwriterPaula Cole on her 2007 CDCourage, singing a duet with her on the song "Hard to be Soft". Lins guested on American artist Jane Monheit's albumSurrender (2007), which includes his composition "Rio de Maio".
Jazz reporter and music critic David Adler[3] reported Lins's October 2000 Carnegie Hall concert performance and tribute to him. The event corresponded with the tribute album titledA Love Affair, released by Telarc Records. Headline performers from diverse genres participated in celebrating the man and his music on the recording and in the world-class performance hall, a noteworthy accomplishment in the history of any musician.
As of 2018[update], Lins maintained an intermittent North American tour schedule, including performances atYoshi's that year (and a decade prior),[4] and in New York City: a 2003 appearance atthe Blue Note, and then in May 2008, withRosa Passos, atJazz at Lincoln Center.
Beyond his own performance of his compositions,Simone is a notable and respected interpreter of his work.
In 2023, Ivan Lins' Um Novo Tempo, released in 1980 as a song of resistance against the US-backed Brazilian military regime, was played at Beijing Tiananmen Square to welcome Brazilian PresidentLula for a state visit. The song was suggested by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil). Ivan Lins later said on Twitter: "I'm so emotional! You can't imagine how much this means to me and Vitor [Martins],"[5]
In2005, he won twoLatin Grammy Awards;Album of the Year and Best MPB (Música popular brasileira) Album forCantando Histórias. He became the first Brazilian artist and Portuguese-language artist to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year. No other Brazilian artist or Portuguese-language artist has won the award since then.
In2009, Lins' albumRegência, recorded with theMetropole Orchestra underVince Mendoza, was nominated for three Latin Grammy Awards. The album was also nominated forRecord of the Year (Arlequim Desconhecido) and Album of the Year, and won the award for Best MPB (Música popular brasileira) Album.
In 2015, he was nominated for the16th Latin Grammy Awards in theBest MPB Album category for his albumAmérica Brasil.[6]
| Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Outcome | Ref. |
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| 2000 | Latin Grammy Awards | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Dois Córregos" | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Album of the Year | "Jobiniando" | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | "Cantando Histórias" | Won | |||
| Best MPB Album | Won | ||||
| 2006 | Best Singer-Songwriter Album | "Acariocando" | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Record of the Year | "Arlequim Desconhecido" | Nominated | ||
| Best MPB Album | "Regência: Vince Mendoza" | Won | |||
| 2014 | "InventaRio Encontra Ivan Lins" | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | "América, Brasil" | Won |
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