Monday, January 14, 2008

Alan Gordon & Hugo Lander - Dois Americanos no Rio (1958)

Hello, good evening! Until this post, Alan Gordon and Hugo Lander were American musicians that recorded a couple of albums with the Brazilian organist Jorge Henrique in the late 50's. I always had a great curiosity about them and this album brings more clarification about the duo. The started playing together in Europe, early 50's, and then decided to come to Brazil in 1957. They recorded two albums with Jorge Henrique, being this one the first were they perform as the original duo of piano and drums. Let's see.

This is Alan Gordon & Hugo Lander - Dois Americanos no Rio (1958), for Radio, featuring Alan Gordon (piano) and Hugo Lander (voice, drums), performing a repertoire of American standards and a single Brazilian song, Foi a Noite (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Newton Mendonca). However, they were not born in the US, Alan Gordon was born in China and Hugo Lander in Romania. I got all this information from Alan Gordon's son, which is the legendary Brazilian guitarist Lanny Gordin, available at Jornaleco. It is not everyday we gather such info and I invite you all to read Lanny Gordin interview at Jornaleco, where he speak about his father (Alan Gordon) and also about this album. Tracks include:

Personnel

Alan Gordon
(piano)
Hugo Lander
(drums, vocals)

Track List

01 - It's Not For Me To Say (R. Allen / A. Stillman)
02 - Sonny Boy (A. Jolson / De Sylva / L. Brown)
03 - My Funny Valentine (R. Rodgers / L. Hart)
04 - An Affair To Remember (H. Adamson / MC Carey)
05 - Don't Blame Me (D. Fields / J. McHugh)
06 - If I Give My Heart To You (J. Grande / A. Jacobs / J. Brester)
07 - Love Letters (V. Young / E. Heyman)
08 - Unchained Melody (H. Zaret / A. North)
09 - Prisone Of Love (L. Robin / C. Caskill / R. Columbo)
10 - Embraceable You (George Gershwin / Irving Caesar)
11 - Three Coins' In The Fountain (S. Cahn / J. Styne)
12 - Foi a Noite (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)

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3 comments:

  1. UnknownSunday, 13 April, 2008

    amazing story, although the translation was an automatic one I managed to understand almost all of it. What is amazing is the road Gordon( Gordin) took to arrive to Brazil via China ,Israel and other places. I believe Gulber who came from Romania is also a Jew and might also had a story about his personal life. The Russian Jews who were in Shanghai arrived from Russia after the October 1917 revolution and have an very interesting stories of life. For those who wants to know more about Jews in China look here to start :
    http://www.chinajewish.org/JewishHistory.htm

    By trhe way , is there any album of Lanny Gordin on Loronix?

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  2. zecalouroSunday, 13 April, 2008

    Hello!

    really amazing. I like these stories and your feedback was very important. As far as I know, Lanny Gordin did not record career albums, in spite of being a gifted musicians with several participations on important records as sideman.

    Thanks for commenting.

    zeca

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  3. UnknownSunday, 13 April, 2008

    Thanks, my parents lived in Rio ( Rua de Peru in Copacabana )from 1977 to 1981 ,they spoke Brazilian and loved the country and the music and culture. I still have some vinyls stored in the basement which I will unpack soon to see if there is something I can contribute to the site.

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