[2026] Roundup of Popular Guitarists from Brazil
Across the Brazilian landscape, passionate guitar sounds resound.
From the delicate rhythms of bossa nova and jazz to aggressive heavy metal, Brazilian guitarists with a wide range of musicality continue to captivate music fans around the world.
Their refined technique, warm tone, and distinctive sense of groove are truly unique to Brazil.
In this article, we’ll introduce Brazilian guitarists active across a broad spectrum of genres—from masters who carry on traditional styles to a new generation pursuing innovative sounds.
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[2026] Roundup of Popular Guitarists from Brazil (21–30)
SozinhoCaetano Veloso
It’s a masterpiece with a beautifully resonant sound.
Caetano Veloso is a singer, guitarist, and composer born in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, and a central figure in the Tropicália movement, where Brazilian youth, inspired by encounters with the Beatles and others, created a new kind of music.
O telefone.Jorge Ben
It’s a hot Brazilian guitar number.
Jorge Ben is a singer and guitarist born in 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He’s known as a musician who established a style called samba-rock, which incorporates soul, funk, and rock into samba.
[2026] Roundup of Popular Guitarists from Brazil (31–40)
Sarah’s SambaLaurindo Almeida
It’s a beautiful-sounding classic.
Laurindo Almeida, from Santos, Brazil, was a guitarist, composer, and arranger.
He was influenced by what he saw in Europe, including Django Reinhardt.
He is also known among Japanese jazz fans.
Dreaming of youNando Lauria
The floating sensation is wonderful—this is a quintessential Brazilian classic.
Nando Lauria was born on May 11, 1960, in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and is known as a renowned guitarist who was also a member of the Pat Metheny Group.
PrimaveraCarlos Lyra
A beautiful piece for guitar and piano that carries the breeze of Brazil.
Carlos Lyra, born in 1939, is a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer.
He is considered an artist who further evolved bossa nova, created by João Gilberto and others.
Viola EnluaradaDori Caymmi
One of the wonderful Brazilian guitarists and singers whose gentle gut-guitar resonance moves the heart.
Dori Caymmi was born on August 26, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
Voo dos UrubusToninho Horta
It’s a masterpiece with beautiful echoes of samba and bossa nova.
Toninho Horta, born in 1948, is a key guitarist from the Minas music scene in Brazil.
Fusion guitarist Pat Metheny has been influenced by him.