Antônio José Santana Martins, known professionally as Tom Zé, born in Irará, Bahia, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement
Tropicália, also known as tropicalismo, was a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s. It was characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres—notably the union of the popular and the
Gilberto Gil Founding Member of the Movement
Caetano Veloso performing at the third Popular Music Festival, October 21, 1967. Brazilian National Archives.