Carlos Barbosa-Lima, a Brazilian child prodigy whose touch and counterpoint on the guitar were virtually unrivaled and who arranged Antonio Carlos Jobim's music for the guitar in the 1980s at Jobim's request, died on February 23. He was 77. [Publicity still above of Carlos Barbosa-Lima]
Barbosa-Lima began his professional career at age 12. A master of po…
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