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- Durval Ferreira was born on January 26, 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Momentos de Prazer e Agonia (1983), Como Nos Livrar do Saco (1973) and Pelé (2021). He died on June 17, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- As a producer, he worked with Philips and CID.
- His biggest hits were "Estamos Aí" and "Tristeza de Nós Dois".
- In 1962, he joined Ed Lincoln's group and Sérgio Mendes' Sexteto Bossa Rio, with which he performed at the Bossa Nova Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Also in the U.S., Ferreira recorded with Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley Collection, Vol. 2: Bossa Nova).
- Having had a noted participation in the Carioca group of musicians that skillfully promoted the melding of jazz with samba, Durval Ferreira had his compositions recorded with success by Cannonball Adderley and Stan Getz ("Clouds"), Manfredo Fest ("Tristeza de Nós Dois"), Tamba Trio ("Batida Diferente," which was re-recorded several times by different artists in Brazil and abroad), Sexteto Bossa Rio ("Tristeza de Nós Dois"), Os Gatos ("Nuvem"), Walter Wanderley, Elis Regina, Agostinho dos Santos ("Avião"), Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Mann, and many others.
- He was a Brazilian composer, arranger, producer, violin and guitar player, mainly for bossa nova music.
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