Avena de Castro e Primo - Som Ambiente Vol. 2 (1975)

Hello, good evening! Maybe I am wrong as usual, but I think this record will surprise many friends. I never heard about the existence of a second volume of the anthological Som Ambiente, recorded by Marcos Valle and Azymuth in 1972. And this is what both volumes have in common since the concept is totally different. Instead of not credited artists, this surprising duo has loud and clear credits, including lots of information available at the back cover (some of them very hard to believe) and the participation of Durval Ferreira on two tracks, which is also the producer director. Let's see.

This is Avena de Castro & Joao Peixoto Primo - Avena e Primo | Som Ambiente Vol 2 (1975), featuring for the first time at Loronix the sitar player Avena de Castro and the well-known pianist and organist Primo. Avena's sitar sounds like an electric guitar, different from the sound of sitar made popular by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in the 1960's, which was my expectation before taking Som Ambiente Vol 2 for a first spin. A few Google searches were enough to tell me that Avena de Castro started as a classical musician and later embraced popular music. He is also considered the first and only sitar player in Brazilian popular music. Tracks include:

Personnel

Avena de Castro
(sitar)
Primo
(organ)
Durval Ferreira
(guitar on 01 - Coco, So Coco, 02 - Vo Bate pra Tu)

Track List

01 - Coco Só Coco (Villanova / Badi)
02 - Romance de Amor (Rafael Rovira)
03 - Tamanco Malandrinho (Tom / Dito) Dona Flôr e Seus Dois Maridos (Antônio Carlos Marques / Jocafi)
04 - Song For Anna (André Popp / Jean / C. Massoulier)
05 - Naquela Mesa (Sergio Bittencourt) De Peito Aberto (Silvio Silva / Sergio Bittencourt)
06 - Soleado (Zacar / Siae)
07 - Vô Baté Pá Tú (Arnaud Rodrigues / Orlandivo)
08 - Feelings (Morris Albert)
09 - Toró de Lágrimas (Antônio Carlos Marques / Jocafi / Zé do Maranhão)
10 - The Entertainer (Golpe de Mestre) (S. Joplin)
11 - Eu Quero Apenas (Roberto Carlos)

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