Sylvio Mazzucca e Sua Orquestra - Isto e Samba (1972)

Hello, Good Evening! It is time to say goodbye to one of the best records available at Loronix at the front page. Perhaps I could leave Joao Gilberto as the first post for a week or so with the new entrants just bellow. Anyway, show must go on and the show is just starting this Tuesday. Here we go on a really above the average orchestra LP, released in 1972 and featuring a Maestro never released at Loronix. Let's see.

This is Sylvio Mazzucca e Sua Orquestra - Isto e Samba (1972), for Continental. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I cannot remember an album in the style released in the 70's and Maestro Sylvio Mazzucca did a great job, avoiding Bossa Nova standards and selecting a repertoire based on popular tunes from the early 70's. Isto e Samba is solid from the start until the end, dancing and takes advantage of percussion instruments blended nicely with standard orchestra instruments. Tracks include:

01 - Encabulada (Antonio Carlos / Jocafi)
02 - Mangueira, Minha Querida Madrinha (tengo tengo) (Zuzuca)
03 - Samba de Orly (Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque / Toquinho)
04 - Vai pro Lado de La (Candeia / Euclenes)
05 - Das 200 pra La (Joao Nogueira)
06 - Moca Branca da Favela (Jorge Costa)
07 - E La Se Vao Meus Aneis (Eduardo Gudin / Paulo Cesar Pinheiro)
08 - Essa Menina (Vinicius de Moraes / Toquinho)
09 - Me Deixe em Paz (Ivan Lins / Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza)
10 - Garoa Danada (Jose Di)
11 - Segure Tudo (Martinho da Vila)
12 - Independencia ou Morte (Jose Di)