Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Zezinho e Seu Conjunto - Zezinho e Seu Sombalanco (1965)

Here we go on another record kindly sent by tcisalpino, which is so far our consistent FLAC contributor. tcisalpino makes something different, instead of a reposting he brings a LP never released before at Loronix, a nice and very solid album. Let's see.

This is Zezinho e Seu Conjunto - Zezinho e Seu Sombalanco (1965), for Chantecler. First thing, a few other artists with the name "Zezinho" exist, this Zezinho should not be taken as Zezinho from Zezinho e Os Copacabanas or Zezinho, the bass player. Jose Batista da Silva Junior (Zezinho) is a pianist and arranger, being an active musician since the 50's. He recorded four albums for Chantecler, being this one his debut LP. Zezinho plays piano and makes arrangements for Zezinho e Seu Sambalanco delivering above the average instrumental renditions to Bossa Nova standards and some unknown tunes. Strongly recommended. Tracks include:

Personnel

Zezinho
(piano, arrangements)
Lula
(piston)
Sehittino
(sax tenor)
Ditinho
(trombone)
Cacau
(guitar)
Gerson
(bass at The Blues Walk and Abre Ala)
Capacete
(bass)
Jurandir
(drums)
Turquinho, Nascimento, Carlinhos, Lourinho
(rhythm section)

Track List

01 - Não Me Diga Adeus (Paquito / Luis Soberano / João Correia da Silva)
02 - Pra Seu Governo (Haroldo Lobo / Milton de Oliveira)
03 - Rosinha no Balanço (Felippe Tedesco / Mário Gennari Filho)
04 - Xiborena (Tabú / Fernando Marcel)
05 - Melancolia (Denis Brean)
06 - Abre Ala (B. Lobo / Inha / Belém)
07 - The Blues Walk (C. Brown)
08 - O Balanço da Menina (Jucata)
09 - Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
10 - Garota Moderna (Evaldo Gouveia / Jair Amorim)
11 - Sambou Sambou (João Mello / João Donato)
12 - Arrastão (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)