Motion (Eumir Deodato album)
| Eumir Deodato | |
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Eumir Deodato in Venice c. 1970
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eumir Deodato de Almeida |
| Also known as | Deodato |
| Born |
22 June 1942 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Pop, rock, R&B, Brazilian jazz, Latin |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, record producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | CTI, MCA, Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | Kool & the Gang, John Tropea, Hubert Laws |
Eumir Deodato de Almeida (Brazilian Portuguese: [ẽʊ̃ˈmiχ djoˈdatu]; born 22 June 1942) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as pop, rock, disco, R&B, classical, Latin, and bossa nova.
Deodato won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and produced Kool & the Gang's hits "Celebration", "Ladies' Night", and "Too Hot".
Deodato began his musical life on accordion when he was twelve years old, then piano two years later. He studied orchestration, conducting, and arranging. He played bossa nova in bands with Durval Ferreira and Roberto Menescal, then formed his own band with Menescal in 1962.
Deodato often plays the Fender Rhodes electric piano. His success as a keyboard player occurred mainly in the 1970s. Since then, he has produced and arranged music on more than 500 albums for Kool and the Gang, Björk, Christophe, and k.d. lang. Guitarist John Tropea and flautist Hubert Laws appeared on his early albums.
Prelude, his first album in the U.S., was released in 1973. It was in a Latin big-band style that attracted a large audience and was produced by Creed Taylor for his label, CTI Records. The album included Deodato's version of Also Sprach Zarathustra, which director Stanley Kubrick added to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and which won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Prelude reached sales of five million copies. The song went to No. 2 on the pop chart in the U.S., No. 3 in Canada, and No. 7 in the U.K., and was CTI's biggest-selling single. The album climbed to No. 3 in the Billboard magazine chart and was CTI's best-selling album.
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