Thursday, February 15, 2007

Johnny Alf - Nos (1974)

This is one of several contributions made today by tcisalpino, I think his place is inside an Internet Service Provider with plenty upload bandwidth. Anyway, among tcisalpino picks I found this record, one of those that I was hunting for to address an advice from Mr. G., zecalouro official consultant for Brazilian music from the 70's. Let's check Mr. G. choice and tcisalpino contribution, by the way, all made using 320Kbps.

This is Johnny Alf - Nos (1974), for Odeon, featuring Wagner Tiso, Gilberto Gil, Egberto Gismonti, Paulo Moura, among others. It is amazing that this LP has gone out of print so early since it's last reissue in 2004. This set is pretty different from earlier Johnny Alf Bossa Nova works, sounding as the 70's, with a groovy atmosphere. I'm sure that tomorrow morning Mr. G. will give additional details as a complement. Thank once again for this one tcisalpino. Tracks include:

01 - Saudações (Egberto Gismonti - Paulo César Pinheiro) with Egberto Gismonti (acoustic guitar, arrangements
02 - O que é amar (Johnny Alf) with Egberto Gismonti (arrangements)
03 - Um gosto de fim (Ivan Lins - Ronaldo Monteiro) with Ivan Lins (piano, arrangements)
04 - Acorda Ulysses (Johnny Alf) with Egberto Gismonti (arrangements)
05 - Músico Simples (Gilberto Gil) with Gilberto Gil (acoustic guitar) and Paulo Moura (flute)
06 - Nós (Johnny Alf) with Wagner Tiso (arrangements) and Paulo Moura (sax)
07 - Outros Povos (Milton Nascimento - Márcio Borges) with Wagner Tiso (arrangements)
08 - Plenúlio (Johnny Alf) with Egberto Gismonti (arrangements)
09 - É um cravo e tem espinho (Gonzaga Jr)
10 - Um tema p´ro Simon (Johnny Alf) with Paulo Moura (arrangements)




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yesyesyes, very sweet album. EMI was trying to finally give Johnny the mass-market recognition he still has never received, and in this case tried to do that by pairing him up with some big names like Gilberto Gil, Egberto Gismonti, and Ivan Lins and a more "modern" 70s production sound heavy on the Fender Rhodes. I still think "Ele E Johnny Alf" is his most perfect album, but no one should miss this. "Um Tema P'ro Simon" is priceless!!

Theo said...

Onde eu baixo?

zecalouro said...

Produz,

Veja a palavra "here". Please.

Abraços, zeca