His experience with samba goes a long way. His experience with samba goes a long way. He extracted the multiple rhythms that make up the style of Brazil's best-known genre to drift very consciously to a personal melodic and harmonic universe. Being one of the most prolific lyric authors of this generation, Paulo has recorded approximately 1500 compositions with partners such as Tom Jobim, Pixinguinha, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins, Baden Powell, Joyce and Dori Caymmi.
Brazilian music gains another composer of international expression.