Sunday, September 23, 2007

Astor Silva & Oswaldo Borba - Metais em Brasa no Samba (1962)

Hello, good evening! Let's start this Sunday showing Loronixers a kind of album that is not been released for several weeks, an orchestra album with renditions of Brazilian standards in the Samba style. Brazilian maestros such like Portinho (the best in the style), Carioca and Zaccarias delivered several ones in the 60's, but this one is different, featuring two Maestros, both credited as the main performers. Let's see.

This is Astor Silva & Oswaldo Borba - Metais em Brasa no Samba (1962), for Philips, featuring Astor Silva in charge of arrangements and Oswaldo Borba as orchestra director and conductor. I'm having a special pleasure to show this album, a Loronix friend from Hungary wrote me today asking support for the creation of an international Astor Silva fan club. He said he could only know Astor Silva with Loronix and he is now crazy for recordings and anything else from the Maestro. This is fantastic and I will keep Loronixers informed as he better develop the idea. Tracks include:

01 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
02 - Brasiliana Nº 1 (Astor Silva)
03 - Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Arrasta a Sandália (Osvaldo Vasques "Baiaco" / Aurélio Gomes)
05 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
06 - O Que É Que a Baiana Tem (Dorival Caymmi)
07 - O Samba da Minha Terra (Dorival Caymmi)
08 - Palhaçada (Haroldo Barbosa / Luis Reis)
09 - Minha Palhoça (J. Cascata)
10 - A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Menina Moça (Luis Antônio)
12 - Maracangalha (Dorival Caymmi)