You don’t have to apologize if you don’t know who Moacir Santos is. Many people are oblivious to the works of the arranger and songwriter, regarded by the critics and researchers as one of the most ...

Moacir Santos, an influential arranger and composer of Brazilian popular music, died Aug. 6 in Pasadena, Calif. He was 80. Though not widely known to American audiences, Mr. Santos’ work was ...

Moacir Santos, the legendary composer and arranger whose body of work served to expand popular preconceptions of Brazilian music beyond bossa nova and Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB), died in Pasadena ...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Brazilian music composer Moacir Santos has died at a Pasadena, Calif., assisted living facility at the age of 80. The influential but under-recognized arranger and ...

Moacir Santos, an influential arranger and composer of Brazilian popular music, has died. He was 80. Santos died Sunday at an assisted living facility in Pasadena of complications from a stroke he ...