Varios Artistas - Pixinguinha 70 (1968)

Hello, good evening! I received an email that made me feel really glad, sent by a friend with several suggestions to Loronix. He said that Brazilian music is very well represented throughout Loronix, but with an unexplained gap, the little emphasis given to one of the greatest Brazilian musician of all time, Alfredo da Rocha Vianna, better known as Pixinguinha.

I fully agree, but unfortunately I do not have any career album recorded by the master. By the way, Pixinguinha recorded few LPs. His discography is more concentrated in 78RPMs and several participations on other artists’ records. Better late than never, here we have Pixinguinha music, recorded live to celebrate the seventy anniversary of the great master. Let's see.

This is Pixinguinha 70 (1968), for MIS, recorded live at Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. This album features Jacob do Bandolim, Radames Gnattali, Conjunto Epoca de Ouro, Os Boemios and Orquestra do Teatro Municipal and although released in CD a couple of years ago, is really obscure. There are nice performances by Jacob do Bandolim and Radames Gnattali and it was really hard to decide which one to list at Loronix Preview Center. Tracks include:

The Performers

Jacob do Bandolim
Radames Gnattali

Conjunto Epoca de Ouro
Jacob do Bandolim
(bandolim)
Dino 7 Cordas
(violao 7 cordas)
Cesar Faria, Carlos Leite
(violao)
Jonas
(cavaquinho)
Gilberto
(percussion)

Os Boemios
Homero Gelmim
(violin)
Sandoval Dias
(tenor sax)
Eugenio Martins
(flute)
Gabriel Henriques
(bass)
Carlos Lentini, Artur Duarte
(violao)
Waldemar Melo
(cavaquinho)
Cabore
(percussion)

Trio de Flautas do Teatro Municipal
Carlos Rato, Eugenio Martins, Maria do Carmo
(flute)

Orquestra do Teatro Municipal
directed by Radames Gnattali

Track List

01 - Carinhoso (Pixinguinha)
02 - Uma Rosa para o Pixinguinha (Radames Gnattali)
03 - Vou pra Casa (Pixinguinha)
04 - Os Cinco Companheiros (Pixinguinha)
05 - Lamento (Pixinguinha)
06 - Ingenuo (Pixinguinha / Benedito Lacerda)
07 - Passatempo (Pixinguinha)
08 - Gargalhada (Pixinguinha)
09 - Rosa (Pixinguinha / Otavio de Souza)
10 - Marreco quer Agua (Pixinguinha)
11 - Pixinguinha (Radames Gnattali)