João Donato, born João Donato de Oliveira Neto (17 August 1934 in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil – 17 July 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist, composer and a multi-instrumentalist. João was a celebrated musician and iconic among his peers.
Along the piano, he also played accordion, was an arranger and a singer. In his music, he blended additional rhythms such as baião and forro as well as incorporated Caribbean rhythms after living in the US in the 1950s. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antônio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto .
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Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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On the radio
Stations that played João Donato in the last 30 days
- 16×
Ella Radio - Bossa
Germany · Latin - 9×
Radio Art - Smooth Bossa Nova
Greece · Latin - 8×
Rádio Quintanares
Brazil · Latin - 6×
WORLDFUNK radio
Brazil · Reggae - 5×
Paul in Rio
Brazil · Latin - 5×
Black Sparrow Radio KBSR
United States · Electronic - 4×
Ella Radio - Smooth Bossa Nova
Germany · Latin - 4×
Rádio Eixo
Brazil · Jazz - 3×
Radio Pipí Cucú
Uruguay · Rock - 3×
Le poste parisien
France · Jazz - 3×
Radio Pipí Cucú (128 kbps)
Uruguay · Rock - 3×
Rádio Yard Sounds
Brazil · Latin
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