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Jorge Aragão

1949–

Brazil

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Jorge Aragão da Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔʁʒi aɾaˈɡɐ̃w], born 1 March 1949 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian musician, singer-songwriter, working in the genres of samba and pagode. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and plays the guitar, surdo, cavaco and banjo, among other instruments. In performance, he usually plays the cavaquinho most of the show, and sometimes the banjo.

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