Manoel da Conceicao - Manoel da Conceicao, Seu Violao e Muito Samba! (1963)

Finally, the first Manoel da Conceicao album at Loronix and another Jorge Mello contribution. Manoel da Conceicao is also known as Mao de Vaca, another great Brazilian violao player. His music never had the chance of a CD reissue, in spite of being a respected musician, acknowledge by names such like Radames Gnattali. Manoel da Conceicao was not active on recordings, releasing only a few albums. This is his third album and as far I could search, Manuel da Conceicao went on an eleven years recoding hiatus after this one, releasing in 1974 the acclaimed Batucada do Mane. Let's see.

This is Manoel da Conceicao - Manoel da Conceicao, Seu Violao e Muito Samba (1963), for Polydor, with instrumental and voice arrangements by Severino Filho, from Os Cariocas. I said voice arrangements, by definition; this is not an instrumental album since all tracks have lyrics sung by a not credited female choir. I had a really nice time with this album today and I cannot wait longer to check all others. Thanks Jorge Mello for this really unknown Manoel da Conceicao LP. Tracks include:

01 - Ué (Severino Filho / Alberto Paz)
02 - Só Danço Samba (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - É Tua Vez de Sorrir (Fernando César / Luis Antônio)
04 - Não Vou Me Afobar (Vera Falcão)
05 - Cartão de Visitas (Edgardo Luis / Nilton Pereira de Castro)
06 - Na Cadência do Samba (Ataulfo Alves / Paulo Gesta)
07 - Influência do Jazz (Carlos Lyra)
08 - Samba Enganador (Hianto de Almeida / Chico Anísio)
09 - Pandorga Papagaio Pipa (Armando Cavalcanti / Victor Freire)
10 - Gostoso É Sambar (João Mello)
11 - Gamação (João Roberto Kelly)
12 - Quero Ficar Só (Manoel da Conceição / Lolita França)