Luís Ramos de Morais (Luís Morais)
- Compositor
- músico
The Cape Verdean musician, Luís Morais was born on February 10, 1935, on the island of São Vicente and died on September 25, 2002 in the United States of America.
Coming from a family of musicians, he made a great contribution in the style of instrumental music of Cape Verde until the last moment of his life and became considered the Ambassador of Music of Cape Verde.
He was a student of José Alves dos Reis, conductor of the Mindelo band. At the age of 14, he was already part of the Mindelo band, performing in Praça Nova or even in bars and parties together with his family and friends, performing mornas, coladeras, salsas, batucadas and waltzes.
During his long and prestigious career, he became known as a virtuoso wind instrument performer, including saxophones (loud and tenor), clarinet and flute. He was the mentor of the famous Voz de Cabo Verde ensemble, with which he travelled the world as soloist and musical director.
In the universe of Cape Verdean soloists who recorded 100% instrumental records, including Luís Rendall, Tazinho, Chico Serra and later Bau, Luís Morais stood out as the most prolific national artist. Morais' work goes through the typically Cape Verdean styles, as well as the choro, samba and bossa nova of Brazil, and also the cumbia, which was evident in the 60s and 70s in the Hispanic world, also reaching the great European classics of the 60s mainly in Holland. Mona Lisa", "Lágrimas", "Nostalgia" and above all "Boas Festas" stand out among the themes that made São Vicente's imagination - to think in distant lands, with the extravagant sound of a cumbia (very much in vogue at the time) mixed with a sorrowful morna, sometimes solo, sometimes with the voices of Djosinha or Bana and still Cesária Évora, among others.
In addition to his career as a musician, Luís Morais also taught music education at Mindelo, Praia and Dakar.
The Cape Verdean musician, Luís Morais was born on February 10, 1935, on the island of São Vicente and died on September 25, 2002 in the United States of America.
Coming from a family of musicians, he made a great contribution in the style of instrumental music of Cape Verde until the last moment of his life and became considered the Ambassador of Music of Cape Verde.
He was a student of José Alves dos Reis, conductor of the Mindelo band. At the age of 14, he was already part of the Mindelo band, performing in Praça Nova or even in bars and parties together with his family and friends, performing mornas, coladeras, salsas, batucadas and waltzes.
During his long and prestigious career, he became known as a virtuoso wind instrument performer, including saxophones (loud and tenor), clarinet and flute. He was the mentor of the famous Voz de Cabo Verde ensemble, with which he travelled the world as soloist and musical director.
In the universe of Cape Verdean soloists who recorded 100% instrumental records, including Luís Rendall, Tazinho, Chico Serra and later Bau, Luís Morais stood out as the most prolific national artist. Morais' work goes through the typically Cape Verdean styles, as well as the choro, samba and bossa nova of Brazil, and also the cumbia, which was evident in the 60s and 70s in the Hispanic world, also reaching the great European classics of the 60s mainly in Holland. Mona Lisa", "Lágrimas", "Nostalgia" and above all "Boas Festas" stand out among the themes that made São Vicente's imagination - to think in distant lands, with the extravagant sound of a cumbia (very much in vogue at the time) mixed with a sorrowful morna, sometimes solo, sometimes with the voices of Djosinha or Bana and still Cesária Évora, among others.
In addition to his career as a musician, Luís Morais also taught music education at Mindelo, Praia and Dakar.
