Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Jose Briamonte - Sambeco, A Musica de Briamonte (1968)

I received this record from sabadabada.com, as I said, the pionner website of Brazilian music and Bossa Nova. I'm really proud of it. Sabadabada wrote on the last update that he was hunting this LP for several years. Kindly, sabadabada gave it to Loronixers, this is all about friendship, respect and mutual passion for the music from Brazil. Thanks sabadabada, as a great fan of your website, it is a honor.

This is Jose Briamonte - Sambeco, A Musica de Briamonte (1968), for RCA Victor, a very hard to find LP, the first LP released by Jose Briamonte, prior to the well-known and acclaimed Briamonte Orquestra (1970), Elenco as ME-70, by the way a nice LP that Loronixers are missing. Pretty self-explanatory, a truly rare LP with amazing personnel that is probably unknown to several friends. Tracks include:

Personnel

Jose Briamonte
(piano and arrangements)
Papudinho
(trumpet)
Raul de Souza
(trombone)
Heraldo do Monte
(acoustic guitar)
Capacete
(bass)
Garoto
(vibrafone)
Chacal
(drums and percussion)
Boneca
(violao)
Guara
(violao)
Heitor
(drums)
Irmas Gleb
(vocals)

Track List

01 - Roda de Samba (José Briamonte / Paulo Roberto)
02 - Selva (José Briamonte)
03 - Moça (Luis Roberto Oliveira / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - The World Goes On (A. Bergman / M. Bergman / Quincy Jones)
05 - Canto Pra Amada (José Briamonte / Paulo Roberto)
06 - Eu e a Brisa (Johnny Alf)
07 - Mr King (Raul de Souza / João Donato)
08 - Travessia (Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant)
09 - Whatch What Happens (Michel Legrand / Norman Gimbel)
10 - Januária (Chico Buarque)
11 - Sonho Bom (Garoto / Paulo Roberto)
12 - Yê-melê (Luis Carlos Vinhas / Chico Feitosa)