Acoustic guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima performed and recorded a wide repertory incorporating elements of classical music, jazz, and Latin traditions. He has also arranged music for guitar, and although he was not a jazz player per se, his charts influenced the jazz world, and he had many jazz-oriented fans. Barbosa-Lima released the first album of his six-decades-plus recording career, Dez Dedos Magicos Num Violão De Ouro, in 1958. Classical composers, including Alberto Ginastera, began to write new works for him. Barbosa-Lima performed with jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd and met songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, then living in New York. Both musicians were impressed by Barbosa-Lima's arrangements, which drew on classical techniques. Barbosa-Lima remained active into old age, releasing the album Manisero in 2021 with Johannes Tonio Kreusch and Cornelius Claudio Kreusch.