Orquestra Tipica Copacabana - Convite ao Tango (1959)

Hello, good evening! I think it is time to introduce an acclaimed musical style that has some influence on Brazilian music. I'm talking about Tango, originated by European immigrant in Argentina and Uruguay. Tango is played by a sextet, which is called Orquestra Tipica, featuring two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons. Tango is instrumental music and sometimes includes lyrics. Tango is also a dance, naturally associated with Tango music. This album is a real find, I will tell why. Let's see.

This is Orquestra Tipica Copacabana - Convite ao Tango (1959), for Copacabana. Little I know about this session, which is an authentic Orquestra Tipica, conduced by a Brazilian maestro and musicians. I'm not versed on Tango to guarantee if these tracks are performed such as original Tango music, but the outcome is nice and the repertoire features only Brazilian compositions from renowned composers, such as: Herivelto Martins, David Nasser, Giacomo Pesce and his daughter Lina Pesce, Mario Mascarenhas, among others. I think our friends from Argentina and Uruguay will take this one with a great curiosity. Tracks include:

01 - Carlos Gardel (Herivelto Martins / David Nasser)
02 - Compadrito (Giacomo Pesce)
03 - Não Digo o Nome (Jair Amorim)
04 - Al Besarte (Giacomo Pesce)
05 - Vermelho 27 (Herivelto Martins / David Nasser)
06 - Mentindo (Eduardo Patané / Lourival Faissal)
07 - Fatalidad (Lina Pesce)
08 - Amor Cigano (Mário Mascarenhas)
09 - Noviecita (Lina Pesce)
10 - Vencida (Eduardo Patané)

Dick Farney - Ao Vivo | Inverno & Verao (1986)

We had a Dick Farney video a couple of days ago and since that day I did not stop thinking on releasing another Dick Farney album. It has been a long time since the last one, Dick Farney - Noite (1981), released in the end of August. It is a great coincidence to find this one, recorded live in 1986, which is the same year of the video presented. Let's see.

This is Dick Farney - Ao Vivo | Inverno & Verao (1986), for Inverno & Verao, which is probably an independent release sponsored by Inverno & Verao nightclub in Sao Paulo. I have this album with me since reissued on CD in 1992 as Dick Farney - A Arte do Espetaculo, for RGE, but I always thought it was just a compilation. I'm really glad to find out that it is the same vinyl original issued in 1986, plus a lot of extra tracks filling all the CD with a running time of 54 minutes. This is a real find. I'm showing the original issue artwork, the reissue cover is not so good and it is completely damaged. Tracks include:

Personnel

Dick Farney
(piano, voice)
Toninho Pinheiro
(drums)
Gabriel Jorge Bahlis
(bass)
Hilton Jorge Valente
(piano)

Track List

01 - Perdido
02 - Copacabana
03 - Nick Bar
04 - Aeromoca
05 - Tereza da Praia
06 - Uma Loura
07 - Cassino da Urca Medley
08 - A Saudade Mata a Gente
09 - Esse Seu Olhar
10 - Alguem Como Tu
11 - Marina
12 - Noturno em Sao Paulo
13 - Ponto Final
14 - The Lady is a Tramp
15 - Perdido de Amor
16 - All the Way
17 - Solidao
18 - Se todos Fossem Iguais a Voce

Challenge | Do you know who are they?

The Challenge game is back, featuring nice photos with very easy identification. The mission is quite simple, the identification of (A), appearing at both photos, (B), (C) and the young pianist at (D). Do you know who are they? Get the chance!

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Pery Ribeiro - Brasileirissimas (1981)

Pery Ribeiro is truly a Bossa Nova legend. He was the first to record the legendary song Garota de Ipanema from Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Pery Ribeiro is the son of Dalva de Oliveira and Herivelto Martins, having a very early start as an artist, taking part on a Walt Disney Movie in 1949, Berlim na Batucada. His first albums are essential Bossa Nova items on every serious collector's shelf. It is always a pleasure to show Pery Ribeiro. Let's see.

