Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Turquinho e Seu Conjunto - Samba de Bossa (1963)

We have a nice release here, an artist that never had a solo LP at Loronix, just appearing as sideman on several records. This is Turquinho e seu Conjunto - Samba de Bossa (1963), for Chantecler. Rezala José aka Turquinho is a drummer that released just a few records but influenced several renowned Brazilian musicians, taking part on many bands such like Sambossa 5 and Hector Costita Sexteto, among others.

I have been trying to gather additional information about Turquinho, but I did not find much. Please take a time to make your own research on Turquinho and write us on comments section. Tracks include:

01 - Céu e Mar (Johnny Alf)
02 - Barquinho (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
03 - Meditação (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
04 - Fuga (Renato de Oliveira / Nazareno de Brito)
05 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
06 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
07 - Nunca Mais (Ed Lincoln)
08 - Água de Beber (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Zelão (Sergio Ricardo)
10 - Murmúrio (Djalma Ferreira / Luis Antônio)
11 - Ternurinha (Tereza Souza)
12 - Chorou Chorou (Luis Antônio)