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Tom Zé (born Antônio José Santana Martins, 1936 in Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian songwriter and composer. "Tom Zé" is a faithful informalization of his given names, literally meaning "Tony Joe".
Ze grew up in the small town of Irara, Bahia in the northeastern Sertão. He would later claim that his hometown was "pre-Gutenbergian", as information was primarily transferred through oral communication. After pursuing an advanced degree in music in Salvador, Ze moved to São Paulo and began his career in popular music. Much of his early work involved his wry impressions of the massive metropolitan area, coming from a small town in the relatively poor northeast.
Influential in the Tropicalia movement, Ze contributed, along with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethânia, to the watershed tropicalia album/manifesto Tropicalia ou Panis et Circenses. While the other major figures of tropicalia would go on to great commercial and critical success in later decades, Ze slipped into obscurity in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.J.N: Tom Ze - A short transcribed interview. Includes photograph of Ze.
Luaka Bop Artists: Tom Zé - News and information on Tom Ze. Includes tourdates and sound files.
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Slipcue E-Zine: Tom Ze discography (Brazil) - A detailed discography of tropicalia artist Tom Ze.
Tom Ze and the Tropicalist Experience - An academic essay about the Brazilian artist.
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