25 Facts About Ed Lincoln

Ed Lincoln was a Brazilian musician, composer and arranger known for a wide variety of styles.

Ed Lincoln's mother played organ in the local Presbyterian Church and his older sister learned classical piano at home, but Lincoln himself did not play until he saw the film Rhapsody in Blue as a young teenager, and rushed home to scribble notes on musical staff paper.

Ed Lincoln began learning popular songs such as Ary Barroso's Aquarela do Brasil.

Ed Lincoln was at the same time the sports editor for the newspaper Diario do Povo.

At 18, Ed Lincoln left Ceara for Rio de Janeiro to study architecture.

Ed Lincoln pestered the radio station engineers to play him all the newest North American jazz discs, and formed an early appreciation for the work of Oscar Peterson.

Ed Lincoln agreed to form a combo with Luiz Eca and Johnny Alf, even though they asked him to play double bass, an instrument he had never touched.

Eca left to study music in Vienna, and Ed Lincoln reformed the trio with himself on piano, Baden Powell on guitar and Luiz Marinho on bass: the Hotel Plaza Trio.

In 1958, Ed Lincoln was playing bass regularly for Hammond organist and club owner Djalma Ferreira at the popular Drink Club in Rio de Janeiro.

Previously, Ed Lincoln had not been allowed to touch the instrument, but he proceeded to teach himself enough of its idiosyncrasies that he was able to successfully lead Conjunto Drink through a busy evening.

Ed Lincoln soon discovered that the Hammond organ allowed him to use his skill at the piano keyboard while bringing the supporting knowledge of his bass line experience to the organ's foot pedals.

On November 2,1958, Ed Lincoln recorded an album for Helium, a small record label.

Ed Lincoln combined piano and Hammond organ lines by using recording studio technology to double and triple himself in the same song.

In 1968, Ed Lincoln formed his own record label: De Savoya Discos, releasing a self-titled album with liner notes on the back explaining that the 12 songs were in 12 styles that were very different from each other to show the artist's facility as a performer and composer.

Ed Lincoln formed the "DeSavoya Combo" and began producing albums and arranging songs for other artists, including Elza Soares in the 1970s.

Ed Lincoln began to use computers as a composition tool on this album, beginning with a Commodore 64.

Several albums have been recorded in Rio at Lincoln's "Studio Ed Lincoln", including one by Marvio Ciribelle called Era so o que Faltava in 1993.

Ed Lincoln occasionally accepts recording dates, and appeared playing organ on one track, Conversa Mole, on an Ed Motta album released in 2000.

Ed Lincoln died on July 16,2012, in Rio de Janeiro.

Ed Lincoln was 80 years old and he died of respiratory failure.

Ed Lincoln recorded under many different names during his career; at times he used a new name for each musical style or for each new record.

Ed Lincoln was originally listed as Eduardo Lincoln when taking part in larger ensembles, then became Ed Lincoln in 1958.

Ed Lincoln had two sons, Marcos and Marcelo Saboia, who have carried their father's legacy by involving themselves in his recording studio business.

Ed Lincoln appeared in four films: Colegio de Brotos, Vamos com Calma, Na Onda do Ie-Ie-Ie and Estranho triangulo.

Ed Lincoln composed the music for two films, the musical comedy Adoravel Trapalhao in 1967 and the musical Juventude e Ternura in 1968, working with Erlon Chaves on the latter film.