Monday, April 02, 2007

Taiguara - Hoje (1969)

Several facts came to my attention in the last days to decide for this post, actually, I didn't realize how popular Taiguara was before we made the video challenge showing Copacabana beach with Taiguara singing in the background. It was the easiest Challenge ever and I was confident that nobody would guess it so quickly. The second fact was the last Sivuca & Rosinha de Valenca album recorded at Projeto Seis e Meia in Rio. I received a video showing Taiguara performing the song that titles this album at the same Project and the same Theater. All roads leads to Taiguara, let's see.

This is Taiguara - Hoje (1969), for Odeon. In spite of his successful career as a singer, Taiguara is also a composer, arranger and researcher on Latin and African music, mainly from his homeland, Uruguai. This is a self explanatory release and I'm confident will generate several comments, Taiguara fans are many. Do not miss the music video with "Hoje", performed at Projeto Seis e Meia, Teatro Joao Caetano. Tracks include:

01 - Hoje (Taiguara)
02 - Fim de Caso (Dolores Duran)
03 - Mônica Mônica (Ivan Botticelli / Esther)
04 - Valsa da Primavera (La Valse Des Lilas) (Michel Legrand / E. Barclay / E. Marnay / Vrs. Taiguara)
05 - Castigo (Dolores Duran)
06 - Serenata do Adeus (Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Esquecendo Você (Tom Jobim)
08 - Carabina (Luis Bandeira) -- Voltei Recife (Luis Bandeira) -- Atras do Trio Elétrico (Caetano Veloso)
09 - Vim (Eduardo Souto Neto / Sergio Bittencourt)
10 - Tarde (Milton Nascimento / Márcio Borges)
11 - Tributo a Jacob do Bandolim (Taiguara)
12 - Frevo Novo (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Taiguara / Novelli)
13 - Nada Sei de Eterno (Silvio da Silva Júnior / Aldir Blanc)