Deodato

Eumir Deodato (born 1943) is a Brazilian pianist, arranger, and producer who has contributed to over 450 albums and earned 16 platinum records. After early work in bossa nova with Roberto Menescal and arranging landmark albums for Wilson Simonal and Marcos Valle, he moved to New York in 1967, joining Creed Taylor’s CTI roster. His 1973 arrangement of Richard Strauss “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” featured on Prelude, sold five million copies and won a Grammy. He later arranged for Björk’s Post and Homogenic and helped launch Milton Nascimento at the 1967 FIC.