Sharing a post by Fausto Visitacao Dacosta Goa's famous musician - B Paul I would be highly obliged if anyone knowing more about this great musician could provide me with some inputs on his career, besides his date of birth, death, his photo etc. B Paul: Basil Paul Fernandes who took his professional name as B Paul hailed from Colvale, Bardez. He learnt music in the parochial school in his village, Colvale. He was a very good alto saxaphone and clarinet player. He would also play tenor sax and violin as well. He went to Mumbai for better pastures and lived at Grant Road in Mumbai. After performing for small Goan bands, at hotels and for tiatrs in Mumbai, he got a big break in the famous band of Mumbai of that time Nelly & Her Orchestra and played for this band for many years. The band leader Nelly being a parsee this band would usually play for parsee functions and all big corporate functions. B Paul was short and dark and music lovers compared him to the famous American musician and singer Louis Amstrong, whom he resembled were much. And to B Paul too Amstrong was his role model, so much so that he would sing two of his songs in his inimitable style ‘Hello Doly’ and ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ for every show. B Paul has played music for many tiatrs in Mumbai, first as a alto sax player in Rock de Salcette’s band and later as a band leader he has provided music for many tiatrs of J P Souzalin, C. Alvares, Jacint Vaz, etc. He has also arranged music for many songs of the tiatrists who have recorded their songs on HMV records. B Paul has also played music for hindi films. - Fausto Visitacao Dacosta
Forwarded by Edward Verdes
