Sunday, November 26, 2006

Manfredo Fest - Manifestations (1979)

Hello, Good Night! Let's start the day with a rarely reviewed and spoken Manfredo Fest release, the Brazilian organist from the South Region that started together with the legends of the gold Brazilian instrumental years and could sustain a solid career in US with several acclaimed releases, this is Manfredo Fest - Manifestations (1979), for Tabu Records.

Never released in CD, the set counts with Manfredo Fest (organ), Victor Feldman (percussion), Fred Jackson (woodwind), Randall Aldcroft (trombone), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Oscar Castro Neves (guitar), Laudir Soares de Oliveria (percussion), Jay Graydon (electric guitar), William Green (woodwind), Jerry Hey (trumpet), Jim Hughart (bass), Abe Laboriel (bass), Tim May (electric guitar), Jerry Peters (keyboards), Lee Ritenour (electric guitar), John Rowin (electric guitar), Claudio Slon (drums), Maurice Spears (trombone), Jerry Steinholtz (percussion), William M. Collette (woodwind), Clark Spangler (synthesizer) and Gerald Steinholtz (percussion).

Big personnel listing, the highlights are Claudio Slon, Oscar Castro neves, Victor Feldman and Lee Ritenour. I hope you like this release of a great artist that unfortunately is not well known in Brazil. Tracks include:

01 - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
02 - Jungle Kitten
03 - Koko and Leeroe
04 - Arigo
05 - Send in the Clowns
06 - Who Needs It
07 - Bach's Prelude and Fugue #2