If there's a Bossa Nova song that the 3 Na Bossa can't play, it's because it hasn't been written yet. They are: the piano player Edmur Hebert, the bass player Eliane do Valle and the drummer Toninho Pinheiro. Edmur and Eliano began playing dances together in combos, and as soon they were old enough to go out at night they became a mobile attraction of São Paulo nightlife. Their extreme good taste and musicianship have helped promoting many São Paulo nightclubs, such as Santo Colomba, Plano's Bar, Baiúca Jardins, The Place, Paddock, Piano Forte and, lately, L'Angolo, where they were joined by drummer Toninho Pinheiro. As for Toninho, he is Bossa Nova legend ins São Paulo. Toninho began in the 60's as the drummer of Manfredo Fest and Pedrinho Mattar trios. In 1965, with the pianist Cido Bianchi and the bassplayer Sabá, he created the Jongo Trio, that recorded a great instrumental album (Jongo Trio). In that same year, they shook the public of the Paramount Theatre while playing Elis Regina and Jair Rodrigues in the show Dois na Bossa, that has originated a famous record, where their names were not included. In 1966, Toninho and Sabá formed a new group with the pianist César Camargo Mariano: the Som Três. With the Som Três, where he stayed until 1970. Toninho played with Wilson Simonal in thousands of shows (including the ons in which Simonal conducted the public of the Maracananzinho stadium, in Rio) and in all the albums the singer recorded in the period. Toninho then became the drummer of the unforgattable Dick Farmey, with whom he worked for 17 years - until Dick died, in 1987. Since then, Toninho has been playing in São Paulo nightclubs and, ins 2000, he joined Edmur and Eliane, creating 3 na Bossa. The guitar player and composer Roberto Menescal, producer of this series of five albums, needs no presentation. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.