Order of Rio Branco
Jazz musicians who received the Order of Rio Branco: list of 5 recipients by year.
The Order of Rio Branco (Ordem de Rio Branco) is an honorific order of Brazil instituted by decree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. It is named in honor of the Brazilian diplomat José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco. The President of Brazil serves as the Grand Master of the Order while the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the order's Chancellor.
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Recipients
| 2015 | Sadao Watanabe Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-) |
| 2013 | Lisa Ono Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer |
| 2002 | Airto Moreira Brazilian drummer and percussionist |
| 2002 | Flora Purim Brazilian jazz singer |
| 1970 | Dorival Caymmi Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914–2008) |