Dorival Caymmi

Brazil, 1938–2008

Brazilian singer-songwriter (1914-2008) from Bahia, whose unhurried songs of fishermen and the sea became part of the Brazilian songbook. His spare, conversational delivery was a direct model for the bossa nova generation.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Dorival Caymmi and 1 artist Dorival Caymmi influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Dorival Caymmi influence?

• Joao Gilberto — Gilberto went back to the older sambistas, Caymmi above all - taking what interested him in those interpretations and discarding the rest to arrive at the bossa nova beat.