Raul de Souza - Colors (1975)

This repost is being made for several reasons, first Ticiana has reported that it was dead, thanks Ticiana, second it is very early and perhaps many Loronixers did not notice, third it is a great Raul de Souza album. The last one deserves a paragraph.

Raul de Souza - Colors (1976) came to attention of ►Perimetric on June 05 and since then Loronix starts growing and became popular through this nice post by ►Perimetric, as you can see the screen capture below. The screen capture is only an example, take a time to visit Perimetric, now with a new design an always beautiful, here.

Thanks ►Perimetric. Let's stay with Raul de Souza, the new link and this amazing cover, which is another reason that makes this post very special.

Grupo Medusa - Grupo Medusa (1981)

Let's keep the week configuration starting with another legendary instrumental band from the 80's. If you are used with the series that started with Sexteto do Beco and was followed by Grupo D'Alma, have a seat because this is the one zecalouro like most.

Meet Grupo Medusa - Grupo Medusa (1981), in spite this cover, a great Brazilian jazz fusion album, "blessed" by Hermeto Pascoal that wrote a message on linear notes giving his personal recommendation to Grupo Medusa, formed by renowned Brazilian musicians that you probably know, as follows: Amilson Godoy (piano and clavinet), Chico Medori (drums and percussion), Claudio Bertrami (bass), Heraldo do Monte (guitar, acoustic guitar and bandolim) and the guest percussionists Theo da Cuica and Jorginho Cebion. Tracks include:

01 - Baiana (Cláudio Bertrami)
02 - Zeby (Cláudio Bertrami)
03 - Caminhos (Cláudio Bertrami)
04 - Medusa (Chico Medori)
05 - Pé no Chão (Chico Medori)
06 - Asa Delta (Cláudio Bertrami / Chico Medori)
07 - Uma Viagem (Cláudio Bertrami / Chico Medori)
08 - Ponto de Fusão (Cláudio Bertrami)

Moacyr Silva, Orquestra e Coro - E Tempo de Samba Nr. 2 (1965)

Woow! Sometimes even zecalouro gets surprised with the grabbing he does inside his bag. Thanks to Rapidshare outage, that made him dig the deepest bottom of his ark to find this lost gem.

We had the chance to hear Moacyr Silva on several posts before, especially those two great albums he made with Elizeth Cardoso, the Sax e Voz volume 1 and 2 series. This is the first Moacyr Silva solo LP and I confess that I amazed with it.
Moacyr Silva, Orquestra e Coro - E Tempo de Samba Nr. 2 (1965), it is a nice instrumental album with the swinging sax in the hands of Moacyr dueling with the orchestra accompaniment in the rhythm of Samba. I will save your precious time, this LP speaks by itself. There is nothing to add here, it is truly amazing. Tracks include:

01 - Tema Pra Dedé (Nelsinho) -- Tamanco no Samba (Orlann Divo / Hélton Menezes)
02 - Esperando (Marconi Campos da Silva / Hilton Accioli) -- Morreu Num Beijo (João Roberto Kelly / Osvaldo Morais)
03 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini) -- Onde Estava Eu (Armando Cavalcanti / Victor Freire)
04 - Tudo de Mim (Evaldo Gouveia / Jair Amorim) -- Quando Ela Se Foi (Moacyr Silva / Antônio Maria)
05 - Sambadinho (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge) -- Zé da Conceição (João Roberto Kelly)
06 - Amor de Ilusão (Edu Lobo) -- A Mesma Rosa Amarela (Capiba / Carlos Penna Filho)
07 - Fio de Canção (Luis Antônio) -- Está Nascendo Um Samba (Tito Madi / Romeo Nunes)
08 - Um Pouco de Você (Moacyr Silva / Joluz) -- Desenhei Corações (Collid Filho / Oldemar Magalhães)
09 - Eu Chorei (Edmundo Maciel) -- Samba de Uma Saudade (Jean Pierre / Joluz)
10 - Samba Internacional (Sidney Morais) -- Produto Nacional (Geraldo Barbosa / Geraldo Wesper)
11 - A História Não Mudou (Alcyr Pires Vermelho / Nazareno de Brito) -- Recordação de Um Amor (Ieddo Gouveia / Rubio Silva / Wilson Medeiros)
12 - Pelo Bem Que Eu Te Quero (Otávio Filho) -- É Só Querer (Álvaro Xavier)

Maestro Guerra Peixe - A Grande Musica do Brasil - A Grande Musica de Tom Jobim (1978)

A little announcement to RapidShare users: today was probably a weird day for bloggers. Rapidshare was not accepting uploads, displaying this message all day long: Unfortunately all drives of RapidShare.de are full right now.

I was wondering with friends that it is amazing a company like this is running out of disk space. However, reading this persistent message again, I could see that (...) all drives of RapidShare.de are full (...), pay a close attention to the Rapidshare.de. So I decided to try on Rapidshare.com. Bingo! Rapidshare folks decided to freeze the existent infrastructure at .de to start again with new features on Rapidshare.com.

