Jacob do Bandolim

Jacob do Bandolim ( born February 14, 1918 in Rio de Janeiro; † August 13, 1969 ibid ), actually Jacob Pick Bittencourt, was a Brazilian mandolin player and composer. His stage name is derived from the mandolin, which is called in Portuguese bandolim.

Life

Jacob do Bandolim was the only child of a pharmacist Francisco Gomes Bittencourt and doctor blade pick who was of Polish-Jewish or Russian- Jewish descent. After his first musical experiments with the violin and the harmonica as a teenager he discovered the mandolin for themselves. The mid-1930s he was already involved with famous artists such as Noel Rosa on the radio. Besides being a musician, he worked as a salesman, pharmacy assistants, brokers, businessman and as a police secretary. He could make free and composing his music through his financial independence. In 1940 he married Adylia Freitas, with whom he had two children: Helen and Sérgio Bittencourt.

Unhappy with his role as a sideman, he took 1947 Choro Treme Treme on record on and confirmed what already Luperce Miranda had shown; that the mandolin is well suited as a solo instrument. His second big success as a mandolin player was Flamengo, a choro Bonfiglio de Oliveira. Over the years, he composed many successful plays including the famous Doce de Coco. In addition, Jacob do Bandolim was a tireless collector of musical treasures that today there Imagem e do Som are in Rio de Janeiro Museu.

Selections

• A ginga do Mane
• Alvorada
• Assanhado
• Benzinho
• Biruta
• Bola Preta
• Bole - bole
• Bonicrates de muletas
• Buscapé
• Cabuloso
• Carícia
• Choro de varanda
• Ciumento
• Cristal
• De Limoeiro a Mossoró
• Diabinho maluco
• Doce de coco
• Dolente
• Encantamento
• Entre mil! Você ...!
• Eu e você
• Falta -me você
• Feia
• Feitiço
• Forró de gala
• Gostosinho
• Implicante
• Isto é nosso
• Mágoas
• Meu segredo
• Mexidinha
• Migalhas de amor
• Mimosa
• Nego frajola
• Noites cariocas
• Nosso romance
• Nostalgia
• O Vôo since Mosca
• Pé de moleque
• Por que sonhar?
• Remeleixo
• Reminiscencias
• Rua da Imperatriz
• Sai do caminho
• Salient
• Salões imperiais
• Santa morena
• Sapeca
• Saudade
• Sempre expensive
• Simplicidade
• Tatibitate
• Toca per pau
• Treme -treme
• To bandolim na escola
• Vale tudo
• Vascaíno
• Velhos tempos
• Vidinha boa