Selecoes de Humberto Teixeira - Eu Sou o Baiao (1953) 10-inch

The music from Brazil seems to be endless, after 18 months of Loronix, we still have major and untouched fields to be explored, such like the genre being introduced with this post, a very important musical style that is not very well known outside Brazil, but has an enormous influence on much of we use to listen as modern Brazilian popular music at Loronix. This post is all about Baiao, created in Brazil Northeast and made popular in the mid 40's by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira. Baiao dominated Brazilian popular music from decades, recorded by well-known artists to Loronixers such as Dolores Duran, Dick Farney, Luiz Bonfa, among many others. Let's see.

This is Selecoes de Humberto Teixeira - Eu Sou o Baiao (1953), for Radio, featuring a selected repertoire by Humberto Teixeira arranged by Guio de Morais and performed by Trio de Bronze, Maristela, Dea Camargo and Guio de Morais. This is a real find, I got amazed hearing this album with eight Humberto Teixeira compositions performed by such different and unknown artists. I think the natural follow up to this post should be an album recorded by Luiz Gonzaga, the longtime Humberto Teixeira partner, accordionist and the undisputed king of Baiao style. I urge Loronixers to feedback this really unique album. Tracks include:

The Performers

Guio de Morais
Trio de Bronze
Maristela
Dea Camargo

Track List

01 - Eu sou o Baiao with GUIO DE MORAIS
02 - Pombinha Estrangera with TRIO DE BRONZE
03 - Bate o Bombo with Orquestra
04 - Veio Amo with MARISTELA
05 - Baiao em Paris with Orquestra
06 - Adeus Maria Fulo with DEA CAMARGO
07 - Carrapicho with TRIO DE BRONZE
08 - Baiao de Sao Sebastiao with GUIO DE MORAIS