Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Luiz Eça & Astor Silva e Seu Conjunto - Cada Qual Melhor (1961)

Once again, instrumental music from two Brazilian legends, Luiz Eça - the renowned pianist from Tamba Trio - and Astor Silva - arranger and also one of the best Brazilian trombonists with the 1961 LP Cada Qual Melhor!.

The repertoire is made of Brazilian and American standards, such as: Ary Barroso, Tom Jobim, Gershwin, among others. Eça and Astor are accompanied by Astro Silva e Seu Conjunto. Even without knowing, Loronixers had the "touch" of Astor on several posts before as arranger. Astor was the lead arranger of CBS label, delivering several contributions on LPs of Elis Regina, Elza Soares, Roberto Carlos and others.