Carlos Pingarilho

Brazilian composer, singer and guitarist, born on January 7, 1940 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ. He co-wrote many songs with poet [a=Marcos Vasconcellos], his most frequent partner, as well as with his cousin [a=Marcos Valle]; among them, Seu Encanto (The Face I Love) and Dorme Profundo. Pingarilho's songs have been recorded by the likes of [a=João Gilberto], [a=Luiz Bonfá], [a=Elis Regina], [a=Sarah Vaughan], [a=Sylvia Telles], [a=Ithamara Koorax], [a=Laurindo Almeida], [a=Joyce], [a=Chris Montez], [a=Dom Um Romao], [a=Joanne Brackeen], [a=Kenny Barron], [a=Leny Andrade], [a=Andy Williams], and most recently [a=Gretchen Parlato] on her 2024 Grammy-nominee album.

Altough active as a composer since 1963, when Marcos Valle recorded Canção Pequenina, Pingarilho only did his first recording session ever in 1998, invited by producer [a=Arnaldo DeSouteiro] to play on [a=Dom Um Romao]'s Rhythm Traveller album. His debut album as a leader came out only in 2002, for DeSouteiro's [l=JSR] label.