HÉLIO DELMIRO: BLESSED, GIFTED & ENLIVENED MUSICIAN
Autor: Augusto Senna | Publicado: 2012-05-31T12:40:00-02:00




Hi, fellows!

Again I come to you my friends, to show you, one of the greatest living guitarits I know: Mr. Hélio Delmiro, a simple and introvert man, that speaks tha voice of God in his instrument. He appeared as a guest artist, in many great recordings of Elis Regina, like the amazing acoustic guitar we hear in "o bêbado e a equilibrista" (Charles Chaplin's "limelight") , like Mr. Fábio Zanon said about it, in his website: 

"Hélio Delmiro's learning was made in live performances and in practice, his colleagues say he is perfectly capable of playing any solo Jazz piano solo, by ear, as&nbsp;he took from the disks.Later he also studied classical guitar in order to refine&nbsp;his technique. A strong influence was the saxophonist Victor Assis Brazil, with&nbsp;whom he made his first recording. At the time he was introduced as the&nbsp;"new Baden Powell", was playing electric guitar and&nbsp;in fact that he never played with a pick, always with the fingers. Over the sixties, Helio Delmiro created an untouchable reputation in folk/popular music circuit, following a succession of famous singers, especially Clara Nunes, with whom he played for over ten years, with Elis Regina he also played for three very intense years and participated in&nbsp;famous recordings&nbsp;and&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Montreux Festival (1979).If you think, that your ear has never heard a song from Hélio Delmiro's&nbsp;sophisticated art, you're wrong, it is clear that Elis Regina's voice is so marked that we almost do not care to hear the other instruments, but for a moment try to pay attention to the tastefully done up&nbsp;guitar in the song "o bêbado e a equilibrista" (Charles Chaplin's "limelight") from the disk - This Woman (1979): Indeed Elis Regina&nbsp;softly turn down her voice a little&nbsp;bit, just to hear the guitar's follow-up of Hélio Delmiro. In the seventies, he has consolidated his reputation as a Jazz musician, and was hailed as a genius and recorded an album with Sarah Vaughan in 1979 and finally released his first solo album called "Emotiva" (soulful), in which he&nbsp;plays the acoustic guitar and electric guitar. In the eighties, Helio Delmiro established himself definitively on the international circuit; the list of its partnerships is immense and includes legends of Jazz, and released solo albums frequently. A crisis has loomed for Helio Delmiro, and is no secret that many Jazz musicians dissolve themselves&nbsp;in smoke from barroom tables, alcohol and drugs, then you need to be a&nbsp;monk yourself,&nbsp;to be&nbsp;a Jazz musician&nbsp;and to go to work off of it. Helio Delmiro succumbed, when it reached a critical point and a monk "entered within himself"&nbsp;and converted him to Christianity, with so much fervor that he became evangelical Pastor and put a "foot on the brake" in a very&nbsp;abrupt way, in his career in the late 80's. The return was gradual and painful, for him, in a sense&nbsp; he had a reputation of being "bossy", which added to the fame of proselyte (convert to an individual doctrine, idea or system), which upset many people.In 90's,&nbsp;he returned to the charge, frequently playing abroad. In 2004, a new jolt, a disagreement with his ex-wife on the board of the children, eventually led him to prison, particularly in abject&nbsp; (infamous) conditions, sharing a cell with hardened criminals, then all kinds of Brazilian musicians gave him support, but it is clear that this episode has opened large wounds,&nbsp;which he&nbsp;attend to&nbsp;heal them with his Christian faith. Helio Delmiro is an unanimity among fellow musicians as one of the most lavishly gifted musicians of Brazilian's music history, as he&nbsp;owns a remarkable improvisational skills. His solo appearances seems like&nbsp;classical concerts, whose behavior reflects sober and musical density and immaculate technique. He is a man of fine intelligence ,which of course, he&nbsp;never lets his art or his personal convictions pass without a thorough self-analysis." 

http://vcfz.blogspot.com.br/2008/09/140-hlio-delmiro-romero-lubambo.html


Some internet videos by the great guitar master Hélio Delmiro:

Elis Regina &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" (João Bosco/Aldir Blanc) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcYCP1nEdUA

Hélio Delmiro plays "Compassos" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU3o1G-xTtM

Hélio Delmiro plays "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma/Jacques Prévert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQaD-CZ_RoE

Hélio sings! and plays "Ilusão à Toa" (Johnny Alf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_TIw9w97No

Sarah Vaughan &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "A Little Tear" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qos3vYyHbs

Hélio Delmiro &amp; Nana Caymmi play "Insensatez" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiP26Yc7TQ

Hélio plays "Waltzin" (Victor Assis Brasil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUglOYh3B94

Jane Mara &amp; Hélio Delmiro sing! and play "Estrada do Sol" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxnrKTEe2RQ&amp;feature=related

Jane Mara &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Desde que o samba é samba" (Caetano Veloso)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbFY61LpTqY

