Sonia Santos - Crioula (1977)

Here we go on a perfect album to make people ready to the solid Samba listens scheduled for Saturday night. We have here a pretty unknown singer with many fans; actually, I never understood why so many fans and such fanatic fans she has. Now I know the reason, she is truly great. Sonia Santos recorded only two albums in the late 70's and I cannot understand why she did not made much. You should agree when you listen to this album.

This is Sonia Santos - Crioula (1977), for Som Livre, the second career album of this soulful Brazilian Samba interpreter, produced and arranged by Edson Frederico and featuring a solid group of musicians in the set, such like Edson Frederico, Neco, Luiz Claudio, Chico Batera, Jacques Morellenbaum, Marcio Montarroyos, Claudio Roditi, Altamiro Carrilho, Aurino, Jorginho, Ze Bodega, among others. I'm always very caution to do not express a great enthusiasm on albums I show to Loronixers, so I will let you with personnel listing that explains much of the entertainment you will have with Crioula. Tracks include:

Personnel

Edson Frederico
(piano, arrangements)
Luizao
(bass)
Paulinho Braga
(drums)
Luiz Claudio
(violao, guitar)
Neco
(cavaquinho)
Ney, Chico Batera, Everaldo
(percussion)
Pareschi, Vidal, Daltro, Alves, Nathercia, Aizik
(violins)
Jaques Morellenbaum, Ibere
(cellos)
Manoel Araujo
(trombone)
Marcio Montarroyos, Claudio Roditi
(piston)
Altamiro Carrilho
(flute)
Jorginho
(sax alto)
Aurino
(sax baritone)
Ze Bodega
(sax tenor)

Track List

01 - A Lavadeira (Eros / Jon Lemos / Correia)
02 - Quando Nasce o Filho de Um Sambista (Paulinho da Viola)
03 - A Polícia Bateu (Metalói)
04 - O Bom Malandro (Paulo Faria)
05 - Não Falo Em Viola (Everaldo Cruz / Djalminha)
06 - Fracasso (Mário Lago)
07 - Crioula (Sônia Santos / Ângela Soares)
08 - Retrato Oficial (Lino Roberto / Wilson Medeiros)
09 - Distância (Dedé da Portela)
10 - Afinal Eu Encontrei (Noca da Portela / Delcio Carvalho)
11 - Taí a História Pra Mostrar (Kiko de Carvalho)
12 - João Ninguém (Paulo Menezes / Milton Legey)

This is Sonia Santos - Crioula (1977), at Loronix, here.

Alternative FLAC files are also available here as part ONE, TWO and THREE.

Hope uEnjoy!