Carlos Poyares - Revendo com a Flauta os Bons Tempos do Chorinho (1977)

Hello, good evening! It is a shame that Loronix does not have a career LP recorded by the Brazilian Choro legend Carlos Poyares, a very important musician with several albums recorded and countless participations as sideman on many other recordings. I realize this fault yesterday night when working on a list of Brazilian musicians being prepared for the project Musicos do Brasil: Uma Enciclopedia and decided to make it as soon as possible, opening the music tonight. Let's see.

This is Carlos Poyares - Revendo com a Flauta os Bons Tempos do Chorinho (1977), for Eldorado, the first album released by this legendary Brazilian label, dedicated to instrumental music. Carlos Poyares started his career as flutist of Regional do Canhoto, being also an actor in the 60's, always performing as flutist in almost nine films. Carlos Poyares dedicated his entire professional career to the Choro genre. Carlos Poyares left us very recently in 2004, at the age of 76. Tracks include:

Personnel

Carlos Poyares
(flute, ganza, arrangements)
Carlos Mafasoli Filho
(accordion, celesta, agogo)
Bernardo Cascareli Jr.
(cavaquinho)
Julio Mesquita Pinto
(violao 7 cordas)
Domingos Rodrigues
(surdo)
Jose dos Santos Pereira
(pandeiro)

Track List

01 - Choro Serenata (Sivuca)
02 - Variações Sobre o Urubu Malandro (Onorino Lopes)
03 - Fala Baixinho (Pixinguinha)
04 - Gingando (Horondino Silva "Dino" / Waldiro Tramontano "Canhoto")
05 - Cinco Companheiros (Pixinguinha)
06 - Encabulado (José Menezes / Luis Bittencourt)
07 - Ingênuo (Pixinguinha)
08 - Flor Amorosa (Catulo da Paixão Cearense / Joaquim Callado)
09 - Entardecendo (Sivuca)
10 - Brejeiro (Ernesto Nazareth)
11 - Um Chorinho Diferente (Gaúcho / Ivone Rebelo)
12 - 3 Estrelinhas (Anacleto de Medeiros)



Last minute video: Carlos Poyares performing in Brasilia for the documentary film "O Prazer de Tocar Juntos", produced by Pavirada Filmes.

Gal Costa - LE GAL (1970)

This is the Explosion I was looking for. Inside this cute cover, we have one of the best Tropicalia album recorded by Gal Costa, several different atmospheres, Rock with distorted guitars, acoustic cuts with violao and voice, ballads and lots of experimental music. This is a very different album we are used to hear with Loronix and you will need several hearings until getting the whole spirit of Legal. Let's see.

This is Gal Costa - Legal (1970), for Philips, a truly amazing Tropicalia album with a very reduced accompaniment made of bass, guitar (lots of distortion), piano, drums and piano throughout the whole album. A not credited musician plays accordion on track 02 - Lingua do P (one of my favorites), as well an orchestra and a brass section in some cuts. Track 03 - Love Try and Die features vocals of the special guests Erasmo Carlos, Tim Maia, Jards Macale and Lanny Gordin, which is also in charge of arrangements with Maestro Chiquinho de Moraes. I urge Loronixers to feedback this really unusual release. Check the panorama blending front and back cover created by Helio Oiticica. Tracks include:

Personnel

Claudio
(bass)
Lanny Gordin
(guitar, arrangements)
Norival D'Angelo
(drums)
Chiquinho de Moraes
(piano, arrangements)
Gal Costa
(voice, violao)

Special Guests at Love, Try and Die

Erasmo Carlos
Jards Macale
Lanny Gordin
Tim Maia
(vocal)

Track List

01 - Eu Sou Terrível (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)
02 - Língua do P (Gilberto Gil)
03 - Love Try An Die (Jards Macalé / Gal Costa / Lanny)
04 - Mini Mistério (Gilberto Gil)
05 - Acauã (Zé Dantas)
06 - Hotel das Estrelas (Jards Macalé / Duda)
07 - Deixa Sangrar (Caetano Veloso)
08 - The Archaic Lonely Star Blues (Jards Macalé / Duda)
09 - London London (Caetano Veloso)
10 - Falsa Baiana (Geraldo Pereira)

Varios Artistas - Mais Explosivo! (1963)

Hello, good evening! I found this album on an old vinyl shop in Rio de Janeiro for less than a Dollar. I got really excited by the title - Mais Explosivo! (More Explosive!) - and the cover artwork with the girl inside the bikini, the TNT gallon and the beautiful and colorful background. I thought immediately I had high-octane music inside and decided to buy without checking performers and repertoire.

Anyway, the music inside is just the opposite, a collection of romantic songs performed by singers from the "old school" of Brazilian music, such as: Cauby Peixoto, Angela Maria, Nelson Goncalves, Nubya Lafayette and many others. I decided to share it with Loronixers, it has nice tracks, some Loronix friends love this kind of music and the cover is really worth, but don't let the cover cheats you as I was. This is a warning.