Why did they not make it clear? So, if you are a Loronixer that uses to upload files to Rapidshare.de to zecalouro, please point your browser to the new Rapidshare.com. Period.

Back to business: Let's take advantage of the classical mood of the last Zimbo Trio release with this a nice LP from a 70's collection titled A Grande Musica do Brasil, where Brazilian Maestros were invited to create orchestral arrangements of selected composers repertoire.

This is the number three, guess who? Antonio Carlos Jobim, with arrangements of the Maestro Guerra Peixe. Released in 1978, this is probably the last record made by Guerra Peixe, which is something that requires additional checking. Tracks include:

01 - Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Águas de Março (Tom Jobim)
06 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
07 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim) -- Vou Te Contar (Tom Jobim)
08 - Chovendo na Roseira (Tom Jobim) -- Olha Maria Olha Maria (Tom Jobim / Chico Buarque / Vinicius de Moraes)

Carlos Lyra - Gravado no Mexico (1968)

After a long time, Carlos Lyra is back to Loronix with a record that was recommended by Jim, a friend of Loronix and a collector of Brazilian music from the US. This LP, Carlos Lyra - Gravado no Mexico (1968) for Capitol is from the time that Carlos Lyra has lived in Mexico. We had a previous and very popular Carlos Lyra release recorded also in Mexico, Sarava. Check the previous posts using the archive menu at the right side bar to find this record, which I strongly recommend.

Gravado no Mexico has several popular Carlos Lyra songs, such as Maria Ninguem (a zecalouro favorite), Lobo Bobo, Influencia do Jazz, among others. Carlos Lyra had the accompaniement of Conjunto Jazztet, which is probably from Mexico and is also in charge arrangements and musical direction. Tracks include:

01 - Maria Ninguém (Carlos Lyra)
02 - Influência do Jazz (Carlos Lyra)
03 - Canção Que Morre no Ar (Carlos Lyra / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
04 - Gostar Ou Não Gostar (Carlos Lyra)
05 - Primavera (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Você e Eu (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Lobo Bobo (Carlos Lyra / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
09 - Minha Namorada (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
10 - Aruanda (Carlos Lyra / Geraldo Vandré)
11 - Coisa Mais Linda (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
12 - Maria Moita (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
13 - Lamento de Um Homem Só (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
14 - Quem Quizer Encontrar o Amor (Carlos Lyra / Geraldo Vandré)

Grupo D'Alma - D'Alma (1981)

I have been trying to start the day with instrumental LPs released independently or by small labels. These records are from the late 70's and 80's, at most cases from bands that released one or two albums and their members could sustain a solo career after dismissing.

This is the case of Grupo D'Alma, presented here with Grupo D'Alma - D'Alma (1981) released for Som da Gente. Grupo D'Alma is a trio, formed by André Geraissati, Ruy Saleme and Ulisses Rocha. Their influence is noted by AMG, whose bio is included below:

The Grupo D'Alma had a short life, but became considerably influential in Brazilian jazz and instrumental music. It was formed in the late '70s as a trio of virtuosic acoustic guitarists and at different times the formations included André Geraissaiti, Ulisses Rocha, Rui Saleme, Mozart Melo, and Cândido Penteado. The first album's title (A Quem Interessar Possa 1979) made clear the band's need to express their inner feelings about the craft of music-making with disregard for commercial considerations. D'Alma (1981) opened way for the International Jazz Festival of São Paulo (1982). The trio also performed in the Free Jazz Festival in 1986 and recorded their last album before the dissolution.

Tracks:

01 - Beije-me Garota (Ruy Saleme)
02 - Maria Tereza (Ulisses Rocha)
03 - Pra Juca (André Geraissati)
04 - Surpresa (Ruy Saleme)
05 - Um Dia de Chuva (Ulisses Rocha)
06 - Lagoa Silenciosa (André Geraissati)
07 - Nova (Ruy Saleme)
08 - Céu Aberto (André Geraissati)
09 - Tudo Certo (Ulisses Rocha)
10 - Super Relax (Ruy Saleme)
11 - Boa Noite (André Geraissati)
12 - Karatê (Egberto Gismonti)

Zimbo Trio - Opus-Pop - Zimbo e Orquestra - Clássicos com Bossa (1972)

I was getting used to the idea of never see, hear or touch this LP, since it is so hard to find and it is rarely available at old vinyl stores and auction sites. But zecalouro needs to understand that Loronix is getting new friends everyday and some last minutes new gems can appear by surprise.

This is exactly what happened with this record when a single email message from Ticiana was sleeping at my mailbox this morning with instructions to this LP. Thanks Ticiana, you made my day and the day of several Loronixers. How did you guess that I was tracking this LP down?

