Friday, January 23, 2009

Sarah Vaughan - O Som Brasileiro de Sarah Vaughan (1978)

Hello, good evening! I would like to make clear all the difficulties I have to make such music. My musical knowledge is very limited, especially when I leave the safe terrain of Brazilian music. I think I never have something to add on top of what you probably already know. As a matter of fact, Loronix slogan says "Music from Brazil", which represents the music that comes from Brazil, even if it is presented by foreign artists and musicians.

This disc is an example. It has Brazil inside and was recorded by one of the best singers ever known. Definitely, it could not be out of our collection. It has only Brazilian musicians, including a special participation of Maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim. Let's see.

This is Sarah Vaughan - O Som Brasileiro de Sarah Vaughan (1978), for RCA, featuring Sarah Vaughan renditions of well-known Brazilian classics written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Durval Ferreira, Marcos Valle, Dorival Caymmi, among others. I'm really impressed by the way Sarah Vaughan sings. Tracks include:

SPECIAL GUESTS

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
piano & arrangements at Triste and Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Voce

DORIVAL CAYMMI
voice at Das Rosas

MILTON NASCIMENTO
violao & voice at Travessia and Coragem


Personnel

Milton Nascimento
(voice, violao)
Ze Roberto Bertrami
(organ, piano, arrangements)
Novelli, Sergio Barrozo, Claudio Bertrami
(bass)
Nelson Angelo
(guitar)
Robertinho Silva, Wilson das Neves
(drums)
Danilo Caymmi, Paulo Jobim
(flute)
Chico Batera, Ariovaldo, Luna, Marcal
(percussion)
Helio Delmiro
(guitar)
Edson Frederico
(arrangements)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
(piano, arrangements)
Mauricio Einhorn
(harmonica)

Aloysio de Oliveira
(Coordenacao & Direcao Artistica)
Durval Ferreira
(Diretor Criativo)

Track List

01 - Bridges (Travessia) (Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant / Vrs. Gene Lees) featuring MILTON NASCIMENTO
02 - If You Went Away (Preciso Aprender a Ser Só) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
03 - Triste (Tom Jobim) featuring ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
04 - The Day It Rained (Chuva) (Durval Ferreira / Pedro Camargo / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
05 - A Little Tear (Razão de Viver) (Eumir Deodato / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
06 - Courage (Coragem) (Milton Nascimento / Vrs. Paul Williams) featuring MILTON NASCIMENTO
07 - Roses And Roses (Das Rosas) (Dorival Caymmi / Vrs. Ray Gilbert) featuring DORIVAL CAYMMI
08 - Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você) (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes / Vrs. Gene Lees) featuring ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
09 - I Live To Love You (Morrer de Amor) (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)

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13 comments:

  1. i can't wait to hear this, thanks zeca ;)

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  2. Zeca, existe um outro disco de Sarah Vaughan, produzido por Sergio Mendes, chamado "Brazilian Romance". Nesse disco se destacam figuras tales como Dori Caymmi, Milton Nascimento, Paulinho Da Costa e Marcio Montarroyos. Seria muito grato se o tivesses e pudesses fazer um post dele, acho que os Loronixers agradeceriam muito a você poder escutar esse disco a gostariam dele. Carinhos,Nina

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  3. I didn't even know this one was out there! Thank you very much!

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  4. Reforço o pedido da colega Nina - sem deixar de agradecer por esse de agora. Valeu

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  5. I love bossa nova and I collect anything what I can hunt! Tom Jobim is God...

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  6. Zeca, obrigado por mais um grande disco.

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  7. Thank you so much Zeca!
    from Holland

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  8. Do you by any chance have the "Cabo Verde album", by Quinteto violado? I would love to hear it.

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  9. Thanks a lot for another fine share, Zecalouro!

    Never heard of this, but being a fan of her early bop records, this brings some nice worlds together!

    Cheers!

    P.S.: Blogger recently shut down the Abracadabra-LPs do Brasil blog; I made the feeds of the entire content (cover, text, links) of their last few months available here:
    tinyurl.com/abra-lps

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  10. This is an excellent album. I have it released on CD as "I love brazil". It can take a while to like the way Sarah Vaughan sings these songs, but its worth listening to until you do.

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  11. I've loved this album since it was released. I miss the Divine One, Sarah Vaughan, everyday. She has 3 or 4 brazil-inspired albums---they are all amazing.

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