Banda Mantiqueira - Bixiga (2000)

Hello, Good Evening! It is amazing this fantastic album has gone out of print only seven years before it was issued for the first time. This is another request originated by the folks of Quadradinho (Loronix message box at the side bar), by the way, Quadradinho has been an attraction and you should move your eyeballs there. Loronixer Carlos Braga is making a revolution there, telling stories, sharing experiences and several Loronix friends are running there to interact. Do not miss Quadradinho. This post is zecalouro homage to Quadradinho friends, they are making a better Loronix.

This is Banda Mantiqueira - Bixiga (2000), for Pau Brasil. Thanks Luiz Harding for pointing the records made by Banda Mantiqueira, considered by many the best Brazilian Big Band in activity. Their first album, Aldeia was nominated for a Grammy price as the best Latin(?) Jazz Album, a blend of American Jazz with music from Brazilian legends such Antonio Carlos Jobim and Pixinguinha. Banda Mantiqueira performed weekly -- every Monday -- at Vou Vivendo, a small concert arena in Sao Paulo and I'm making a video with one of that every Monday performances. Tracks include:

Personnel

Proveta
(sax alto, soprano, clarinet)
Caca Malaquias
(sax tenor, flute)
Vitor de Alcantara
(sax tenor, soprano, flute)
Ubaldo Versolatto
(sax baritone, flute, piccolo)
Francois de Lima
(trombone)
Valdir Ferreira
(trombone)
Nahor Gomes, Walmir Gil, Odesio Jerico
(trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jarbas Barbosa
(violao, guitar)
Edson Jose Alves
(bass)
Lelo
(drums)
Fred Prince
(percussion)

Track List

01 - Prêt-à-porter De Tafetá (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
02 - "Três No Choro": Aperitivo (Mário Rossi / Pernambuco / Ayres da Costa Pessoa "Pernambuco") Arranca Toco (Jaime Florence "Meira") Modulando (Rubens Leal Brito)
03 - Bixiga (Nailor Azevedo "Proveta")
04 - Catavento E Girassol (Guinga / Aldir Blanc)
05 - Pot-pourri ''Cartola e Cavaquinho'': As Rosas Não Falam (Cartola) Folhas Secas (Nelson Cavaquinho / Guilherme de Brito) Notícia (Nelson Cavaquinho / Alcides Caminha / Nourival Bahia)
06 - Baião De Lacan (Guinga / Aldir Blanc)
07 - Urubu Malandro (Lourival de Carvalho "Louro" / João de Barro)