
Bando da Lua was a Brazilian band that made recordings from 1933-1954, notable for being
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The Br ...
's band. It was formed by
Aloísio de Oliveira,
and included Helio Pereira Jordan (guitar), Osvaldo Moraes Eboli, (pandeiro), Ivo Astolfi, (tenor guitar and banjo), Alfonso Osorio (flute and percussion), Armando Osorio (guitar), and Stênio Osório (cavaquinho);
they gained their name and reduced to seven members, at the prompting of
Josué de Barros, in 1929.
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20th-century Brazilian musicians