Jose Luciano - Jose Luciano, Seu Piano, Seu Ritmo (1957)

Hello, Good Evening! Yesterday I was talking about statistics, numbers and how this parrot was a big fan of these things. I think I'm not alone on this. There is a page view counter on Loronix right sidebar that reached 1,000,000 page views today. I was not home and by the time I arrived, my mailbox was full of congratulations messages for such thing. Thanks, it is nice how friends like these numbers, specially Martoni, on a way I don't know how could capture the exact time the counter was showing 1,000,000. Thanks, Martoni, your screen capture is now part of my gallery.

Anyway, the show must go on and I want to start today addressing many requests from the fans of Para Dancar style, they complain that I did not release the style in the last days. Let's see.

This is Jose Luciano - Jose Luciano, Seu Piano, Seu Ritmo (1957), for Copacabana, the first out of three albums released by the Brazilian pianist Jose Luciano for Copacabana titled "Seu Piano, Seu Ritmo". The first thing that comes to my mind when looking at this album and this cover artwork is to understand how such, how can I say, "sexy" cover is released in 1957. You should agree that this girl is really ahead of the "standards" of that time. Jose Luciano performs a repertoire of Sambas based on Brazilian and international standards. Tracks include:

01 - Tarde Demais (José Luciano)
02 - Conceição (Jair Amorim / Dunga)
03 - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Paul Francis Webster / S. Fain)
04 - Pois É (Ataulfo Alves)
05 - Crepúsculo de Amor (Vicente Paiva / Lita Rodrigues)
06 - Teus Olhos Entendem os Meus (Haroldo Eiras / Victor Berbara)
07 - Brasília (José Luciano / Mário Flávio) - Amar Outra Vez (M. Stoloff / G. Sidney)
08 - Quintandinha (Djalma Ferreira)
09 - So In Love (Cole Porter)
10 - Canção da Volta (Antônio Maria / Ismael Netto)
11 - Dancing In The Dark (A. Schwartz / H. Dietz)
12 - Dó-ré-mi (Fernando César)
13 - Sinfonia Verde Amarelo (Pernambuco)