Luiz Bonfá

Aliases: Luiz Bonfa
Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
Real name: Luiz Floriano Bonfá
Born: October 17, 1922
Died: January 12, 2001
Country: Brazil
IPI: 00003636513 24 works
00063562479 37 works
00581171260 25 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz and bossa nova guitarist and composer. He is best known for the music he composed for the film Black Orpheus.
Family: Tavynho Bonfá Nephew
Rosana Toledo Sister-in-law
Related: Maria Toledo Wife (1961-1976)

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Batucada	Luiz Bonfá	1957	(3 artists)
	Cantiga da vida	Luiz Bonfa	1963	(2 artists)
	Indiferença	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	(2 artists)
	Lamento no Morro	Roberto Paiva w/ Luiz Bonfá on guitar and orchestra led by A.C. Jobim	1956	(35 artists)
	Mania de Maria	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	(5 artists)
	Melancolia	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	(2 artists)
	Menina flor	Luiz Bonfá	1963	(25 artists)
	Meu sonho	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	March 1953	(3 artists)
i	Minha saudade	Luiz Bonfá	1955	(41 artists)
i	Moonlight in Rio	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	(7 artists)
i	Non-Stop to Brazil	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	(8 artists)
	O ganso	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	(8 artists)
	Perdido de amor	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	March 1953	(8 artists)
i	Quebra mar	Luiz Bonfá	1959	Jarkko Toivonen
	Reverso	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	(2 artists)
i	Romantico	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Steve Lawrence
i	Samba de Orfeu	Luiz Bonfá		(166 artists)
i	Samba de duas notas	Luiz Bonfa	1963	(9 artists)
i	Samba do Assovio	Luiz Bonfá	1963	(2 artists)
i	Sambolero	Luiz Bonfá	1957	(6 artists)
	Sambura	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Steve and Eydie (Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence)
i	Saudade	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa	March 1965	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo
	Se eu pudesse voltar	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	(3 artists)
	Se todos fossem iguais a você	Roberto Paiva w/ Luiz Bonfá on guitar and orchestra led by A.C. Jobim	1956	(174 artists)
	Sorrindo	Luiz Bonfa	1963	(2 artists)
	Summer Summer Wind	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	(3 artists)
i	Tanto amor	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	(3 artists)
	Teu olhar triste	Luiz Bonfa	1963	(2 artists)
i	The Gentle Rain	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	(194 artists)
i	Uma prece	Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	1951	(5 artists)
	Vem so	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	(2 artists)
i	Zomba	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa	March 1965	(2 artists)

