Sunday, May 25, 2008

Raul de Souza - Til Tomorrow Comes (1979)

I said yesterday that we would have Samba albums today, but I changed my mind to show a Raul de Souza album that never had a CD reissue. Although not a Samba album, Til Tomorrow Comes will make you kick around the house, since it seeks harmony with the moment experience by the music in the late 70’s, especially in the year of 1979, where disco music dominated the charts in US and abroad. This is essentially a disco music album, it has nothing to do with jazz, and it is very important to understand this concept before jumping into it. Let’s see.

This is Raul de Souza – Til Tomorrow Comes (1979), for Capitol, the third out of three albums released by Raulzinho at Capitol, following the acclaimed Sweet Lucy and Don’t Ask My Neighbors, both produced by George Duke and also never released in CD. Actually, George Duke’s production is what differs Til Tomorrow Comes, produced by Arthur Wright, which is probably responsible for this first and only Raul de Souza disco music experience. Personnel listing features only American musicians with a single and very important exception, Maestro Moacir Santos playing sax with no individual track credits. Tracks include:

Personnel

James Gadson, Edward Greene
(drums)
David T. Walker, Greg Poree, Arthur Wright
(guitar)
Greg Phillingaines, Alan Oldfield
(keyboards)
Alan Oldfield
(synthesizers)
Clarence "Butch" Robinson, Eddie "Bongo" Brown
(congas, bongos)
Raul de Souza
(trombone, percussion)
Willian Green, Ernie Fields, Moacir Santos
(sax)
Leslie Dreayton, Bobby Bryant Sr.
(trumpet)
Maurice Spears, Donald Cooke, Lou McCreary
(trombone)
Bonita Wilson, Lynn B. Davis, Oneida James, Marie Jones
(backing vocals)

Track List

01 - Til Tomorrow Comes (B. Nakagawa / Arthur Wright)
02 - Only When You Can (Arthur Wright)
03 - Fe-no-me-nol (Arthur Wright)
04 - Pleasurize (G. Know / Arthur Wright)
05 - Up And At It (Raul de Souza / Arthur Wright)
06 - Everybody's Got To Dance To The Music (Arthur Wright)
07 - Self Sealing (Arthur Wright)
08 - Boogie Shoes (Arthur Wright)

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, 25 May, 2008

    any clue about the new way to enter a code on rshare?

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  2. HidesteSunday, 25 May, 2008

    Hey Zeca,

    Another cover with a parrot, you forgot to mention that :-))))

    Cheers, all the best !

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  3. Saint JudeMonday, 26 May, 2008

    I went mp3. By the first few strong notes of trombone on the title track, I knew I'd be coming back for the FLAC.

    It's hard for all of the tracks to make an impact in this context (in my view), but I'm sure at least one or two are going to keepers.

    Thanks, and compliments to Raul's dentist.

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