His powerful sound, personality, and technique, are unique and easy to identify. Some kind of magic leave a mark on his music, incorporating classical techniques together with many styles, including Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, and Brazilian Folk Music.
He decided at age 19 to stop playing eletric guitar, and concentrate on the classical nylon guitar for the rest of his career (despite recorded a series of albums with a steel-string acoustic guitar).
From the album Tristeza On Guitar, released in 1966, standout tracks are a brilliant arrangement of "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk), a beautiful version of the Black Orpheus' soundtrack "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá) - watch video below - and his own composition "Canto de Ossanha".
On the 1967 album Poema On Guitar, special note to the tracks "Samba Triste", a interesting composition in partnership with a Brazilian singer and composer Billy Blanco, and Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are".
Stands out in the album Canto On Guitar the beaultiful song "Samba em Prelúdio", which became a real hit in 70's with the lyrics written by the Brazilian diplomat and poet Vinicius de Morais.
On Images On Guitar, released in 1971, "Sentimentos" is the song to note. A track that exemplify Baden Powell's unmistakable style.
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Rio das Valsas (1988), also released in 1993 under the name Seresta Brasileira, is an album with typical Brazilian waltzes, and his own compositions with the same style. Highlights are the version of "Rosa" (Pixinguinha) and "Chão de Estrelas" (Silvio Caldas).
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