Clube da Esquina
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Clube da Esquina (in English "Corner Club") is a genre of Brazilian music, originating in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is also the name of a 2 LP double album from 1972. The album (at least in its American release) is sold under the names of Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges.
Clube da Esquina mixes progressive rock, bossa nova and other jazz styles, Brazilian country folk music, and some kind of medieval or baroque classical music. The Beatles were the greatest influence on Clube da Esquina.
Together with Tropicália, Clube da Esquina is usually regarded as the second most important musical movement from Brazil after bossa nova.
History of Clube da Esquina
In 1963 Milton Nascimento moved from Três Pontas, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais, to the capital Belo Horizonte, to live in the Levy building. The Borges Family, including Márcio Borges, already lived there. One day, after watching François Truffaut's movie Jules et Jim three times in a row, Milton and Márcio started composing (Milton already played in some bars of Belo Horizonte): Márcio wrote the lyrics, and Milton wrote the music.