Covers by Luiz Bonfá

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manhã de carnaval)	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Agostinho dos Santos
i	A Man and a Woman	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Nicole Croisille – Pierre Barouh
i	A voz do morro	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Vocalistas Tropicais
i	Adiós	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i	Agora é cinza	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Mário Reis e Diabos do Céu
i	Amor que acabou	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Maisa
i	April in Paris	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i	Autumn in New York	Luiz Bonfá	1959	J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
	Be Still	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Maria Toledo Covered by Steve and Eydie (Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence)
	Caminhemos	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Francisco Alves com Orquestra Odeon, dir. Lyrio Panicali
	Cantiga da vida	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfa
i	Carinhoso	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Orquesta típica Pixinguinha-Donga
i	Cheek to Cheek	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Chora tua tristeza	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Carlos Lyra
i	Copacabana	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Dick Farney com Eduardo Patané e Sua Orquestra de Cordas
i	Curare	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Orlando Silva
i	Da cor do pecado	Luiz Bonfá	1957	Silvio Caldas com Regional
i	Dancing in the Dark	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Jack Barker PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
	De cigarro em cigarro	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Nora Ney
i	De cigarro em cigarro	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Nora Ney
i	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Luiz Bonfa	September 1968	Unverified
	Esquecendo Você	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Silvia Telles
i	Favela	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Francisco Alves
i	Feitiço da vila	Luiz Bonfá	1957	João Petra de Barros
i	Frenesí	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i	I'll Remember April	Luiz Bonfa	July 1959	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
	Indiferença	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá
i	Inquietação	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Silvio Caldas
	Insensatez	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa - Maria Toledo	1963	João Gilberto
i	Lamento no Morro	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Roberto Paiva w/ Luiz Bonfá on guitar and orchestra led by A.C. Jobim
i	Love Is Blue	Luiz Bonfa	September 1968	Unverified
i	Malaguena salerosa	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Trío Calaveras
i	Manhã de carnaval	Luiz Bonfá	1959	Agostinho dos Santos
	Manhã de carnaval	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Agostinho dos Santos
i	Manhã de carnaval	Toots Thielemans with Luiz Bonfá	1992	Agostinho dos Santos
	Mania de Maria	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá
i	Mania de Maria	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa	1963	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá
	Melancolia	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá
	Menina flor	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfá
	Menina flor	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa - Maria Toledo	1963	Luiz Bonfá
	Meu sonho	Luiz Bonfá e Sylvinha Telles	1958	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
i	Meu sonho	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
i	Mister Sandman	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	More	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i	Morena Boca de Ouro	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Silvio Caldas
i	Mrs. Robinson	Luiz Bonfa	September 1968	Unverified
i	My Melancholy Baby	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Na Baixa do Sapateiro	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Carmen Miranda com orquestra Odeon
i	Night and Day	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i	Nossos momentos	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Elizete Cardoso
i	Não Tenho Lagrimas	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	O Morro Não Tem Vez	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa	1963	Pedrinho Rodrigues
	Oba Oba	Pat Kirby and Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Maria Toledo Covered by (3 artists)
i	Oración Caribe	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Agustín Lara
i	Over the Rainbow	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Judy Garland
i	Pastorinhas	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Silvio Caldas
i	Perdido de amor	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
	Perdido de amor	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
	Perdido de amor	Luiz Bonfá e Sylvinha Telles	1958	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
i	Perfidia	Luiz Bonfá	1955	Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez
i	Poinciana	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	(unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
i	Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts
i	Quizás, quizás, quizás	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Quiéreme mucho	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
	Reverso do verso	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá
	Samba de Orfeu	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Luiz Bonfá
	Samba de duas notas	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Luiz Bonfa
	Samba de duas notas	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfa
i	Samba de duas notas	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa - Maria Toledo	1963	Luiz Bonfa
i	Sambalero	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa - Maria Toledo	1963	Luiz Bonfá
	Saudade	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa
i	Saudade da Bahia	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Dorival Caymmi
	Saudade vem correndo	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Rosana Toledo
	Saudade vem correndo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Rosana Toledo
	Saudade vem correndo	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa - Maria Toledo	1963	Rosana Toledo
i	So danco samba	Stan Getz - Luiz Bonfa	1963	Elza Laranjeira REL, Os Cariocas PRF
i	Somewhere My Love	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Maurice Jarre
	Sorrindo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfa
i	Speak Low	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i	Speak Low	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Stella by Starlight	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i	Sweet Sue - Just You	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
	Só louco	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Dorival Caymmi com Orquestra
	Tanto amor	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá
	Tanto amor	Luiz Bonfá e Sylvinha Telles	1958	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá
i	Te quiero...dijiste	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Alfonso Ortiz Tirado
	Teu olhar triste	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfa
i	That Old Black Magic	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i	The Good,The Bad And The Ugly	Luiz Bonfa	September 1968	Unverified
i	The Song Is You	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Tullio Carminati
i	These Foolish Things	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
	Tristeza	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Norma Bengell
i	Uma prece	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
	Uma prece	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto
	Vem so	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves
i	Vereda tropical	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Lupita Palomera con la Orq. de Gonzalo Curiel
i	Whispering	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Whistle Samba	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Luiz Bonfá
i	Yellow Bird	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Katherine Dunham and Ensemble
i	Yesterday	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	The Beatles
i	Yesterdays	Luiz Bonfa	1959	Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	You Were Meant for Me	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Unverified
i	Zomba	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Bahia Soul	Luiz Bonfá	1968	Sampled by Smoke City

