Sunday, April 29, 2007

Vinicius de Moraes, Maria Bethania & Toquinho - Vinicius + Bethania + Toquinho En La Fusa (1971)

Everyday I learn a new thing at Loronix and this week I learn something that might be obvious to everybody. I always though that La Fusa would be some Italian word, since Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho made several tours and albums in Italy. Then Caetano comes to me to say that La Fusa is a nightclub in Buenos Aires. Several puzzle pieces now matches in my mind, the anthological album, Vinicius, Toquinho e Maria Creuza em La Fusa was recorded live and Buenos Aires, La Fusa nightclub. With this knowledge, I could research something that I did not know, presented here to Loronixers.

This is Vinicius de Moraes, Maria Bethania & Toquinho - Vinicius + Bethania + Toquinho En La Fusa (1971), for Trova (Argentina). Really amazing. If you were plenty with the Maria Creuza La Fusa, now it is time to check how Maria Bethania makes it in La Fusa with Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho. I think the "Grabado en Buenos Aires" at the cover artwork is wrong, every single website I could research says that this album was recorded live in La Fusa nightclub, Mar del Plata at 25 and 26, February, 1971. You should take it for a hearing. Their performance is great. Tracks include:

Personnel

Toquinho
(violao)
Mike Ribas
(piano)
Alfredo Remus
(bass)
Enrique "Zurdo" Roizner
(drums)
Cacho Gomez
(percussion)

Track List

01 - A Tonga da Mironga do Kabuletê (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) with Toquinho and Vinicius
02 - É de Manhã (Caetano Veloso) with Maria Bethania
03 - Samba da Rosa (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) with Toquinho and Vinicius
04 - Testamento (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) (instrumental) with Toquinho
05 - Samba da Bênção (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) with Toquinho and Vinicius
06 - Tarde Em Itapoã (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) with Toquinho and Vinicius
07 - Viramundo (Gilberto Gil / Capinan) with Toquinho and Maria Bethânia
08 - Apelo (Con El Soneto de Separación) (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) with Vinicius de Moraes, Maria Bethânia and Toquinho
09 - Como Dizia o Poeta (Albinoni / Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) with Toquinho and Vinicius
10 - O Que Tinha de Ser (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) with Maria Bethânia
11 - O Dia da Criação (Vinicius de Moraes) with Vinicius de Moraes, Toquinho and Maria Bethania

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, 29 April, 2007

    No link?

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  2. zecalouroSunday, 29 April, 2007

    Hello,

    Oops!

    Now working.

    zeca

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 30 April, 2007

    ótimo post, zeca!
    por vezes cogitei pedir que tu postasses esse album, mas tentei encontrar o que eu tinha. adoro esse disco e, pelo visto, a minha preguiça falou mais alto. "clipped" pra amanhã, o primeiro download do dia, pra dar aquele brilho matinal. haha.. tem a melhor versão de "dia da criação", ao meu ver. melhor até mesmo que a versão acompanhada pelo Quarteto em Cy. é uma "saravaiada" sensacional!!

    grato pelo post!
    ;)

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  4. woozatMonday, 30 April, 2007

    for me the record is simply the best brazilian musical production I ever listen to... I never liked so much Bethânia's voice (E de manha...), Toquinho give me thrills here and Vinicius voice and text are self explanatory, amazing, the bass and drum complementing as the whole sounding like a familly, simply as you'll allways wish a concert should be... Soul, intimity and complicity, quality of sound and nuances...
    And you certainly know here's a second album (Hello Zeca ;¬), with the same staff but with Maria Creusa singing like a godess (Tomara, Samba em preludio, Catendé...).

    I really think those LPs are historical and summarize the whole tendencies of Brazilian music for this period.

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  5. LuisMonday, 30 April, 2007

    The first La Fusa was opened in Punta del Este, 1968. Few months later opened La Fusa in Buenos Aires in Santa Fe Street. This album was recorded there.

    There was also La Fusa in Mar del Plata. None of these clubs exist today.

    Luis

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  6. AnonymousThursday, 03 May, 2007

    Hi guys! Thanks for this great LP!!
    Yes, La Fusa was the name of the Argentinian nightclub... but the word has also an italian meaning like Zecalouro thought... it means "The blockhead"... you can say it to a woman completely out of her mind... "Sei fusa?" "Are you out of your mind?"... it is a colloquial expression, you will not find it in any dictionary

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  7. martinSaturday, 05 May, 2007

    Si! El reictal fue en Mar del Plata, que es una ciudad costera que pertenece a la provincia de Buenos Aires. Son años de dictadura, y si mal no recuerdo el bajista del grupo fue uno de los desaperecidos por los militares en esos años de terror.
    saludos ZECA!
    martin

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  8. Erik dos ReisMonday, 09 March, 2009

    Man, the artcover isn't wrong, La Fusa is a nightclub situated in Buenos Aires, got it?
    Anyways, I really apreciated the post and if you have time, take a look at my blog too:

    http://discografiaviniciusdemoraes.blogspot.com

    See ya!

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