Friday, May 04, 2007

Walter Wanderley - Moondreams (1969)

It is amazing this album has gone out of print, actually, I never heard about being re-issued on CD. This is one of the lastest albums recorded by Walter Wanderley and the second he made to A&M label under production of Creed Taylor. Such like the first A&M release, Walter Wanderley - When it Was Done, Moondreams has orchestra arrangements, something not common on Walter Wanderley records, mostly based on tight instrumental combos. Let's see how Loronixers feedback this release.

This is Walter Wanderley - Moondreams (1969), for A&M. The first track, Asa Branca and Baiao de Dois (Humberto Teixeira / Luiz Gonzaga), worth the entire album and it is one of the best versions of tune among the several I could hear before. There are lyrics and a choir featuring the well known to Loronixers Flora Purim with Linda November, Stella Stevens and Susan Manchester. Eumir Deodato was also at the set, delivering orchestral and vocal arrangements while Walter Wanderley was in charge of the remaining instruments. This cover is very beautiful and so far is the best among this framed CTI style that was used also at Samba Blim and We at the Sea of Tamba Trio. Tracks include:

Personnel

Walter Wanderley
(organ, eletric hapsichord)
Jose Marinho
(bass)
Joao Palma
(drums)
Lulu Ferreira and Airto Moreira
(percussion)
Bernie Glow
(piston, flugelhorn)
Marvin Stamm
(flugelhorn)
Flora Purim, Linda November, Stella Stevens and Susan Manchester
(vocal)

Track List

01 - Asa Branca (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) Baião de Dois (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga)
02 - L'amore Dice Ciao (Trovajoli / Guardabassi / R. Greenaway)
03 - Baião da Penha (Guio de Morais / David Nasser)
04 - One Of The Nicer Things (J. Webb)
05 - Proton Electron Neutron (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
06 - 5 30 Plane (J. Webb)
07 - Soulful Strut (E. Record / S. Sanders)
08 - Moondreams (O Sonho) (Egberto Gismonti / Vrs. Jay Livingston / Vrs. R. Evans)
09 - Jacqueline Tudo (Eumir Deodato)
10 - Mirror Of Love (Judy Spencer / Eumir Deodato)