Hello, good evening! It is really nice that Jorge Mello did not forget to include Maestro Geraldo Vespar among his last contribution to Loronix. Caetano Rodrigues had already pleased us in the last year with other Geraldo Vespar releases, and this is the only one that really needs and update and a highlight in our frontpage. Geraldo Vespar is among my favorite Brazilian musicians. I would like to say that I had the opportunity to meet him last year and I keep a photo with the Maestro with several backups around my place. It was an incredible day. I made a special groundwork for a supposed interview with questions that were not made. I was very nervous. I hope this update brings good memories for the Maestro and also provide to Loronixers a chance to have really high quality music made by a musician that will have always a special place in our community. Let’s see.This is Geraldo Vespar e Seu Violao – Samba Nova Geracao (1965), for Odeon, featuring Geraldo Vespar violao and arrangements in all tracks performing a nice repertoire of Brazilian standards, including one Geraldo Vespar composition, 08 – Ceu Sem Sol. The Maestro has the accompaniment of a traditional bass, guitar, drums conjunto, orchestra and also performs solo in some tracks. Samba Nova Geracao was awarded as the best new artist’s album in 1965. I only regret that Odeon has not given proper credits to Geraldo Vespar co-workers in this session. Tracks include:
01 - Deus Brasileiro (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
02 - Estamos Aí (Maurício Einhorn / Durval Ferreira / Regina Werneck)
03 - Arrastão (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
05 - Sambou Sambou (João Mello / João Donato)
06 - Chuva (Durval Ferreira / Pedro Camargo)
07 - Negro (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
08 - Céu Sem Sol (Geraldo Vespar)
09 - Gente (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
10 - Dindi (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira)
11 - E Vem o Sol (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
12 - Samba Novo (Durval Ferreira / Newton Chaves)
Eis aí Geraldo Vespar, um músico maravilhoso mostrando neste trabalho seu balanço incrível e uma sensibilidade aguçada nos arranjos, especialmente Dindí, onde ele exibe uma plena compreensão do universo jobiniano!!!
ReplyDeleteHello Zeca, Jorge Mello and all Loronixers,
ReplyDeleteThis is my first commentary in this blog, although I'm always downloading good music from it. The only contact I had done before was with zeca by e-mail. But now it's the right time for this commentary. "Geraldo Vespar - Eu e o violão", that I downloaded recently here, is the music I'm hearing more nowadays and actually I'm hearing it almost everyday. Geraldo Vespar's solo guitar (violão) tunes are incredible and I'm sure this album, even though it has accompaniment, is beautiful too, just as his orchestra's ones. It's really great to see Geraldo Vespar's music on Loronix's front page. I'm downloading it right now. What a great musician and gifted arranger!! Thanks Zeca and Jorge Mello, you seem to read my mind.
Sorry for the bad english. I would prefer to write in Portuguese, but everyone deserves to hear Geraldo Vespar, so it's better to write in english.
Tárcio Menezes.
In my last comment I forgot to say thanks to Caetano Rodrigues for the marvelous "Eu e o violao" and all his other contributions to this site.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Caetano Rodrigues!
Tárcio Menezes.