This is Mais Explosivo! (1963), for RCA Victor, a compilation of romantic tunes, featuring romantic singers, some of them never release by a career album at Loronix, in fact, most of this artists never had a career album released here. I'm listing bellow performers listing and tracks. Tracks include:

The Performers

Nelson Goncalves
Antonio Prieto
Jorge Veiga
Carlos Nobre
Moacir Gomes
Nubia Lafayette
Nico Fidenco
Carlos Gonzaga
Carlos Galhardo
Yeda Maria
Angela Maria

Track List

01 - Indulto (Adelino Moreira) with Nelson Gonçalves
02 - Cuando Calienta El Sol (Carlos Rigual / Mário Rigual) with Antônio Prieto
03 - Na Cadência do Samba (Ataulfo Alves / Paulo Gesta) with Jorge Veiga
04 - Contradizendo (Raul Sampaio / Benil Santos) with Carlos Nobre
05 - Se Você Gosta de Mim (Jair Gonçalves) with Moacir Gomes
06 - Vida (Adelino Moreira) with Núbia Lafayette
07 - Sorri (Smile) (Charles Chaplin / J. Turner / G. Parsons / Vrs. Nazareno de Brito) Lembrança (Un Recuerdo) (C. Martinez Gil / Serafim Costa Almeida) Perfídia (Alberto Dominguez / Vrs. Lamartine Babo) with Cauby Peixoto
08 - Legata a Un Granello Di Sabbia (F. D. Marchetti / Fidenco) with Nico Fidenco
09 - Não Posso Te Esquecer (I Can't Stop Lovin' You) (Gibson / Vrs. Fred Jorge) with Carlos Gonzaga
10 - Inquietação (René Bittencourt) with Carlos Galhardo
11 - Filme Triste (Sad Movies) (J. D. Loudermilk / Vrs. Romeo Nunes) with Yeda Maria
12 - O Arlequim de Toledo (L'arlequin de Tolede) (H. Giraud / Vrs. Fernando Barreto) with Ângela Maria

Ritmistas da Bossa - Balanco & Bossa Nova (1963)

This is one of the albums available at the fantastic book made by Caetano Rodrigues that I did not know. I had lucky to find it on a very good condition and the music is exactly what I thought it would be, renditions of Bossa Nova standards performed as Samba de Balanco. By the way, Samba de Balanco is defined as a variation of Bossa Nova for dancing and this is exactly what we will find here, very dancing tunes with lyrics. Let's see.

This is Ritmistas da Bossa - Balanco & Bossa Nova (1963), for Musiplay. This is the first and only album recorded by Ritmistas da Bossa, a group made of organ, sax, flute, bass, guitar, drums and piano with not credited musicians. There are some very nice tunes, especially those ones with no lyrics. Tracks include:

01 - Vamos Balançar (Carlos Imperial)
02 - É Um Estouro (Jaime Silva / Neusa Teixeira / Luis Pereira)
03 - Pergunte ao João (Helena Silva / Milton Costa / Renira de Lima)
04 - É Pra Quebrar (Silvio César)
05 - Só Danço Samba (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Sai Pra Lá (Pereira dos Santos / J. Santos)
07 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
08 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
09 - O Pato (Jaime Silva / Neusa Teixeira)
10 - Barquinho (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
11 - O Amor e a Rosa (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
12 - Lobo Bobo (Carlos Lyra / Ronaldo Bôscoli)

Challenge | Who are they?

Hello, good evening! I think we will take some time to identify the musicians in this recording session. I will give a hint. Antonio Carlos Jobim is the one at the lower level, and the others? Do you know who are they?

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Olivia Byington - Melodia Sentimental (1987)

Olivia Byington can be considered one of the great surprises at Loronix this year. Her first album with the participation of A Barca do Sol was released in the end of 2006 with a nice feedback from Loronixers, by the way, Corra o Risco deserves and upgrade and should be our next Olivia Byington album. Since then, we made available some albums with Olivia Byington participation until we reach the acclaimed Anjo Vadio (1980). Melodia Sentimental brings Olivia Byington in 1987 with some similarities with Anjo Vadio, such as the participation of Egberto Gismonti. Anyway, let's see what Mrs. Olivia Maria Lustosa Byington delivers with Melodia Sentimental.

This is Olivia Byington - Melodia Sentimental (1987), for Continental. The Brazilian sax and clarinet player Edgard Duvivier has a major participation at this album, sharing production with Olivia Byington and writing most of the compositions. As told, Egberto Gismonti is special guest on track 07 - Caravela, while Jacques Morelenbaum delivers cello and keyboard player in all tracks. Remaining musicians in the set were not credited. Tracks include:

01 - Estrela (Edgar Duvivier / Manuel Bandeira)
02 - Como Um Rio (Edgar Duvivier / Thiago de Mello)
03 - Clarão (Olivia Byington / Cacaso)
04 - Desassossego (Edgar Duvivier / Olivia Byington / Fernando Pessoa)
05 - Secretária Eletrônica (Carlos Sandroni / Lu Medeiros)
06 - Soneto da Separação (Ronaldo Miranda / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Caravela (Egberto Gismonti / Geraldo Carneiro) with Egberto Gismonti
08 - Rubáyiát - I-II-III (Edgard Duvivier)
09 - Cartola Medley - O Mundo É Um Moinho (Cartola) Acontece (Cartola)
10 - Melodia Sentimental (Villa-Lobos / Dora Vasconcelos)

Music Video | Dick Farney - Solidao (1986)

This is a very beautiful Dick Farney music video recorded in 1986, just one year before his passing. Dick Farney performs Solidao (Antonio Carlos Jobim). Dick Farney is a great artist and this video is really overwhelming.

