Music Video | Durval Ferreira - Batida Diferente & Radio Amendoeira rare track

It has been a week since Durval Ferreira has passed and since then, fans around the world have been sending videos, rare tracks and many other material associated with his memory. It is time to celebrate again this great musician, showing a video pointed by Cesar Saldanha and made available at You Tube by the excellent folks of Alma Carioca. Durval Ferreira and Leny Andrade perform together Batida Diferente.

Aditionally, another friend sent us a rare tape of Durval Ferreira, Egberto Gismonti and Orlandivo rehearsing Prum Samba. This tape comes from the legendary Radio Amendoeira, which is in fact a funny name to the apartment of Fernando Picanco, a cool friend of Brazilian musicians that made his home available for rehearsals and sessions to listen Jazz albums that only Fernando had at that time.

Fernando had a tape recorder that was used to document some rehearsals. As the place was surrounded by Amendoeiras (a kind of Brazilian tree), people named the place as Radio Amendoeira. This nine-minute track comes from Fernando Picanco tapes. Thanks a lot Fernando, your tape is now at Loronix and everybody will listen to the great moments you kindly provided to Brazilian musicians. Radio Amendoeira meetings started in the late 60's, being active until the mid 70's, unfortunately, Fernando Picanco left us in the end of 2005 and cannot see his creation at the Internet.

Prum Samba

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