Milton Banana Trio - Ao Meu Amigo Vinicius | Samba e Isso Vol. 5 (1981)

Hello, good evening! We are having a sunny Sunday today, such like a summer day. I’m just back from a quick walking along the beach. I could not make it as planned since my feet still hurts when walking. I would like to share my good feelings about this nice Sunday with everybody presenting another great finding from my mother, which is Milton Banana Trio tribute to Vinicius de Moraes. Let’s see.

This is Milton Banana Trio – Ao Meu Amigo Vinicius | Samba e Isso Vol. 5 (1981), for RCA, featuring Milton Banana performing a repertoire based on Vinicius de Moraes music, the last out of five albums released under a series called “Ao Meu Amigo”, tribute albums to Milton Banana friends. Milton Banana delivers his unique drumming and sings in some tracks.

I would like to talk about this enchanting cover. It is the kind of cover they no longer make on the narrow CD space. Milton Banana is drinking in front of the legendary Garota de Ipanema, which is alleged to be the place where Garota de Ipanema tune was composed by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim. There are several nice details, the empty chair in front of Milton, probably Vinicius de Moraes chair that passed away one year earlier, the girl of Ipanema itself on bikini, the urban sign indicating the restaurant address, Vinicius de Moraes with Prudente de Moraes street, the sun up showing the photo was taken in the middle of the day with Garota de Ipanema empty, anyway, it is the kind of cover that you spent a day running over each detail. Tracks include:

01 - O Morro Não Tem Vez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Minha Namorada (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Água de Beber (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Ela É Carioca (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Samba Em Prelúdio (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) Primavera (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Só Danço Samba (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Brigas Nunca Mais (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Bom Dia Tristeza (Vinicius de Moraes / Adoniran Barbosa) Sei Lá (A Vida Tem Sempre Razão) (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) A Tonga da Mironga do Kabuletê (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Amor Em Paz (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Samba de Orly (Chico Buarque / Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) Regra Três (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Serenata do Adeus (Vinicius de Moraes) Gente Humilde (Garoto / Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque)
10 - Deixa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) Tem Dó (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Rancho das Flores (Vinicius de Moraes) Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra)
12 - Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Tarde Em Itapoã (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)