Sunday, March 29, 2009

Milton Banana - O Ritmo e o Som da Bossa Nova (1963)

Hello, good evening! I had a day with some surprises, good and bad surprises. Evaluating these ups and downs, I think the balance was not very good, and the best thing to do on these days is to sleep early and wake up on a better shape. However, I'm very happy with the sequel of albums made available at Loronix. Take a look at the last five or eight posts and you should agree with me. We had excellent albums and most of them never had a chance of being reissued on CD.

I believe I made the right choice postponing my sleep time for a few hours. I'm feeling much better right now, especially remembering this album, which is one of the first made available at Loronix and a very important Brazilian instrumental music album featuring Milton Banana, the creator of Bossa Nova drumming style, backed by another legend of the movement, Oscar Castro Neves and Conjunto. This is a required update that you cannot miss. Let's see.

This is Milton Banana e Conjunto de Oscar Castro Neves - O Ritmo e O Som da Bossa Nova (1963), for Audio Fidelity, now available with the original first AF 1984 edition with Milton Banana with the name that made his fame instead of Miltinho from the US release. Conjunto de Oscar Castro Neves is a quartet, but other musicians were in this session and they did not received credits by Audio Fidelity. This is one of those self-explanatory albums. Tracks include:

Personnel

MILTON BANANA
(drums)

CONJUNTO DE OSCAR CASTRO NEVES

Oscar Castro Neves
(piano)
Iko Castro Neves
(bass)
Henry Perci Wilcox
(guitar)
Roberto Pontes Dias
(percussion)
Leo Wright
(flute, sax)

Track List

01 - Você e Eu (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Bossa Nova Blues (Oscar Castro Neves)
03 - Não Faz Assim (Oscar Castro Neves)
04 - Influência do Jazz (Carlos Lyra)
05 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
06 - O Amor e a Rosa (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
07 - O Apito no Samba (Luis Bandeira / Luis Antônio)
08 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
09 - O Menino Desce o Morro (De Rosa / Vera Brasil)
10 - Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Boato (João Roberto Kelly)
12 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)

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9 comments:

Locadora do Werneck said...

Some people say it's João Gilberto... some people say it's Tom Jobim... but for me, Milton Banana is the true genius behind bossa nova and "brazilian jazz"! My favorite of them all, next to people like Os Cobras...

Anonymous said...

On altosax and flute is American
Jazz musician Leo Wright, on
percussion Roberto Pontes Dias.

Marcelo Martins de Marsillac said...

OI Zeca,
Curioso ver este álbum reupado... Ontem, passei a tarde fazendo uma pesquisa pela internet, sobre a discografia do MIlton Banana e descobri que quase nada foi upado, a não ser por vc, que colocou quase toda a obra. Parabéns pelo trabalho!

Durante a pesquisa, encontrei um único álbum complementar, no seu parceiro TM, o de 1974. E também um problema, o álbum de 71 com a capa vermelha que começaria com a música "Madalena" está direcionando para o álbum de 71 que começa com "De noite na cama" . Eu, que baixei tudo ontem, não consegui chegar a este álbum.

Valeu!!!

flageolette said...

Muito Valeu!

Cin,

Joey Altruda said...

Crazy Cool-I've been looking for a copy of this LP for years! Thanks for posting!

music business said...

my mom likes the music so much...wanna buy a copy of it for her birthday present...

- ledz -

codazzo said...

thank you zeca

A Little Parallelogram of Sky said...

Wow. This blog continues to blow me away. My happy education continues...

rowgatien said...

Fantastic! As before, a gem to my ears at least. Keep it up, this is a unique place on the blogosphere.