Evaldo Gouveia

Evaldo Gouveia de Oliveira (born August 8, 1928), better known as Evaldo Gouveia, was a Brazilian MPB singer-songwriter from Orós. Gouveia began his musical career in the 1940s and founded the group Trio Nagô in the 1950s with Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza. The band released six studio albums, including Aquarela Cearense (1956) and Um passeio com o Trio Nagô (1959).Gouveia relocated to Rio de Janeiro to pursue a solo career and collaborated extensively with Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim. His solo discography included the albums História da Música Popular Brasileira (1970) and Os Grandes Sucessos de Evaldo e Jair Amorim na voz de Evaldo Gouveia (1975). Gouveia released the albums Brasil Especial (1976) and Nova História da Música Popular Brasileira (1977). His final studio album, O Trovador - Uma homenagem a Evaldo Gouveia, was released in 2011. Gouveia suffered a stroke in 2017. He died on May 29, 2020.