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Within Vinony's link graph, Guinga is referenced by 39 other articles, and connects out to Rio de Janeiro, jazz and classical music.
It is catalogued under topics including 1950 births, BLP articles lacking sources from April 2017 and Brazilian composers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar) (born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Pale-skinned as a little boy, he was called "Gringo" by family members. Repeating the nickname, the child said "Guinga," which would become his artistic name. His uncle taught him to play the guitar when he was eleven. Guinga began composing music at the age of 14. In 1967, when he was 17 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Guinga
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carlos
- Family name
- Escobar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- bossa nova
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.guinga.com
- Image
- Guinga (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-06-10
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- birth name
- Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar
- name in native language
- Guinga
- pseudonym
- Guinga
- Commons category
- Guinga
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