Saturday, December 08, 2007

Nara Leao, Edu Lobo & Tamba Trio - 5 na Bossa (1965)

Here we go with another essential album being reposted at Loronix. It's unbeliveable this one did not have a repost yet, it was released in June 2006, one of the first albums made available at Loronix. Things have changed since then, the original post had a single file of 32Mb with ten tracks at MP3 format and now a single track on FLAC, 10 - Consolacao, has 42Mb. Each aspect was upgraded, including a better scan of this awesome cover artwork. Let's see.

This is Nara Leao, Edu Lobo & Tamba Trio - 5 na Bossa (1965), for Philips, a live recording featuring 3 of the most groundbreaking artists of the bossa era. The set was recorded in one of the Bossa Nova temples in the 60's, Teatro Paramount in Sao Paulo. I think 5 na Bossa brings one of the first Nara Leao live recordings, her voice is lovely as usual, but a little bit constrained in some tracks. She performs alone in four tracks and duets with Edu Lobo on Aleluia, which is the track I like most on this set. Edu Lobo performs on three tracks while Tamba Trio has two instrumental cuts and delivers accompaniment all over the session. Tracks include:

Personnel

NARA LEAO

EDU LOBO

TAMBA TRIO

Luiz Eca
(piano, vocals)
Bebeto
(bass, flute, vocals)
Ohana
(drums, vocals)

Track List

01 - Carcará (João do Vale / José Cândido) - NARA LEAO
02 - Reza (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra) - EDU LOBO
03 - O Trem Atrasou (Vilarinho / Estanislau Silva / Paquito) - NARA LEAO
04 - Zambi (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes) - EDU LOBO
05 - Consolação (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) - TAMBA TRIO
06 - Aleluia (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra) - NARA LEAO / EDU LOBO
07 - Cicatriz (Zé Keti / Hermínio Bello de Carvalho) - NARA LEAO
08 - Estatuinha (Edu Lobo / Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) - EDU LOBO
09 - Minha História (João do Vale / Raimundo Evangelista) - NARA LEAO
10 - O Morro Não Tem Vez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) - TAMBA TRIO