Garoto - Garoto Revive em Alta Fidelidade Ary Barroso (1957) 10-inch

It is truly amazing that Caetano has the 10-inch version of this record that has beautiful facts to comment. Let's make it straight that time presenting this real jewel, introducing artists and telling the story behind this album.

This is Garoto - Garoto Revive em Alta Fidelidade Ary Barroso (1957), for Odeon. Garoto (Anibal Augusto Sardinha) was a musician ahead of his time, very underrated and considered a genius. Garoto started very early, making his first recording in 1930 for Parlophon, under artistic direction of the Maestro Radames Gnattali. Garoto was a violonist in a time where violao players were considered outsiders, living in the margin of society. He has the honor of being the first musician to play a violao inside the elitist theatre Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.

This album recorded and released two years before Garoto's passing in 1955 and has the participation of Maestro Leo Peracchi with orchestra. Actually, Garoto was not in the set at the recording sessions of 1957. You will hear Garoto violao in all tracks and these recordings were found lost on a closet two years before his passing.

Maestro Leo Peracchi decided to make orchestra arrangements to the tapes found and the record was finally built. With the modern technology of today this technique is business as usual, however, in 1967, it was something close to impossible, this session was built with orchestra playing on top of Garoto's recording with microphones capturing the environment sound.

Anyway, an anthological album of Brazilian music history with Garoto playing with Maestro Leo Perachi Ary Barroso compositions. Tracks include:

01 - Maria (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
02 - No Rancho Fundo (Ary Barroso / Lamartine Babo)
03 - Tu (Ary Barroso)
04 - Na Baixa do Sapateiro (Ary Barroso)
05 - Terra Sêca (Ary Barroso)
06 - Risque (Ary Barroso)
07 - Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso)