Laudir de Oliveira

Laudir de Oliveira
Birth nameLaudir Soares de Oliveira
Born(1940-01-06)6 January 1940
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died17 September 2017(2017-09-17) (aged 77)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenresJazz, bossa nova, samba, rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPercussion
Years active1960s—2017

Laudir Soares de Oliveira (6 January 1940 – 17 September 2017) was a Brazilian musician and producer mostly renowned for his time as percussionist with the band Chicago.