Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Lucienne Franco - Lucienne, a Notavel (1959)

This is the debut LP of an extraordinary Brazilian singer that record only three LPs in the early 60's and just left the scene for reasons that I could not track down. Lucienne Franco was the favorite singer of many renowned Brazilian artists, such as Ary Barroso and Luiz Bonfa. Actually, she had the chance of making her first public performance at Friend's nightclub with Ary Barroso recommendation and a contract with TV Rio channel with the blessing of Luiz Bonfa. I read several times that Lucienne Franco is one of the best singers in Brazil, unfortunately, nobody could tell me why she retired. Let's see.

This is Lucienne Franco - Lucienne, A Notavel (1959), for Copacanana, presented to Loronixers with a Beverly 1960 reissue. Altamiro Carrilho is in charge of production and wrote a very nice liner notes describing with details Lucienne Franco first career steps. Maestro Severino Filho is in charge of arrangements, while musicians in this session were not credited. Tracks include:

01 - Vento do Outono (N. Wanderley / Altamiro Carrilho)
02 - Dois Amigos (Ary Barroso)
03 - Diga Adeus e Se Vá (Hianto de Almeida / Macedo Neto)
04 - Nada Mudou (Severino Filho / Alberto Paz)
05 - Prelúdio da Saudade (Victor Freire / Armando Cavalcanti)
06 - Canção da Triste Jornada (Neusa Carvalho / Anita Andrade)
07 - Não Foi a Saudade (Severino Filho / Alberto Paz)
08 - Chamando Você (Luis Bonfá)
09 - Vela Branca (Tito Madi / Edgard C. Alves)
10 - Onde Estava Eu (Victor Freire / Armando Cavalcanti)
11 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)
12 - Baião Triste (Altamiro Carrilho / Miguel Gustavo)

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4 comments:

  1. bossanovadreamerWednesday, 07 November, 2007

    Hello Zeca,
    I did not hear this album until now- So is there a "violao" on it. If I am not wrong I think to remember that I swa this Lp motnths ago on ebay where a brazilian seller wrote that Luiz Bonfa himself is playing on this album- but I do not know if my head is right about my memories but I think to read something.

    Best wishes

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  2. zecalouroWednesday, 07 November, 2007

    Hello bossanovadreamer,

    How are you?

    Long time we do not talk each other...

    I think you did a great find here. Bonfa and Lucienne were friends and the chance of Bonfa playing at this session is really big.

    I just checked Luiz Bonfa discography at http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yasuoka/Bonfa/ and did not find this album. Anyway, I will try to find Luiz Bonfa Discography website owner and he should research it for us.

    Cheers, zeca

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  3. AnonymousThursday, 08 November, 2007

    Hi Zeca,

    there is an album by Caterina Valente from the 60`s called
    "The Intimate Valente". This is a Bossa Nova only album by Valente.
    On the track "O Ganso" the guitar also sounded like Bonfa."O Ganso"
    is a Bonfa composition. This album is alao not on the Bonfa discography site (but Caterina Valente is a good guitar player herself, perhaps she imitates Bonfa`s style on this recording.

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