Since Lucio Alves was mentioned at Caetano Rodrigues challenge, let's stay on the mood and approach this great singer with Lucio Alves - Tio Samba - Musica Americana em Bossa Nova (1961). Lucio was of a great importance to Brazilian music, influencing all renowned artists that have started in the 50's and 60's.Lucio started his career earlier, in the 30's, being active until mid 70's. Just to understand how influent was Lucio Alves, I will pick up the first paragraph of AMG bio available here: "Lúcio Alves was a great interpreter of Brazilian music. Tom Jobim said he is "a formidable singer, he deserved the highest popular acclamation, but paid the price of being an artist ahead of his time." João Gilberto was a declared fan of his singing interpretation and his vocal and harmonic arrangements and Alves made some arrangements for Gilberto's Garotos da Lua and Gilberto lived with him at Raul Pompéia street in Rio. When Chega de Saudade was released, the first person to whom Gilberto showed the album was Alves." Tracks include:
01 - Sem Cessar (All The Way) (Heusen / Cahn / version: Fred Jorge)
02 - A Sobrinha da Judite (On The Sunny Side Of The Street) (Fields / McHugh / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
03 - Murmurando (Whispering) (Schonberger / Coburn / Rose / version: Haroldo Barbosa)
04 - Coisas Que Lembram Você (These Foolish Things) (Strachey / Marvell / Link / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
05 - Magia (It's Magic) (Cahn / Styne / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
06 - Imaginação (Among My Souvenirs) (Leslie / Nicholls / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
07 - Tudo Acontece Comigo (Everything Happens To Me) (Adair / Dennis / version: Haroldo Barbosa)
08 - Canção da Mula (Swinging On a Star) (Burke / Heusen / version: Haroldo Barbosa)
09 - Só Penso Em Você (I Only Have Eyes For You) (Dubin / Warren / version: Claribalte Passos)
10 - Fim de Semana (In a Little Spanish Town) (Young / Wayne / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
11 - Boneca de Papel (Papel Doll) (Black / version: Aloysio de Oliveira)
12 - Sábado à Noite (Saturday Night) (Cahn / Styne / version: Haroldo Barbosa)
Can I make it in portuguese? ...
ReplyDeleteQue delícia descobrir esse disco. O toque inconfundível de Aloysio de Oliveira na produção, se não me engano redondamente. Espetacular ouvir essas canções na voz de Lucio Alves. Não conhecia a maioria destas versões (Coisas Que Lembram Você já havia ouvido com Nara Leão). I Only Have Eyes for You é um negócio. On The Sunny Side of The Street é balanço puro (e a tradução como Sobrinha da Judite é hilária). E nunca poderia imaginar que houvesse uma versão para Swinging on a Star! Fantástico! Xóia! E ninguém havia feito um comentário até hoje...
Lucio Alves rules! Que voz! Que timbre! Que swing!
Se eu cantasse ou mesmo falasse como o Lucio, cobraria ingresso para conversarem comigo!
Thanks Loronix!