This is Pery Ribeiro - Brasileirissimas (1981), for Philips, featuring Pery Ribeiro performing selected successful radio cuts from the early 80's. I found this album abandoned at my mother's home a couple of weeks ago and I had to manage a new problem to take it, Mom got a turntable and is now fascinated to play her vinyl. Brasileirissimas never had a CD reissue and I hope this one brings a nice time to Pery Ribeiro fans at Loronix, it is a long-time request. Tracks include:

Personnel

Jose Roberto Bertrami
(keyboards, arrangements)
Helio Capucci
(violao, guitar)
Luizao
(bass)
Paulinho Braga
(drums)
Laudir, Roberto Silva, Marcal, Doutor
(percussion)
Ze Carlos
(flute, sax)
Cidinho
(arrangements on tracks 05 & 09)

Track List

01 - Só nos Resta Viver (Ângela Roro) Meu Amigo, Meu Herói (Gilberto Gil)
02 - Bola de Meia Bola de Gude (Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant) Novo Tempo (Ivan Lins / Vitor Martins)
03 - Momentos (Joanna / Sarah Benchimol) Costumes (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)
04 - Sem Companhia (Ivor Lancellotti / Paulo César Pinheiro) Bastidores (Chico Buarque)
05 - Sonho de Um Sonho (Martinho da Vila / Rodolpho / Graúna) O Que É Que a Bahia Tem (Darci do Nascimento / Dominguinhos do Estácio) Hoje Tem Marmelada (David Correia / Norival Reis / Jorge Macedo) Bom Bonito e Barato (Robertinho Devagar / Jorge Ferreira / Edinho Capeta)
06 - Sangrando (Gonzaguinha) Ponto de Interrogação (Gonzaguinha)
07 - Quero Quero (Cláudio Nucci / Mauro Assumpção) Cheiro de Mato (Fátima Guedes)
08 - Canção de Amor (Chocolate / Elano de Paula) Segredo (Herivelto Martins / Marino Pinto) Ponto Final (José Maria de Abreu / Jair Amorim)
09 - Agonia (Mongol)
10 - Poder da Criação (João Nogueira / Paulo César Pinheiro) Vem (Roberto Ribeiro / Toninho Nascimento)
11 - Louco (Ela É o Seu Mundo) (Wilson Batista / Henrique de Almeida) A Fonte Secou (Monsueto / Tufic Lauar / Marcléo) Não Me Diga Adeus (Paquito / Luis Soberano / João Correia da Silva) Formosa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)

Òswaldo Borba e Sua Orquestra - Baile de Formatura (1958)

Hello, good evening! We never started a day late as today, but the reason is not an ordinary IT problem and I'm really glad for being here to introduce new music to Loronixers, such as I'm doing right now, delivering the first album of a very important Brazilian maestro to our community, which is Maestro Oswaldo Borba. Let's see.

This is Oswaldo Borba e Sua Orquestra - Baile de Formatura (1958), for Odeon. I had to do my best to restore this cover artwork, and I did not make it as deserved. I'm sure my poor skills on image processing are getting worse again. Anyway, as you can see at the marks on the legs of both dancers, this album spent a time under the water, but in the other hand, the vinyl was quite perfect. Maestro Oswaldo Borba delivers "Para Dancar" renditions of a repertoire based on Brazilian and international standards, with credited musicians this time. Tracks include:

Personnel

Oswaldo Borba
(arranger, orchestra conducer)

Edward Santos
(piano)
Waldemar Moura
(trombone)
Geraldo Miranda
(guitar)
Luis Medes
(trumpet)
Arcy Barbosa de Oliveira
(sax alto, clarinet)
Walter Rosa
(sax tenor)

Track List

01 - Rato Rato (Casemiro Rocha / Claudino Costa)
02 - Birth Of The Blues (R. Henderson / De Sylva / L. Brown)
03 - El Baile Del Pinguino (E. D. Brito)
04 - Conversa de Botequim (Vadico / Noel Rosa)
05 - Dança do Sabre (A. Khachaturlan)
06 - Lover (L. Hart / R. Rodgers)
07 - Você Já Foi à Bahia (Dorival Caymmi)
08 - Concertos Para Ritmos (Julio Gutierrez)
09 - Remelexo (Felisberto Martins)
10 - O Despertar da Montanha (Eduardo Souto)
11 - Deixa a Lua Sossegada (Alberto Ribeiro / João de Barro)
12 - Apenas Um Coração Solitário (Tchaikovsky)

Miltinho - Miltinho com o Sexteto Sideral | Um Novo Astro (1960)

Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Sorry about that, I love Star Trek, this sentence is the introduction of each Star Trek episode and it is all about this, let's say, space album. I was looking for this upgrade for months and last week I could make the vinyl transfer of my dreams, including FLAC files and enhanced cover scans. This album features Baden Powell as sideman in a very early age and it is also Miltinho debut LP. Let's see.

