Antônio José Santana Martins, known professionally as Tom Zé, born in Irará, Bahia, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when musician and Luaka Bop label head David Byrne discovered Zé's 1975 album Estudando o Samba and then released reissues of his work, that Zé returned to performing and releasing new material.
- Occupation
- singer, composer, songwriter, musician
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Born
- October 11, 1936
- Website
- http://www.tomze.com.br
