Tom Zé
Brazilian songwriter, composer · Brazil · On the map · Musicians · Born 1936 · age 90
Antônio José Santana Martins, known professionally as Tom Zé, born in Irará, Bahia, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil.
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After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when musician and Luaka Bop label head David Byrne discovered Zé's 1975 album Estudando o Samba and then released reissues of his work, that Zé returned to performing and releasing new material.
