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died January 28, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Brazilian pianist/composer/arranger Helvius Vilela Borges (pictured above by José Ricardo Velozo) played with such Brazilian artists as Miucha, Marisa Gata Mancha, Carlos Lyra, Nana Caymmi (having also performed with the Familia Caymmi group at the Montreux Jazz Festival), Paulinho da Viola, Baden Powell, Toquinho, Elizeth Cardoso, Milton Nascimento, Edu Lobo, Nana Caymmi, Chico Buarque, Nilvado Ornelas, Yana Purim, Paulo Moura, Carlos Malta, Vittor Santos, Chico Batera, Sebastião Tapajós, Baden Powell, Eliana Pittman, Taiguara, Alceu Valença, Tito Madi, Quarteto em Cy, Wagner Tiso and, most recently, Ana de Holanda.
In the 60s, he was a member of the groups Tempo Trio (alongside Paulo Horta and Pascoal Meirelles) and Vox Populi. Vilela also recorded a cult album as a leader, "Planalto dos Cristais," engineered by Toninho Barbosa at Sonoviso Studios and released as an independent project in 1982. The self-titled "Tempo Trio" album, recorded for Odeon's London label in 1965, includes Milton Nascimento's first recorded tune, "... E A Gente Sonhando," and was reissued on CD in 2006 by the Paradise Masters label. "Vox Populi", originally released on the Musidisc label in 1969, re-appeared on digital format by the London-based label What Music, featuring Helvius Vilela, Fernando Leporace, Guto Graça Melo, Gegê de Souza, Laudir de Oliveira, Amaury Tristão, Tavinho and Marisa.
The "Tempo Trio" CD can still be purchased on Ebay:
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