Evaldo Gouveia

• Name — Evaldo Gouveia • Birth Name — Evaldo Gouveia de Oliveira • Born — 8 August 1928 • Birthplace — Orós, Ceará, Brazil • Died — 29 May 2020 • Place of death — Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil • Instrument — Vocals, classical guitar • Genre — MPB • Years Active — 1940s–2011 • Label — Abril Cultural, RCA Camden, RGE, Som Livre • Associated Acts — Trio Nagô Jair Amorim, Adelino Moreira

Born in Orós, a small city in the Brazilian state of Ceará, he moved with his family to neighboring city of Iguatu when only 3 months old. At the age of 11, he moved to his birth state capital city of Fortaleza where he started his precocious musical career. There in the 1950s he created and joined a band called Trio Nagô with his fellow musicians and friends Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza, releasing six studio albums and various extended plays. Eventually, Gouveia went to Rio de Janeiro in order to pursue a solo career, and achieved stardom due to his friendship with fellow singer Altemar Dutra, who helped Gouveia by singing his songs and making them popular. As a solo act, Gouveia released seven studio albums and various extended plays, most of them featuring fellow singers Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim, even though they never formed a band.

In late 2017, Gouveia suffered a stroke that left him with lifelong sequelae. On 29 May 2020, Gouveia died in Fortaleza at the age 91 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

• Year — Album — Album details • 1956 — Aquarela Cearense — * Label: Sinter * Format: Vinyl • 1956 — LP Trio Nagô — * Label: Independent * Format: Vinyl • 1956 — LP Trio Nagô — * Label: Continental Records * Format: Vinyl • 1958 — LP Trio Nagô — * Label: RCA Victor * Format: Vinyl • 1959 — Um passeio com o Trio Nagô — * Label: RCA Victor * Format: Vinyl • 1972 — No tempo dos bons tempos 4 - Em tempo de nordeste (With Jorge Fernandes, Trio Marajá and Vanja Orico) — * Label: Fontana Records * Format: Vinyl

• Year — Album — Album details • 1970 — História da Música Popular Brasileira (With Jair Amorim) — * Label: Abril Cultural * Format: Vinyl • 1975 — Os Grandes Sucessos de Evaldo e Jair Amorim na voz de Evaldo Gouveia — * Label: RCA Camden * Format: Vinyl • 1976 — Brasil Especial (With Jair Amorim) — * Label: Som Livre * Format: Vinyl • 1977 — Nova História da Música Popular Brasileira (With Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim) — * Label: Abril Cultural * Format: Vinyl • 1983 — História da Música Popular Brasileira - Série Grandes Compositores (With Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim) — * Label: Abril Cultural * Format: Vinyl • 1990 — Série Inesquecível - Grandes Compositores (With Jair Amorim) — * Label: RGE * Format: Vinyl • 2011 — O Trovador - Uma homenagem a Evaldo Gouveia — * Label: Independent * Format: CD