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Hello, good evening! Before talking about this fantastic contribution sponsored by Jorge Mello, I would like to show an important upgrade made on Loronix Preview Center, available since yesterday night. Before this upgrade, I have to admit that our "radio" was really boring, static, with the same set of songs every day.

Things are really different now. The playlist, which is the list of songs available, is now sitting in a database, running in our dedicated server. Instead of a limited and static list, Loronix Preview Center is now recovering 35 songs, drawn randomly from a total of 353 available. The list of songs you have right now is different from mine and also different from other friends. Really great, but just a detail.

Take a look at the bottom part of the player. We have a search feature available and this is the great thing about Loronix Preview Center. It is very easy, just enter a search term and our database will return another set of songs, according to your selected criteria. You can search for an artist, a song, an album name and even a musical genre. As an example, searching the term "instrumental" makes Loronix Preview Center returns only instrumental tracks. Feel free to play with Loronix Preview Center and don't forget to report if something does not work as it should. The new player is available here and permanently at Loronix side bar.

This is Canhoto - Um Violao Direito nas Maos do Canhoto (1974), for the legendary label Rozenblit, featuring for the first time at Loronix Canhoto da Paraiba, a true violao. I invite you to take a look at Canhoto's entry available at Musicos do Brasil | Uma Enciclopedia with important statements of Paulinho da Viola and Jacob do Bandolim about this important but really underestimated musician. Tracks include:


Track List

01 - Mulher Rendeira - Disparada (Volta Seca / Geraldo Vandre)
02 - Lurdinha (Canhoto)
03 - Saudade de Princesa (Canhoto)
04 - Nicelia (Canhoto)
05 - Maria Helena (L Barcelata)
06 - Pisando em Brasa (Canhoto)
07 - Menina da Ladeira (Joao So)
08 - Memoria de Sebastiao Malta (Canhoto)
09 - Gostosinho (Canhoto)
10 - Despertar da Montanha (Eduardo Souto)
11 - O Sorriso de Vitorinha (Canhoto)
12 - Escadaria (Pedro Raimundo)

Hello, good evening! I'm trying to make this post since Saturday night. And I'm really sorry about this; I had to skip a really important celebration yesterday, which was Antonio Carlos Jobim, 82 years birthday. Additionally, I missed some announcements of friends that were celebrating Antonio Carlos Jobim yesterday, such as the great work made by Jassvan in New York, running a Marathon with Jobim's music and special guests on WKCR-89.9FM, also at www.wkcr.org. I'm really sad to miss this announcement and also missing the broadcast tribute itself. Jassvan always speaks about Loronix on his radio show and I urge Loronix's community to reach the radio website and listen to Jassvan show, broadcasted every Sunday at midnight.

The show must go on, and I would like to upgrade this really nice and inexplicable underrated album, a Bossa Nova classic recorded in 1976 by Stan Getz, featuring João Gilberto and with the participation of Miucha. Let's see.

This is Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds, featuring Joao Gilberto (1976), for Columbia. There is something very unique about this album, which is the participation of Antonio Carlos Jobim. He wrote English lyrics to his compositions especially for this occasion. This cover is also a must and probably assembled by Columbia, since Joao Gilberto appears with the same photo with different situation in the front and back cover. This upgrade includes a new vinyl transfer with FLAC files, new cover scans and also personnel listing, with some nice surprises. Tracks include:

Track List

01 - Double Rainbow (Tom Jobim / G. Lees)
02 - Águas de Março (Tom Jobim)
03 - Ligia (Tom Jobim)
04 - Falsa Baiana (Geraldo Pereira)
05 - Retrato Em Branco e Preto (Picture In Black And White) (Tom Jobim / Chico Buarque)
06 - Izaura (You Know I Just Shouldn't Stay) (Herivelto Martins / Roberto Roberti / Vrs. Monica Christina)
07 - Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil)
08 - João Marcello (João Gilberto)
09 - É Preciso Perdoar (Carlos Coquejo / Alcyvando Luz)
10 - Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)