Monday, December 03, 2007

Quarteto em Cy / Tamba Trio - Som Definitivo (1966)

There is no much to say about this reposting, rescued from June 2006, with the files hosted at the old Rapidshare.de and probably out of the sight and reach of many Loronixers. Such like Edu Lobo - A Musica de Edu Lobo por Edu Lobo (1963), Tamba Trio proves to be also a great backup band, this time with the Girls from Bahia, also known as Quarteto em Cy and their second career album. Let's see.

This is Quarteto em Cy / Tamba Trio - Som Definitivo (1966), for Forma. Luiz Eça delivers instrumental and vocal arrangements for Quarteto em Cy. Do not miss Vinicius de Moraes liner notes at the back cover, now included as part of the upgrade. This is another of those mandatory and self-explanatory releases. You cannot go wrong with Som Definitivo. Tracks include:

Personnel

QUARTETO EM CY

Cyva
Cynara
Cybele
Cylene


TAMBA TRIO

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

Quarteto em Cy, Tamba Trio
(vocals)

Track List

01 - Zambi (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Imagem (Luis Eça / Aloysio de Oliveira)
03 - Aleluia (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra)
04 - Das Rosas (Dorival Caymmi)
05 - Se Você Pensar (Francis Hime / João Vitório)
06 - Água de Beber (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - O Mar É Meu Chão (Dori Caymmi / Nelson Motta)
08 - Arrastão (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Apelo (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
10 - Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil)

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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousFriday, 28 July, 2006

    O Quarteto em Cy gravou um LP nos EUA, em '64, creio, usando o nome 4 Girls From Bahia. Tive esse disco, mas não me lembro nada dele, exceto da foto da capa, com as garotas numa praia...

    Taí, outra sugestão para você, Zeca.

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  2. zecalouroFriday, 28 July, 2006

    Hummm....

    Quarteto em Cy, EUA...

    Foto de capa com as garotas numa praia...

    É pra já, Refer!!

    zecalouro

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 31 July, 2006

    Hi zecalouro,

    I'm sure I'm not the only one who's having a hard time for the last two months trying to keep up with your pace. I wonder how you do it - it's amazing! I can't pick anything special - I like nearly all of it. But for sure I'd be happy to see (and hear) the early recordings of Quarteto em Cy ...

    So, keep up the good work, dan-the-man.

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  4. zecalouroTuesday, 01 August, 2006

    Dan-the-man,

    Thanks. You are the man!

    I will check out the early Quarteto em Cy LPs. BTW, do you have any specific to recommend? It helps.

    zecalouro

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  5. Sem SinatraFriday, 04 August, 2006

    If you think this album is a loser wait for Arrastao ... their voices have never been heard before

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  6. AnonymousFriday, 04 August, 2006

    Hi zecalouro,

    I'm sure you're the man! Thanks for answering, thanks for asking.

    To be honest: I like brazilian music and I learned a lot from your blog – but I don't know too much. By the way I'm from Germany – and as you mentioned before: germans seem to like brazilian music (No. 4 getting close to Japan). I got the EMI CD by Quarteto em Cy, I think originally from 1972 – and I got a few tracks on some samplers, and these are from their Elenco releases – and those I really like. So the records should be (all on Elenco):

    Quarteto em Cy (1966 - ME 33)
    Marre de Cy (1967 - ME 41)
    Em Cy Major (1968 - ME 47)

    I got these infos from the website http://www.bizarremusic.com.br/elenco/

    Whatever you can do is appreciated. You do sooo much already! Wish you another nice evening with your mother.

    dan-the-man

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  7. AnonymousSunday, 06 August, 2006

    Hi zecalouro,

    I even found one more early LP by Quarteto em Cy: simply called Quarteto em Cy from 1965 on Forma (FM-4) before Som Definitivo.

    And thanks for Moacir Santos (and the nice quote) – he is fantastic.

    dan-the-man

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  8. zecalouroSunday, 06 August, 2006

    Hello dan-the-man,

    May you send me an email at zecalouro@gmail.com?

    I'm not "skilled" on Quarteto em Cy and I need your help.

    Thanks
    zecalouro

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  9. J Thyme...kindMonday, 03 December, 2007

    Fine meeting of talents here. Tamba Jazz meets 4 part harmonies. Sounds good to me?

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  10. AnonymousMonday, 03 December, 2007

    Admiro o Quarteto em Cy e tenho muitas gravações deles. Faltam-me algumas como os álbuns "MPB em Cy" (1999), "And roses, and roses (1965, Odeon, Warner, com Caymmi), e alguns compactos como o CED06, Elenco, 1967.
    Se puder disponibilizar, ficarei muito grato.
    Acesso diariamente esse blog, que considero excelente.
    Merchid

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  11. AnonymousMonday, 03 December, 2007

    thanks for this and it's true we are finding it hard to keep up! but this is no complaint it just means I will have to buy a new hard drive and get myself a rapidshare account and at some point send you a donation as soon as I have dropped some bad habits! I am pleased to say you have given lots of people hope and we wish a long a happy future. cheers for this ..

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  12. Maldito ChaChaChaMonday, 03 December, 2007

    Refer, Zeca:
    The album is called "Quarteto em CY -The Girls from Bahia" by Warner Brothers Mono:WLP 75.002, Stereo: WLPS 85.000 Published in Brazil by Companhia Brasileira de Discos in 1967. The cover shows the girls on a beach playing with those famous kites that look like birds.
    Lado 1. Pardon my English,Makin' Whoopee,Tears, Oh Susannah, Você and Tup-A-Tup.
    Lado 2. Surfi' in Rio, Bye Bye Blackbird, Useless Landscape, The Face I Love, Image and Canto de Ossanha.
    Regards.
    Jaime, LA California 2007.

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  13. Maldito ChaChaChaMonday, 03 December, 2007

    I forgot: I have it, if you want it I can send it to you.
    Jaime
    LA 2007

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  14. AnonymousTuesday, 04 December, 2007

    Uma pena que o Quarteto em Cy tenha ficado tão chato...quando ouço os primeiros discos e até mesmo o da Odeon (1972) chego a chorar de emoção.

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  15. MarkMonday, 10 December, 2007

    Here's a clip from them visiting the US as The Girls from Bahia, along with Marcos Valle, on the Andy Williams show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvTXxZSfKE

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  16. AnonymousWednesday, 09 April, 2008

    Wow! Just wow!

    I had it from before but this is a very welcome upgrade, one of my favourites.


    THANKS!!!!! Beautiful :)

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