This album is one of the first made available at Loronix. He was there at the end of the row waiting for a rescue. However, he was not considered since a repost demand upgrades and I did not have this album. The panorama changed this week and I even made a challenge to identify musicians, very nice challenge with several friends participation until the final missing piece of the puzzle, solved by Mr. G. Let's see.
This is Bossa Rio - Alegria (1970), for Blue Thumb Records, the second and last Bossa Rio LP a Brazilian group produced by Sergio Mendes that cannot be taken by mistake as the instrumental only group also lead by Sergio Mendes, the Bossa Rio Sextet. Sergio Mendes has a strong influence on Bossa Rio, the group sounds like Sergio Mendes Brasil '66, but in my humble parrot opinion, Alegria is nicer to hear than any other Brasil '66 LP, perhaps the participation of part of Bossa Tres (Octavio Bailly Jr. and Ronie Mesquita), Manfredo Fest, Pery Ribeiro and Gracinha Leporacce, a very nice team. Tracks include:
Personnel
Ronie Mesquita
(drums)
Octavio Bailly Jr.
(bass)
Manfredo Fest
(keyboards)
Gracinha Leporacce & Pery Ribeiro
(vocals)
Dwight Dickerson
(piano)
Sergio Mendes
(producer)
Track ListRonie Mesquita
(drums)
Octavio Bailly Jr.
(bass)
Manfredo Fest
(keyboards)
Gracinha Leporacce & Pery Ribeiro
(vocals)
Dwight Dickerson
(piano)
Sergio Mendes
(producer)
01 - Spinning Wheel (D. Thomas)
02 - Zazueira (Jorge Ben "Jorge Benjor")
03 - Girl Talk (B. Troup / N. Hefti)
04 - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (B. Weisman / D. Wayne / M. Garrett)
05 - Que Pena (Jorge Ben "Jorge Benjor")
06 - With You Love Now (Mustang Cor de Sangue) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Norman Gimbel)
07 - Open You Arms (Andança) (Danilo Caymmi / Edmundo Souto / Paulinho Tapajós / Vrs. Jay Livingston / Vrs. R. Evans)
08 - Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
09 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Burt Bacharach / David)
10 - Blackbird (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
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Hello,
Yep! Dustygroove is a great resource to gather information about LPs. The only care we need to take is to not take their reviews without checking other sources. They sell the LPs and all reviews are good.
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Manfred Fest went to USA with an American singer called Johnny Tallon who lived in Sao Paulo. I suppose he sung on Bossa Rio soon before Pery Ribeiro but I'm not sure. Does somebody know what happened to him?
Hi all!
Is anybody know who was the 6 th member of BR during this session (far left on the picture)?
HI FOLKS!
ABOUT THE QUESTIONS OF BOSSA RIO MANFREDO FEST NEVER SINGS HE ALWAYS PLAY ORGAN WHIT THE GROUP,AND OSMAR MILITO PLAY PIANO.MANFREDO DIE FEW YEARS AGO.
AND THE GUY AT LEFT IS MYSELF RONIE MESQUITA( DRUMS).MY ENGLISH IS REAL BAD!
Ronie, seu Inglês é muito bom, mas não precisa escrever em Inglês não. Conta pra gente como foi aquele terceiro disco gravado no Japao com o Joao Donato, que é muito difícil de achar por aí.
Alguém teria? Bossa Rio in Japan com Joao Donato?
Um grande abraço, zeca
Zeca,
tenho o Bossa Rio com João donato em mp3, se quiser, dá um toque,
abç!
ps Ronie parabens pelo seu trabalho/suingue em prol da música brasileira!!
Grande abraço!
A sweet, refreshing record with funny and weird cover versions. Thanks from Jörn
Does anyone know who is the guitar player on this LP - 'Que Pena', 'Open Your Arms', etc.?
Que grande album.. Alegria!!
Obrigado pelas boas vibes :)
P.S. - Ha algum album que o grande Loronix recomende do blog da "blue note europeia" m.p.s.?
http://mps-love.blogspot.com/
Abraco
O GUITARRISTA DO ALBUM ALEGRIA É O GRANDE OSCAR CASTRO NEVES.
RONIE MESQUITA.
Thanks I am really getting a kick out of this album..reminds of carefree childhood days at the beach in Sydney... quite sentimental eh !! thanks again!!
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