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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-10-11

Place of Birth

Irará, Bahia, Brazil

Tom Zé

Biography

Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé (Irará, October 11, 1936), is a Brazilian composer, singer, arranger, and gardener.

Known for

O Som do Vinil

O Som do Vinil

Amigo Arrigo

Amigo Arrigo

The art of Arrigo Barnabé, one of the pillars of the São Paulo experimental music scene during the 80's and author of critically acclaimed albums such as "Clara Crocodilo" (1980) and "Tubarões Voadores" (1984).

O Povo Brasileiro

O Povo Brasileiro

Directed by Isa Grinspum Ferraz, the series O Povo Brasileiro proposes a deep dive into the history of Brazil to talk about historical, social and cultural formations that constitute the identities of the Brazilian people. The production approaches from aspects of the native peoples to the formation of Brazil as a national unit, in a recreation of the literary narrative of the homonymous work written by the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro.

Samba Riachão

Samba Riachão

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.

Tropicália

Tropicália

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.

Mater Dei

Mater Dei

Rito do Amor Selvagem

Rito do Amor Selvagem

MPB 73 – O Ano Da Reinvenção

MPB 73 – O Ano Da Reinvenção

The series places Brazil and the world in the context of 1973 to show how fertile that period was for local music production. Each episode addresses a specific theme—such as military regime censorship, the rise of samba at the time, Brazilian rock, the importance of iconic album covers, production outside the Rio-São Paulo axis, and the renewal of bossa nova. To this end, the series invites musicians like Odair José, Charles Gavin, and Roberto Menescal, as well as journalists such as Silvio Essinger, Paulo Cesar de Araújo, and Renato Terra, to share behind-the-scenes details from that era. Each account is complemented by extensive research, featuring performances and interviews with artists who defined the year and remain fundamental to the history of Brazilian music.

O Nome Dela é Gal

O Nome Dela é Gal

A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.

Infinita Tropicália

Infinita Tropicália

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.

Dunas do Barato

Dunas do Barato

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.

Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock'n'Roll

Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock'n'Roll

Experience an adventure of counterculture, psychedelia, and an abundance of peace and love with Angeli’s beloved comic characters, the hippies Wood & Stock. As the euphoria of the 1970s fades, it's time to focus on family and work. However, a new rock band might just rekindle the spirit of those iconic years.

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

A documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália.

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us on another: that of his career, the ostracism with which he would be punished, his perpetual crusade for the materialization of “the idea”, his unique inspiration and incredible sense of humour. All emitted through his words and those of the people that surround him. An authentic pioneer, a free and cosmic spirit.

História de Música: "São São Paulo Meu Amor"

História de Música: "São São Paulo Meu Amor"

In 1968, Tom Zé moved from Bahia to São Paulo, went to the movies, had lunch with Caetano Veloso, and one morning composed the song that would go on to win the main music festival on Brazilian television that year. In "História de Música", the most São Paulo–minded of Bahian artists tells how filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person introduced him to the paulista capital at one of the city's most famous intersections.