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Luiz Bittencourt e Sua Orquestra de Violoes - Vereda Tropical (1962)

Here we go on another nice contribution by the mighty Mauro R. V., one of the great vinyl finders of our community. The last Mauro contribution was the awesome 2º Concerto de Jazz de Camera no Teatro Municipal (1960), featuring several renowned musicians and now Mauro delivers an album recorded by an artist never shown before at Loronix, Luiz Bittencourt, a guitarist and composer that recorded a few albums with Nilo Sergio for Musidisc, such as this one that I never heard about. Let's see.

This is Luiz Bittencourt e Sua Orquestra de Violoes - Vereda Tropical (1962), for Musidisc, featuring Luiz Bittencourt guitar in front of an unusual small orchestra assemble with four electric guitars, one rhythm guitar, bass, accordion, celeste, drums and a rhythm section. The outcome is "Para Dancar" music based on a repertoire blending Brazilian and international standards, produced by Nilo Sergio. Tracks include:

01 - Foi Ela (Ary Barroso)
02 - Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter)
03 - Jalousie (J. Gade)
04 - Ave Maria no Morro (Herivelto Martins)
05 - Vereda Tropical (Gonzalo Curiel)
06 - Despertar da Montanha (Eduardo Souto)
07 - Prenda Minha (Tradicional / Adpt. Luis Bittencourt)
08 - Morena Boca de Ouro (Ary Barroso)
09 - Fascination (F. D. Marchetti)
10 - Amor (Gabriel Ruiz / R. L. Mendes)

Challenge | Who is this renowned Brazilian musician?

Hello, good evening! Let's keep yesterday's configuration starting with a challenge game, which is in fact a wise way of sharing nice picture. I think this one is very easy, a single and very well-known artist to be identified. Challenge | Who is this renowned Brazilian artist?

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MPB-4 - 10 Anos Depois (1975)

I had a hard time finding a suitable album to close this night, which I had a very good time putting in place. Three solid releases, starting with the acclaimed Lucienne Franco, reaching Bene Nunes with arrangements by Jobim, Gnattali and Severino Filho and closing with MPB-4 10 years celebration album, released in 1975. I think we will not go wrong this way, I could make the option for one of those essential repostings, but MPB-4 has not been released so often. I hope you have a nice time hearing this album, as I'm having showing it to our community. Let's see.

This is MPB-4 - 10 Anos Depois (1975), for Philips, presented to Loronixers with an Argentinean issue, featuring the guys with bored faces. I'm not sure if the Argentinean cover matches with the first Brazilian issue, since this album never had a CD reissue, as far as I know. The repertoire features several well-known MPB-4 songs with Quarteto em Cy as special guest on tracks 07 - Pressentimento and 09 - Amei Tanto. Tracks include:

Personnel

Aquiles
(voice)
Magro
(voice, arrangements)
Miltinho
(voice)
Ruy
(voice)

Chiquinho do Acordeon
(accordion)
Cream Crackers
(percussion)
Luiz Claudio Ramos, Meira
(violao)
Luna
(surdo)
Ivan Conti "Mamao", Paulinho Braga
(drums)
Neco, Canhoto
(cavaquinho)
Sergio Barroso, Tiao Marinho, Novelli
(bass)
Antonio Adolfo
(piano)
Alexandre
(electric bass)
Antonio Candido Sobrinho, Ari Paulo da Silva, Zdenek Svab
(trompa)
Hermes Cortesini, Peninha, Djalma Correia, Alberto das Neves, Chico Batera, Robertinho Silva
(percussion)
Arthur Verocai
(violao)
Celso Woltzenlongel, Frankling Correa da Silva, Jorginho da Flauta, Geraldo, Raul Mascarenhas, Altamiro Carrilho, Mauro Senise
(flute)
Jose Cardoso Botelho
(clarinet)
Braz Limongi
(oboe)
Francis Hime
(arrangements)
Dino 7 Cordas
(violao 7 cordas)
Nivaldo Ornelas
(sax)
Wagner Tiso
(piano, arrangements)

Track List

01 - De Frente Pro Crime (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
02 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)
03 - Galope (Gonzaguinha)
04 - Canto Triste (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Passaredo (Francis Hime / Chico Buarque)
06 - Ana Luisa (Tom Jobim) with Quarteto Em Cy
07 - Pressentimento (Élton Medeiros / Hermínio Bello de Carvalho) with Quarteto Em Cy
08 - Praias Desertas (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Amei Tanto (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) with Quarteto Em Cy
10 - Evangelho (Dori Caymmi / Paulo César Pinheiro)
11 - Assim Seja Amém (Gonzaguinha / Miltinho)
12 - Vera Cruz (Milton Nascimento / Márcio Borges)