Anyway, Zimbo Trio - Opus-Pop - Zimbo e Orquestra - Clássicos com Bossa (1972) is the first LP out of a series of two where Zimbo Trio accompanied by an orchestra make his reading of classical repertoire with Zimbo versions of Bach, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Brahms and others. Unfortunately, the linear notes do not bring additional information on the orchestra arrangements and musicians. There is more to come from this Zimbo on Classics, the Volume 2 from 1973 is on the way. Stay tuned. Tracks include:

01 - Scheherazade (Rimsky / Korsakov)
02 - 9ª Sinfonia (Ludwig Van Beethoven)
03 - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Maurice Ravel)
04 - Ária Para Corda Sol (Johann Sebastian Bach)
05 - "Primavera" das 4 Estações (Vivaldi)
06 - Prelúdio Nº 2 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
07 - Lago dos Cisnes (Tchaikovsky)
08 - Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 5 "Cantilenas" (Villa-Lobos)
09 - Pavane (Fauré)
10 - Sinfonia Nº 40 (W. A. Mozart)

Sivuca - Rendez-vous a Rio Nr. 2 (1965)

Everybody likes Sivuca. I cannot remember how long it was the last Sivuca post, but I can remember it was a record with Putte Wickman, which became one of Loronix favorites.

This is Sivuca - Rendez-Vous a Rio Nr. 2 (1965), released for Barclay 920105 while Sivuca fixed residence in Paris from a short period. During this stay in Paris, Sivuca has assembled a group, Brasilia Ritmos, with Waldir Azevedo as a member. Brasilia Ritmos LPs are really hard to find, I have been trying to get one for months. Perhaps someday with the help of Loronixers we can make it...

Rendez-vous Nr. 2 personnel is Sivuca (acordion, piano and arrangements), Claude Civelli (flute), Bill Tamper (trombone), Ney de Castro (drums), Dimas Sedicas and Silvio Silveira (percussion), Nestor Campus (acoustic guitar), Marcel Harsko (clarinet) and Alphonse Masselier (bass), tracks include:

01 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
02 - Fala Amor (Djalma Ferreira / Luis Antônio)
03 - Não Me Diga Adeus (Paquito / Luis Soberano / João Correia da Silva)
04 - Deixe o Breque Pra Mim (Altamiro Carrilho)
05 - Maria Ninguém (Carlos Lyra)
06 - Recado (Djalma Ferreira)
07 - Sempre (K-Ximbinho)
08 - Tico-tico (No Fubá) (Oscar Brown Jr. / Jean Pace)
09 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
10 - Rapaz de Bem (Johnny Alf)
11 - Fita Amarela (Noel Rosa)
12 - Apanhei-te Cavaquinho (Ernesto Nazareth)
13 - Hô-bá Lá-lá (João Gilberto)
14 - Rosinha (Sivuca)
15 - Flor de Abacate (Álvaro Sandim "Santini")

The Pan American Orchestra - Big Band, Big Voices, Bossa Nova (1963)

Let's make a great start today, a special day that will end with an amazing post that is probably one of the most wanted records of a great instrumental trio.

This is The Pan America Orchestra - Big Band, Big Voices, Bossa Nova (1963) by Musidisc. Once again, a very hard to find LP that is even unavailable at major auction websites. This is to fulfill a request of a Loronix friend of Portugal, which is since now invited to tell us more about The Pan American Orchestra.

Big Band, Big Voices, Bossa Nova, mix orchestra arrangements with Samba percussion with tamborim and pandeiro on top of the rhythm section, enjoyable. Tracks include:

01 - Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Brigas Nunca Mais (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Samba Maravilhoso (José Toledo / Jean Manzon)
04 - Pode Implorar (Nilo Sergio / Sebastião Fonseca)
05 - Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen / E. Y. Harburg)
06 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Apito no Samba (Luis Bandeira)
08 - É Luxo Só (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
09 - I Cried For You (A. Freed / A. Lyman / G. Arnhein)
10 - Granada (Agustin Lara)

Wilson das Neves e Conjunto - O Som Quente e o das Neves (1976)

This is a great Wilson das Neves LP that I tought I did not have it but was here with me for a long time. Perhaps I need to change my index from text - directory listing - to thumbnails. Wilson das Neves e Conjunto - O Som Quente e o das Neves (1976). The only difference from the last one that is available at Loronix from 1969 is the letter O at the start of the LP name.

The previous release was Wilson das Neves e Conjunto - Som Quente e o das Neves (1969). I want to say sorry for many friend of Loronix that have been requesting this LP for months and I was giving no hope. Tracks include:

01 - Estou Chegando Agora (Wilson das Neves)
02 - Berimbau (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Mambito de Arake (Geraldo Barbosa / Célio C. M.)
04 - Santeiro (Sergio Carvalho / Paulo Bruce)
05 - Unidunitê (João Donato / Orlann Divo)
06 - Pick Up The Pieces (R. Ball / H. Suart)
07 - Rock Around The Clock (De Knight / Freedman) -- The Saints Rock'n Roll (Haley / Gabler)
08 - Os Caras Querem (João Donato / Orlann Divo)
09 - Que É Isso Menina (Wilson das Neves)
10 - O Canto do Pagé (Villa-Lobos / C. Paula Barros)
11 - Tema Pra Elizeth (Wilson das Neves)
12 - Sá Nega (Wilson das Neves / Geraldo Barbosa / Ineres)