Saturday, June 16, 2007

Varios Artistas - Mancini Também e Samba (1966)

Caetano Rodrigues has a special care on dates, I can say he is my personal special dates consultant. He made a phone call today to remind me of a special date, really special by the way, today, 14th June, landmarks the passing of the great Maestro Henry Mancini 14 years ago. We take a lot of time thinking on a homage to Henry Mancini, while the solution was in front of us and already available at Loronix, one of our favorite records, a constellation of Brazilian music on studio making jazzy renditions of Henry Mancini repertoire. This is what I consider an essential.

This is Mancini Tambem e Samba (1962) for Mocambo. I don't know what is the story behind this recording session, seems to me that these guys made a fan tribute to Henry Mancini, taking the studio by assault to record these twelve breathtaking Henry Mancini songs on top of Jazz and Samba rhythms. Everybody considers Waltel Branco as the main performer of Mancini Tambem e Samba and I will make different here, dedicating this post to Henry Mancini and to the artists on this set, listed just bellow. Tracks include:

Personnel

Waltel Branco
(arrangements, musical direction)
Jonas Silva
(production)
Dom Salvador
(piano)
Ed Maciel
(trombone)
Pedro Paulo
(trumpet)
J.T. Meirelles
(sax alto, sax tenor)
Neco
(guitar)
Aurino
(sax baritone)
Pinduca
(vibraphone)
Victor Manga
(drums)
Serginho
(bass)
Ruben Bassini
(pandeiro)
Jorginho
(tumbadora)
Humberto Barin
(guiro)

Tracks Peter Gun, Moon River and Mr. Lucky

Julinho, Mozart and Hamilton
(trumpet)
Maurilio
(flugelhorn)
Astor Silva, Ed Maciel, Manoel Araujo and Zanata
(trombone)
J.T. Meirelles and K-Ximbinho
(sax alto)
Cipo and J. dos Santos
(sax tenor)
Aurino
(sax baritone)
Neco
(violao)
Dom Salvador
(piano)
Victor Manga
(drums)
Serginho
(bass)
Rubens Bassini
(pandeiro)
Jorginho
(tumbadora)
Humberto Garin
(guiro)

Track List

01 - Peter Gun (Henry Mancini)
02 - Lightly (Henry Mancini)
03 - My Manne Shelly (Henry Mancini)
04 - Moon River (Henry Mancini / J. Mercer)
05 - Something For Sellers (Henry Mancini)
06 - Not From Dixie (Henry Mancini)
07 - Mr Lucky (Henry Mancini)
08 - Dear Heart (Henry Mancini / Jay Livingston / Evans)
09 - The Pink Panther Theme (Henry Mancini)
10 - Sorta Blue (Henry Mancini / S. Cahn)
11 - Meglio Stasera (Henry Mancini)
12 - Megeve (Henry Mancini)
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