Saturday, May 19, 2007

Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1967)

I think my Sergio Mendes education is over with the release of this brand new contribution from Caetano Rodrigues, or at least "phase one" education has gone to a term. A couple of days before I understood my worries about Sergio Mendes, blame it on the Arara album with a Macaw at the cover with the wings clipped on a way I never saw before. Who knows later I show you this album, widely unknown Sergio Mendes LP.

This is Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1967), for Atlantic. I decided to do not make any kind of research about Favorite Things and based on I heard this is another "transitional" Sergio Mendes album from the Bossa Nova oriented years to the late more "commercial" Sergio Mendes. The Favorite Things title suggests a compilation; anyway, Caetano should bring more clarification tomorrow when I reach him by phone, although I'm sure I will wake up with several comments waiting for approval. Tracks include:

01 - My Favorite Things(R. Rodgers / O. Hammerstein II)
02 - Tempo Feliz (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Ponteio (Edu Lobo / Capinan)
04 - Veleiro (Edu Lobo / Torquato Neto)
05 - A Banda (Chico Buarque)
06 - I Say a Little Prayer (Burt Bacharach / H. David)
07 - Comin' Home Baby (B. Tucker / B. Dorough)
08 - Boa Palavra (Caetano Veloso)
09 - O Mar É Meu Chão (Dori Caymmi / Nelson Motta)
10 - So What's New (J. Pisano)

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7 comments:

  1. geraldo picancoThursday, 17 May, 2007

    É o desperdício do talento de um grande pianista.
    Cheio de altos e baixos.
    Poderia ser um senhor album.
    Tem temas belíssimos que poderiam ser menos mal tratados como Veleiro, O Mar É Meu Chão e mesmo Ponteio.
    Por que esse rítmo sem nacionalidade?

    É a Roda Viva...

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  2. AnonymousThursday, 17 May, 2007

    WHOOOHOOO...really nice. Thanx from Cologne,
    Jörn

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  3. AnonymousThursday, 17 May, 2007

    GREAT ALBUM. THANK YOU.

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  4. holycownycThursday, 17 May, 2007

    I love this album. I own the original vinyl. Very groovy arrangements!

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  5. Tiago CisalpinoFriday, 18 May, 2007

    A friend asked sometime ago at the Cbox about a brazilian version of this magnificent standard "My favorite things" remembering the definitive version made by Coltrane. I became interest on that, I love this song, especially Coltrane one, and had never listened a brazilian version. When I saw Mendes assuming the responsability of recording it I became really interested on that. What a great surprise I had, excellent version made by the great Sergio Mendes.

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  6. AnonymousSaturday, 19 May, 2007

    Cisalpino, versão brasileira de ‘My Favorite Things’ que me ocorre é a de Moacir Franco (“As Coisas Que Eu Gosto”) — não sei se pra você está valendo...
    Ninguém me perguntou, mas devo dizer que a versão que mais gosto é a do We Five, com vocal de Beverly Bivens.

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  7. AnonymousSunday, 01 March, 2009

    Un comentario anterior dice que es un desperdicio de talento, que por que esos ritmos sin nacionalidad de ciertas canciones.
    Opino diferente, gracias a Sergio Mendes pude adentrarme en la música brasileña, los que no me gustan son los que son muy "agringados", sin embargo gracias a él pude conocer a Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil o Tom Jobin, para despues seguir por este viaje que todabía no ha terminado y que comenzo 35 años atras.

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