Jane Mara &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "O Barquinho" (Roberto Menescal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h60XWDE_xA&amp;feature=relmfu

Liz Rosa &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Dindi" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMMd4S-5CM&amp;feature=related
Hélio plays "Beijo Partido" (Toninho Horta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Mkdya3Mng
Hélio Delmiro&nbsp;plays "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwL-mRu-flY&amp;feature=related
Hélio Delmiro &amp; Simone play "Minha Namorada" (Carlos Lyra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCZLshCkC4

Hélio Delmiro plays "All the things you are"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvgPKyMDOw
Zizi Possi &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Copo Vazio" (Gilberto Gil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KHAmfl_Aw&amp;feature=related

Nana Caymmi &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Mudança dos Ventos" (Ivan Lins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZ-yBiPToE

Renato Russo &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Gente Humilde" (Garoto/Chico Buarque/Vinícius de Moraes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Vb-qVs_zs

Hélio Delmiro improvises live at Heineken Concerts 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLcgXvpalw

Milton Nascimento &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Caçador de Mim" (Luis Carlos Sá/Sérgio Magrão)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9XYKHQi3Y

Roberto Sion &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Rapaz de Bem" (Johnny Alf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9I61u7Jm4

Roberto Sion &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln53Ny4F9es

Elis Regina &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Rebento" (Gilberto Gil) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-W1EcdLkg&amp;feature=related

Elis Regina &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Madalena" (Ivan Lins) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GzcIK5pNUQ

Elis Regina &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Cai Dentro" (Baden Powell/Paulo Cesar Pinheiro) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo2NhsJ0QXQ

Elis Regina &amp; Hélio Delmiro play "Cobra Criada" (João Bosco/Paulo Emílio) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_zvRVcLok

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet (with Hélio Delmiro) play "Tema pro Einhorn"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvWlOohXDKU

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Balada pra Nadia"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF27QpxXotY&amp;feature=related

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Lydian Dreams"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdCMwpDyps&amp;feature=related

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Waltz for Trane"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjE9sstZVeQ&amp;feature=relmfu

Hélio Delmiro plays "Pro Zeca" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXdFWj8e0Pw

Hélio Delmiro plays "Ad Infinito" no RT SOM 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMONxlcmhD8

Hélio plays "Marceneiro Paulo" no RT SOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9pFEkHV0ys

Hélio plays "Marceneiro Paulo" no CLUBE DO CHORO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd7B1UuYVI





Some wisdow words from Jesus' brother: Mr. Hélio Delmiro (talking about playing with new musicians):
"I felt that too one day, it's a pleasure to be reaching a larger experience, I've been experienced, is really good, gives that tingly inside, it's good there, but really listen something: the knight riding the horse out but the horse continues to trot, and then comes another rider mounts the horse, and goes over a road, then after he goes down and comes back another rider and so the horse riding on and&nbsp;on. So also is the experience, the sum of them; then they think they learned something with us, but we actually do learn much more from them. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_GNG4Fp8g&amp;feature=relmfu

To know more about this gifted musician, and above all things: vitalized human being, please reach:

http://heliodelmiro.blogspot.com.br/
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9lio_Delmiro
http://www.myspace.com/heliodelmiro

"And we know, that to men that love God, all things work together into good, to them that after purpose be called saints.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp; those&nbsp; that&nbsp; he&nbsp; knew&nbsp; before&nbsp; [For why&nbsp; and whom&nbsp; he&nbsp; knew&nbsp; before], he&nbsp; before-ordained&nbsp; by&nbsp; grace&nbsp; to&nbsp; be made&nbsp; like&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp;image&nbsp; of&nbsp; his&nbsp; Son,&nbsp; that&nbsp; he&nbsp; be&nbsp; the&nbsp; first begotten among many brethren.&nbsp;And&nbsp; those&nbsp; that&nbsp; he&nbsp; before-ordained&nbsp; to&nbsp; bless,&nbsp; them&nbsp; he&nbsp; called;&nbsp; and whom&nbsp; he called, them he justified; and whom he justified, them he glorified." ROMANS 8, 28-30

"It pertaineth&nbsp; to man&nbsp; to make&nbsp; ready&nbsp; the&nbsp; soul; and&nbsp; it pertaineth to the Lord to govern the tongue.&nbsp; All the ways of men be open to the eyes of God; the Lord is a weigher of&nbsp; spirits,&nbsp; that&nbsp; is,&nbsp; of&nbsp; wills,&nbsp; yielding&nbsp; to&nbsp; man&nbsp; after&nbsp; his deservings.&nbsp;Show&nbsp; thy works&nbsp; to&nbsp; the Lord; and&nbsp; thy&nbsp; thoughts shallbe&nbsp;succeed." PROVERBS 16, 1-3

"The&nbsp; grace&nbsp; of&nbsp; our&nbsp; Lord&nbsp; Jesus&nbsp; Christ,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; charity&nbsp; of&nbsp; God,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the communing of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.&nbsp;Amen." 2 CORINTHIANS 13, 14&nbsp;