Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Eumir Deodato & Lindolpho Gaya - Love, Strings and Jobim | The Eloquence of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1966)

Hello, good morning! I will be out of home tonight, that’s why I’m making this extraordinary post this morning. By the way, a extraordinary post of a unusual album recorded in 1966 by Elenco with the original title as “Antonio Carlos Jobim Apresenta” and reissued in 1975 as “Love, Strings and Jobim | The Eloquence of Antonio Carlos Jobim”, a lust and cheat title with Antonio Carlos Jobim holding his violao at the beach. I said cheat title? Sure! Let’s know why!

This is Eumir Deodato & Lindolpho Gaya - Love, Strings and Jobim | The Eloquence of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1966), for Elenco, featuring a constellation of Brazilian musicians with a single and important exception, which is Antonio Carlos Jobim that did not take part of this recording session. I’ve been wondering how many friends took this album as Antonio Carlos Jobim career record across four decades. Aloysio de Oliveira and Ray Gilbert’s idea was to introduce new artists to the American audience through Antonio Carlos Jobim popularity in US. Maestro Lindolpho Gaya and Eumir Deodato were invited to write the arrangements and to be credited as main performers, which is something that never happened. I’m crediting both as main performers at this post; at least Loronix makes it as originally conceived.


Additionally, the back cover features pictures of the composers, not the musicians. Tracks include:

Last info: the whole story by Arnaldo de Souteiros from The Music Discographies at bjbear71.com, here.

Personnel

Eumir Deodato
(piano, arrangements on tracks 06, 10, 11)
Lindolpho Gaya
(arrangements)
Sergio Barroso
(bass)
Edison Machado
(drums)
Oscar Castro Neves
(violão)
Mauricio Einhorn
(harmônica)
Jorge Ferreira da Silva
(sax, flute)

Track List

01 - Berimbau (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Razão de Viver (Tears) (Eumir Deodato / Paulo Sergio Valle)
03 - Você (You) (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
04 - Seu Encanto (The Face I Love) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
05 - Samba Torto (Pardon My English) (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira)
06 - Imagem (Image) (Luis Eça / Aloysio de Oliveira)
07 - Chuva (Rain) (Durval Ferreira / Camargo)
08 - Preciso de Você (Hurry Up And Love) (Aloysio de Oliveira / Tom Jobim)
09 - Morte de Um Deus de Sal (Neptune's Heptune) (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
10 - Morrer de Amor (I Live To Love You) (Luvercy Fiorini / Oscar Castro Neves / Vrs. Gilbert)
11 - Tristeza de Nós Dois (The Sight Of You) (Durval Ferreira / Maurício Einhorn / Bebeto / Vrs. Gilbert)
12 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (If You Went Away) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Gilbert)