Songs written by Luiz Bonfá

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
An Empty Glass	Dick Manning, Luiz Bonfá	Peggy Lee	October 1966	Unverified
Bahia Soul	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1968
Batucada	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1957	Covered by (3 artists)
Cantiga da vida	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Luiz Bonfa	October 1962	Covered by (2 artists)
Canção que volta só	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Pery Ribeiro	1961	Covered by Leny Andrade
Correnteza	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Cláudio	1973	Covered by (49 artists)
De cigarro em cigarro	Luiz Bonfá	Nora Ney	1953	Covered by (6 artists)
Indiferença	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	January 1963	Covered by (2 artists)
Manhã de carnaval	Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria	Agostinho dos Santos		Covered by (711 artists)
Mania de Maria	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	January 1963	Covered by (5 artists)
Melancolia	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	January 1963	Covered by (2 artists)
Menina flor	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Luiz Bonfá	1962	Covered by (25 artists)
Meu sonho	Luiz Bonfá	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	March 1953	Covered by (3 artists)
Moonlight in Rio	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Covered by (7 artists)
Mundo perdido	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Maria Toledo	1967	Covered by (2 artists)
Non-Stop to Brazil	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	Covered by (8 artists)
O ganso	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	Covered by (8 artists)
Oba oba	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Maria Toledo	1967	Covered by (5 artists)
Perdido de amor	Luiz Bonfá	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	January 9, 1953	Covered by (8 artists)
Pour un amour lointain	Luiz Bonfá	Orchestration et dir. Vladimir Cosma	1967	Covered by Yana Purim
Quebra mar	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1959	Covered by Jarkko Toivonen
Reverso do verso	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	January 1963	Covered by (2 artists)
Romantico	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Covered by Steve Lawrence
Samba de Orfeu	Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria	Luiz Bonfá		Covered by (166 artists)
Samba de duas notas	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfa	October 1962	Covered by (9 artists)
Sambolero	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1957	Covered by (6 artists)
Sambura	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Covered by Steve and Eydie (Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence)
Saudade	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa	March 1965	Covered by Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo
Saudade vem correndo	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Rosana Toledo	1961	Covered by (5 artists)
Say Goodbye	Carl Sigman, Luiz Bonfá	Steve Lawrence	1967	Covered by Ithamara Koorax
Se eu pudesse voltar	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	January 1963	Covered by (3 artists)
Seville	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1967
Sorrindo	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Luiz Bonfa	October 1962	Covered by (2 artists)
Summer Summer Wind	Luiz Bonfá, Charles Grean	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Covered by (3 artists)
Tanto amor	Luiz Bonfá, Reinaldo Dias Leme	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Covered by (3 artists)
Teu olhar triste	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfa	October 1962	Covered by (2 artists)
The Gentle Rain	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	Covered by (194 artists)
Tristeza	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Norma Bengell	1962	Covered by (5 artists)
Uma prece	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	July 1951	Covered by (5 artists)
Vem so	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	December 1962	Covered by (2 artists)
Whistle Samba	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Covered by (2 artists)
Zomba	Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo	Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa	March 1965	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
...de Cigarro em Cigarro	Luiz Bonfá e Jorge Henrique	1956	Continental [BR]
Alta Versatilidade	Luiz Bonfá	1957	Odeon
Black Orpheus Impressions	Luiz Bonfá	1968	Dot Records
Bonfafá	Fafá Lemos & Luiz Bonfá	1958	Odeon
Braziliana	Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo	1965	Philips
Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá	1963	London Records
Composer of Black Orpheus Plays and Sings Bossa Nova	Luiz Bonfá with Lalo Schifrin & Oscar Castro Neves	1963	Verve Records
Jazz Samba Encore!	Stan Getz / Luiz Bonfa with Maria Toledo	1963	Verve Records
Le roi de la Bossa Nova	Luiz Bonfa	1963	Fontana
Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	May 1967	Dot Records
Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1955	Continental [BR]
Luiz Bonfá Plays Great Songs	Luiz Bonfá	1967	Dot Records
Meu Querido Violão	Luiz Bonfá	1959	Odeon
Noite e Dia	Luiz Bonfá & Eduardo Lincoln	1957	Continental [BR]
O Violão e o Samba	Luiz Bonfá	November 1962	Odeon
Pery Ribeiro e Seu Mundo de Canções Românticas	Pery Ribeiro com Luiz Bonfá ao Violão	1962	Odeon
Recado Novo de Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Odeon
Ritmos Continentais	Luiz Bonfá	1958	Odeon
The Brazilian Scene	Luiz Bonfá	June 1966	Philips
The Gentle Rain - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato	April 1965	Mercury
Violão Boêmio	Luiz Bonfá	1957	Odeon
Violão Boêmio Vol. 2	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Odeon
¡Amor! The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa	Luiz Bonfa	July 1959	Atlantic

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá	1963	Odeon
	Luiz Bonfá e Sylvinha Telles	Luiz Bonfá e Sylvinha Telles	1958	Odeon

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Perdido de Amor	Dick Farney com Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	March 1953	Continental [BR]
	Pescaria em Paquetá	Luiz Bonfá e Seu Conjunto	1951	Continental [BR]

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Orfeu Negro - Bande originale du film de Marcel Camus	various artists	1959	Philips
Orfeu da Conceição	various artists	1956	Odeon
Rio	Paul Winter	March 1965	Columbia [US]
The Brasil Project	Toots Thielemans	1992	Private Music [US1]

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays the Music of Luiz Bonfá & Cole Porter	Carlos Barbosa-Lima	1984	Concord Concerto
Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays the Music of Luiz Bonfá and Cole Porter [CD]	Carlos Barbosa-Lima	1990	Concord Concerto
Caterina Valente canta Luiz Bonfá	Caterina Valente	June 1963	Decca
Ithamara Koorax Sings the Luiz Bonfá Songbook	Ithamara Koorax	March 23, 1996	Paddle Wheel