Sunday, June 03, 2007

Victor Assis Brasil - Trajeto (1968)

I said before we had no Victor Assis Brasil videos at Loronix. I'm glad to share the first one, sent by Pedro Mendes Djembe, a great video collector that has an awesome page at YouTube with more than 150 videos of Brazilian Music and Jazz. Pedro's page is here, you will spend hours there. I recommend.

The video is just bellow, but this post is all about Victor Assis Brasil second LP and the galaxy of Brazilian musicians at the set.

This is Victor Assis Brasil - Trajeto (1968), for Equipe. This is the album I was saving for this occasion. I read today that Victor Assis Brasil won the 1969 Montreux Festival edition, accompanied by Dom Salvador, Helio Delmiro, Edson Lobo and Edison Machado, being also the best sax player of this edition. I'm wondering if there are tapes or videos available with Victor performance at Montreux. It will be a real treat to hear or watch this material. Tracks include:

Personnel

Victor Assis Brasil
(sax alto)
Paulo Moura
(sax alto)
Juarez Araujo
(sax tenor)
Oberdan Magalhaes
(sax tenor)
Ion Muniz
(sax tenor)
Claudio Roditi
(piston)
Aloisio Aguiar
(piano)
Sergio Barroso
(bass)
Claudio Caribe
(drums)
Helio Delmiro
(guitar)
Ed Maciel
(piston)
George Andre
(arrangements)

Track List

01 - Stole Stuff (Victor Assis Brasil)
02 - Plexus (Aloísio Aguiar)
03 - Round About Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
04 - What's This Thing Called (Cole Porter)
05 - Mercy Mercy (J. Zawinul)
06 - Search For Peace (McCoy Tyner)
07 - Summertime (Heyward / George Gershwin)

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2 comments:

  1. Good GrooveTuesday, 05 June, 2007

    This is a very, very nice output from VAB, his stongest. I bought this some weeks ago from whatmusic.com stock cleanout.

    Egberto Gismonti said that VAB is the only guy in Brazil who can play like an American jazz musician. All the others (Gismonti included himself) sound great... but Brazilian :-) Loronixers comment would be: so glad they do sound from Brazil and not anywhere!

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  2. AnonymousThursday, 07 June, 2007

    Zeca, acabo de ouvir essa raridade e nao deveria me surpreender com a competencia do Victor,Roditi, Juarez, Oberdan (da Black Rio!). Só tem fera imprimindo qualidade às peças. Os arranjos, em alguns numeros bem complexos, sao muito bons; aparentemente os Loronixers nao estao desfrutando essa raridade, generosamente divulgado.
    Nao sabem o que perdem. Grato, Zeca!

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