Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Egberto Gismonti - Egberto Gismonti (1969)

Hello, good evening! Here we go with another nice album sponsored by Jorge Mello, which is the very first Egberto Gismonti LP, recorded for Elenco in 1969. If you are used with Egberto Gismonti albums released after his departure from Brazil, you will have a surprise with this one. Gismonti sings and the whole atmosphere is Bossa Nova, although released in a time where the movement had already lost his momentum. Let’s see.

This is Egberto Gismonti – Egberto Gismonti (1969), for Elenco, featuring a blend of vocal and instrumental tracks with Egberto Gismonti singing, arranging all tracks and playing piano, violao and organ. There are two very special guests, Dulce Nunes, singing with Egberto Gismonti at 09 - Clama Claro and Durval Ferreira playing violao on 03 – Pr’um Samba. The whole session features accompaniment by the renowned Wilson das Neves and Sergio Barroso, as described in personnel listing. Tracks include:


Personnel

Egberto Gismonti
(voice, violao, piano, organ, arrangements)
Wilson das Neves
(drums)
Sergio Barroso
(bass)

Special Guests

Durval Ferreira
(violão)
Dulce Nunes
(voice)

Track List

01 - Salvador (Egberto Gismonti)
02 - Tributo a Wes Montgomery (Egberto Gismonti)
03 - Pr'um Samba (Egberto Gismonti) with Durval Ferreira
04 - Computador (Egberto Gismonti)
05 - Atento Alerta (Egberto Gismonti / Paulo Sergio Valle)
06 - Lírica II (Pra Mulher Amada) (Egberto Gismonti)
07 - O Gato (Egberto Gismonti)
08 - Um Dia (Egberto Gismonti)
09 - Clama-claro (Egberto Gismonti / Arnoldo Medeiros) with Dulce Nunes
10 - Pr'um Espaço (Egberto Gismonti)
11 - O Sonho (Egberto Gismonti)
12 - Estudo Nº 5 (Egberto Gismonti)

9 comments:

  1. This record spins beautifully. My favorite by this artist. Low-key & also reminds me of a film score that I never saw.

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  2. I could listen to 'O Gato' all day long (and often do).
    Marvellous record

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  3. Thank you for your great work
    and your engagement for
    Brazilian music.
    You are doing a great job !

    I downloaded the flac-version
    of Egberto Gismonti
    twice, but I cannot open it.
    I use winrar and get
    "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged"

    the mp3-archive works though!

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  4. Prum Samba.
    Esse é um grande encontro.
    Egberto e Durval.
    Se não me engano tem esse tema gravado pelos dois na casa do Pics aqui no Loronix.
    Na Radio Amendoeira.

    G Picanco

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  5. I got burned on the Flac too - downloaded twice and it's definitely a corrupt file.

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  6. Hello,

    I'm checking this out tonight, and a fix should come tomorrow.

    zeca

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  7. I don't think I've ever actually heard this record.. Damn, thanks Zeca!!

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  8. Gismonti's music was beautiful
    from those days...
    Be sure that your effort is
    apreciated. Thank you.
    Horatio

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  9. Thank you so much, I agree with the first two comments, it's a wonderful record! O Gato is amazing... Anyways, thanks again

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