Carlos Lyra is a Brazilian musician and composer of numerous bossa nova classics. He was born on May 11, 1939. Along with Roberto Menescal, he was a primary figure of the younger generation of bossa nova musicians who closely followed the inception of the style by João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Later, he joined Nara Leão as part of the bossa's activist wing, seeking a return to its samba roots.
He continues to compose, record, and perform today.
Lyra's most famous compositions include "Coisa Mais Linda", "Você e Eu", "Maria Ninguém" (once claimed by Jacqueline Kennedy to be her favorite song), and "Influência do Jazz".
Lyra and bossa nova are enmeshed, but the author of Primavera has always maintained his musical identity.
The foundation was in place for Lyra to transform the bossa of "love, smiles and flowers" (in reference to the first phase of bossa nova) into music with both feet firmly planted on the ground, consistent with a reality which was already beginning to show signs of political incoherency.
Lyra immediately joined the group of dissidents and activists, bringing dissonance to all the choruses formed by those satisfied with the "cool" (and already distant) aesthetic of the song and the poetry of João Gilberto and Company.
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