Group (1960s) – [?] Joli Gonsalves (voice), Al Lopes (guitar), J. Lombardi (violin), Young Boboi (saxophone), Chico Tass (?) and F. Ponte (maracas) were the members of this group formed in the USA and that appears in the collective album So Sabi: Cape Verdean Music from New England. In the Read more
Michael Antunes New Bedford, USA, 1940 Instrumentalist (saxophone), actor The saxophonist Michael “Tunes” Antunes started his professional career in 1960 and is still active, having passed his 80th birthday. He participated in the John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, which was responsible for the soundtrack of the movie Eddie Read more
Avelino Soares Lakeville, USA, 1926 – Fairhaven, USA, 2018 Instrumentalist (wind instruments), teacher Son of Cape Verdeans, born in the USA, Young Boboi had a long career as a musician and teacher. As an instrumentalist, he performed in the jazz world and, also in the Cape Verdean musical context. He Read more
Group, 1930 The Skyliners Big Band was formed in 1930, as a dance section of the Cape Verdean Ultramarine Band Club (which was not a lounge band but rather a band of street performances, in parades and commemorative events), according to A Salute to the Cape Verdean Musicians and Their Read more
Félix Edmund Barboza USA, 1914 – USA, 1993 Instrumentalist (trumpet) Phill Barboza is one of the North American musicians of Cape Verdean origin whose artistic career falls within the world of jazz, but who still maintains a connection with the music of the land of the ascendants – his father Read more
James Lomba New Bedford, U.S.A, 1912 – New Bedford, U.S.A, 1999 Instrumentalist (saxophone) Son of immigrants from Brava, Jimmy Lomba became interested in music early on, particularly jazz. With money earned working in a clothing factory, at the age of 19 he bought his first saxophone. He studied music with Read more
Joseph Calasanes Livramento New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1920 – U.S.A., 2003 Instrumentalist (wind instruments), composer Clarinetist, flautist, saxophonist, band leader and composer, Joe Livramento had a 66-year career as a music professional, which began when he was still a teenager, at 17, and continued until the end of his life. Read more
George C. Azevedo Riverside, Rhode Island, U.S.A. – Riverside, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 2008 Instrumentalist (tenor saxophone) George Azevedo began his career in the 1940s playing in jazz and blues bands in the region of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He was part of many groups including Duke Oliver, Phill Edmond and Read more
Franciso Monteiro New Bedford, U.S.A, 1917 – New Bedford, U.S.A, 2010 Instrumentalist (wind instruments) Frank “Chico” Monteiro, although not being a professional and without having recorded solo, was a very well-known musician among the Cape Verdean community in Massachusetts, having been a part of the Duke Oliver and Al Lopes Read more
Orchestra, circa 1930s The Duke Oliver’s Creole Vagabonds – name it had initially, changing it later to Duke Oliver’s Orchestra – it’s one of the big bands formed by Cape Verdeans in the golden period of dance music with big orchestras, the swing era. According to Ron Barboza in A Read more