Friday, August 10, 2007

Jacob do Bandolim & Radames Gnattali - Retratos (1964)

Hello, Good Evening! I'm feeling good today, perhaps by hearing another fantastic collaboration by Old Nic. This is an album that I never had the chance to hear or look its cover, in the spirit of he album title, showing a well-known character in Brazil popular known as "Lambe-Lambe", which is a photographer that holds his equipment on streets making photos of people. They have disappeared with the creation of these automatic photo machines. They were very common in Rio de Janeiro, but I think they were gone a decade or two ago.

This is Jacob do Bandolim & Radames Gnattali - Retratos (1964), for Columbia, featuring Jacob do Bandolim on tracks 01, 02, 03 and 04 backed up by Radames Gnattali and his Orchestra performing Retratos Suite. Radames Gnattali playing piano with no additional accompaniement performs the remaining tracks. Jacob do Bandolim and Radames Gnattali alone makes this album worth checking. Tracks include:

01 - Retratos (Suíte) I - PixinguinhaA (Radamés Gnattali) - Jacob do Bandolim
02 - Retratos (Suíte) II - NazarethH (Radamés Gnattali) - Jacob do Bandolim
03 - Retratos (Suíte) III - Anacleto de MedeirosS (Anacleto de Medeiros / Radamés Gnattali) - Jacob do Bandolim
04 - Retratos (Suíte) IV - Chiquinha GonzagaA (Radamés Gnattali) - Jacob do Bandolim
05 - Uma Rosa Para Pixinguinha (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
06 - Moto Contínuo (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
07 - Vaidosa Nº 1 (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
08 - Canhoto (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
09 - Noturno (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
10 - Vaidosa Nº 2 (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
11 - Maneirando (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali
12 - Porque (Radamés Gnattali) - Radamés Gnattali

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have something about Albert Konrad e sua Orquestra? I have Ritmo Diferente Album but it has bad sound quality.Hoping to find a better one at least.

Anonymous said...

muito obrigado, zecalouro!!

it is very difficult to find recordings by jacob in germany - so thanks a lot for another fine share.
it's great that you share your updates on totally fuzzy, too!

lucky

Brad M said...

Immeasurable thanks to you!!
I'm always on the lookout for more Jobim and, coincidentally, found this while searching for Radamés Gnattali.

I'm looking for versions of Gnattali's "Estudio No. 1" for guitar. I first heard Raphael Rabello play it but haven't located any other recordings of it. Thanks in advance if anyone can help!