Thursday 14 February 2008

A farewell to Henri Salvador


Legendary Henri Salvador died in Paris yesterday, the 13th of February at the age of 90. He is known for his warm personality and inspiring the bossa nova movement in Brazil. Born to a Spanish father and a Caribbean mother in Cayenne, French Guyana in 1917, Salvador spent most of his life in Paris. His love for music started at a young age listening to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3364555.ece

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