However, even if he was born on a carnival Tuesday, nothing predestined the young carioca to be part of this world. No musical parents, no repinique (typical samba percussion) or tambourine friends, nothing. Born in 1949, Jorge Aragão da Cruz grew up in Rio de Janeiro in the Padre Miguel neighborhood famous for its samba school, without participating in carnival activities. Like all pimply people of the time, he was more passionate about Roberto Carlos and the artists of Jovem Guarda, or the Latin orchestras of…
