Wednesday, July 15, 2009

O Quarteto - Antologia da Bossa Nova | 20 Anos Depois (1977)

Do you like vocal groups? I do. It is nice to hear and understand arrangements made for voices and this group excels on this kind of thing. O Quarteto recorded only three albums, two are available here at Loronix, while the third, released in 1969, is totally unknown to my ears. This is a reposting with several improvements, including the FLAC files and high quality front and back cover scans. I will keep my original writing with a few and cosmetic adaptations.

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Hello, good evening! I feel great today. I think it was a snack that made me feel bad yesterday, nothing better than 12 hours of continuous sleeping to get yourself fixed. Since I feel good, let's have a great start today with a record that I like a lot, taking advantage of the last records picturing Bossa Nova 10, 29, 30 years after. Let's see what we have here.

This is O Quarteto - Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois (1977), for Philips. You probably remember the first O Quarteto LP released at Loronix, but if you don't, O Quarteto is a vocal group that released only two self-titled albums in the late 60's, in spite of the active participation they had on several Festivais da Cancao. Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois was released with an interval of 9 years between the second LP. I do not have available info of the reasons they do not made albums, since they are a great vocal group that is always backed up by renowned musicians, as you can check bellow at personnel listing. Tracks include:

Personnel

O QUARTETO

Paulinho Palarico Correa


Walter Gozzo


Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna


Hermes Antonio Dos Reis

Vocal Arrangements
Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna & Walter Gozzo

Arrangements
Cesar Camargo Mariano

Cesar Camargo Mariano
(bass, piano, fender, syntorchestra, percussion)
Dudu Fortes
(drums, percussion)
Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna
(guitar)

Track List

01 - Zelão (Sergio Ricardo) -- O Nosso Olhar (Sergio Ricardo)
02 - A Morte de Um Deus de Sal (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli) -- O Barquinho (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
03 - Céu e Mar (Johnny Alf)
04 - Vou Deitar e Rolar (Quaquaraquaqua) (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro) -- Deixa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim) -- Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) -- Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
06 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle) -- Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
07 - Primavera (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra) -- Maria do Maranhão (Carlos Lyra / Nelson Lins e Barros) -- Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra)
08 - Oba-lá-lá (João Gilberto)
09 - Moça Flor (Durval Ferreira / Luis Fernando Freire) -- Tristeza de Nós Dois (Durval Ferreira / Maurício / Bebeto)
10 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)


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8 comments:

  1. Cesar Camargo´s seventies arrangements usually inspire me...

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  2. o interessante nesse disco é que foi gravado todo o vocal antes (pelo menos uns 4 quartetos, com vocais de apoio, contracantos e solos) com um clique ou um guia de ritmo qualquer e só depois o césar colocou os pianos e teclados, junto com a batera. Trabalho inverso, mas muito bem feito!

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  3. Thank you for posting this fantastic album!

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  4. Great post!!! This record is kinda bananas!!! Any idea what the name of the third album is?? I had a tough time finding info on them. Any help would be appreciated...

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  5. Thank you for this amazing post. I had never heard this group before and have been listening to it non-stop since finding it here. The arrangements on this LP are totally nuts.

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  6. Dear Zeca, I'm very disappointed. ;-)

    I was so happy... I was sure to have at least one album you don't have, an old brazilian LP from a group named "O Quarteto", a Bossa Nova anthology. I was already searching it in my collection, ready to send it to you as a humble gift, a small thank compared to what you offer to us.

    But before, I have googled the web, in order to see what is indicated about this group and this album (and a possible re-edition in CD):
    - I typed "Quarteto" & "20 anos depois"
    - pressed button "Search"
    - ... and here I am, return at Loronix!

    Is there any brazilian disk that can escape you? I despair to be ever able to pay my debt with brazilian music as money...

    I have a few other ideas, but now, big thanks for this original and interesting disk: my record-player is old, head must be changed and I can't find easily what's needed: I have hundreds of old LPs and am unable to listen to them. I can now hear again this LP with pleasure (and with the best quality).

    Hat off, Mr. Zeca!

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  7. Hey Franck,

    I'm in the middle of my work, but I could not resist to drop a line to say that Brazilian music has tons of wonderful albums that are not listed at Loronix.

    Thanks once again!

    Kind Regards,

    zeca

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