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- Laudir_de_Oliveira abstract "Laudir Soares de Oliveira (born January 6, 1940 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian musician and producer mostly renowned for his time as percussionist with the band Chicago.De Oliveira grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and started working professionally in music in the 1960s, accompanying Brazilian musicians such as Sérgio Mendes and Marcos Valle. In 1968 he moved to the United States. Credited simply as \"Laudir\", he also appeared on Joe Cocker's 1969 debut album, playing on his hit single \"Feelin' Alright\".In 1973, de Oliveira was invited to play with Chicago on their sixth album. As Robert Lamm and James Pankow recalled, \"Laudir was an incredible percussionist. He was an incredible player. He came out of Sergio Mendez. At first we experimented with using percussion in the studio, and we liked the way the percussion held the tempos together so much that we decided to keep the percussion aspect part of the band. […] Terry Kath in particular felt the need for a percussionist to keep the grooves, the tempo steady\". According to Chicago's drummer Danny Seraphine, \"[Laudir's style and mine] fit together perfectly, creating a layered and full sound that reinforced the strong Latin influence that had been building in our music\".After playing on the albums Chicago VI and Chicago VII as a sideman, de Oliveira officially joined the band in 1975. The blend of jazz-rock and Brazilian rhythm resulting from his presence would end up defining many of the band's hits, including Happy Man, Call on Me and Mongonucleosis. He subsequently appeared on all the albums from Chicago VIII through Chicago XIV. Apart from playing percussion, de Oliveira also provided vocals to You Get It Up from Chicago X (1976) and co-authored \"Life is What It is\" on Chicago 13 (1979).Parallel to Chicago, de Oliveira continued to work as a session man. In 1978, he played with The Jacksons on their album Destiny.In 1982, as Chicago's music became more pop-oriented, de Oliveira was asked to leave the band to make room for Bill Champlin. He spent the next five years in Los Angeles, doing session work for other musicians like Chick Corea, Gal Costa, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and Nina Simone, before relocating to his native Brazil in 1987.De Oliveira currently lives in Rio de Janeiro, where he is Cultural Director of the Universidade do Grande Rio. In September 2010 he reunited with Chicago on the occasion of the band's concert at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, performing Happy Man.".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira activeYearsStartYear "1968".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira associatedBand Chicago_(band).
- Laudir_de_Oliveira associatedMusicalArtist Chicago_(band).
- Laudir_de_Oliveira background "solo_singer".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthDate "1940-01-06".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthPlace Brazil.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthPlace Rio_de_Janeiro.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira genre Jazz.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira genre Rock_music.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira instrument Percussion_instrument.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira instrument Singing.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira occupation Musician.
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- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink Category:1940_births.
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- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink Chick_Corea.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink Danny_Seraphine.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink Destiny_(The_Jacksons_album).
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- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLink Wayne_Shorter.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLinkText "Laudir Soares de Oliveira".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLinkText "Laudir de Oliveira".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira wikiPageWikiLinkText "de Oliveira".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira associatedActs Chicago_(band).
- Laudir_de_Oliveira background "solo_singer".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthDate "1940-01-06".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthPlace Brazil.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira birthPlace Rio_de_Janeiro.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira genre Jazz.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira genre Rock_music.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira instrument Percussion_instrument.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira instrument Singing.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira name "Laudir Soares de Oliveira".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira occupation Musician.
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- Laudir_de_Oliveira yearsActive "1968".
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:1940_births.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Brazilian_drummers.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Brazilian_expatriates_in_the_United_States.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Brazilian_percussionists.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Brazilian_session_musicians.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Chicago_(band)_members.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira subject Category:Living_people.
- Laudir_de_Oliveira hypernym Musician.
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