This is Miltinho - Miltinho e O Sexteto Sideral | Um Novo Astro (1960), for Sideral, a record label that released less than a dozen albums, which I do not have any info about and would like to know more. Sexteto Sideral features a constellation of Brazilian musicians, in the spirit of this "space" LP and I'm not sure if the sextet was assembled only for this recording session or was also in other Sideral releases. Baden Powell delivers truly amazing guitar playing here, especially on track 12 - Eu e o Rio, where only Baden Powell violao and bass back Miltinho. Tracks include:

Personnel

Celso Pereira
(piano)
Celio Damasio
(bass)
Jorginho
(sax)
Neco
(guitar)
Baden Powell
(violao)
Mauricio
(drums)
Humberto, Nilson
(percussion)

Track List

01 - Rí (Luis Antônio)
02 - Idéias Erradas (Ribamar / Dolores Duran)
03 - Teimoso (Luis Bandeira / Ari Monteiro)
04 - Menina Moça (Luis Antônio)
05 - Ultimatum (Waldemar Gomes / Alcebíades Nogueira)
06 - Triste Fim (Carlos Santana Lima / Jaime Storino)
07 - Mulher de Trinta (Luis Antônio)
08 - Fechei a Porta (Sebastião Mota / Ferreira dos Santos)
09 - Você Só Você (Waldemar Gomes / Luis Bandeira)
10 - Fica Comigo (Luis Antônio)
11 - Volta (Luis Antônio)
12 - Eu e o Rio (Luis Antônio)

The Brasileros - Bossa Nova (1963)

PhilMusical is a veteran blogger, owner and maintainer of Phil Musical Lounge Corner at http://philmusical.blogspot.com that was created months or years before Loronix, I'm not sure. Phil came out of the blue a couple of days ago at CBox with some offers to Loronix and I think he is delivering a great find to our community. In spite of this cover artwork, featuring a picture of an Inca warrior (perhaps Maia?) from Peru that has nothing to do with Brazil, this album is very, very, very good. Believe me, this is truly awesome and I could not wait longer to ask Phil for another vinyl ripping or additional info. Let's see.

This is The Brasileros - Bossa Nova (1963), for Diplomat, featuring jazzy instrumental renditions of Bossa Nova standards, probably performed by US musicians, they are not credited and I could not find any further information about this little piece of great music. This is the kind of album that you will be spinning over and over again for many years and it is not one of those impossible to find LPs, it is available on e-Bay from many sellers by an affordable price. Run for them, I think people will run for The Brasileros as soon as taking this one for a hearing. Thanks once again Phil. Tracks include:

01 - Desafinado
02 - One Note Samba
03 - When Johnny Comes Marching Home
04 - Sugar Loaf
05 - Bossa Nova Blues
06 - Sazella de Rio
07 - Promenade San Paulo
08 - In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree
09 - Desarama
10 - Witch Hazel

Victor Assis Brasil - 1° Festival de Jazz de Sao Paulo (1978)

Hello, good evening! This is the first out of a series of posts provided by Luiz Harding with cassette tapes transfers of the Primeiro Festival de Jazz de Sao Paulo, held at Palacio de Convencoes do Anhembi, in 1978. Luiz Harding sent it in the beginning of the year and he will probably be really surprised with this post. This Festival is anthological featuring several Brazilian and international performers, such as: John McLaughlin, Tony Smith, Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine, Dizzy Gillespie, Taj Mahal, Patrick Moraz, Hermeto Paschoal, Egberto Gismonti, Chick Corea, Joel Farrel, Stan Getz, Al Jarreau, Peter Tosh, Milton Nascimento, Nivaldo Ornellas, Benny Carter, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Raul de Souza, Djalma Correa, George Duke, Etta James, Ray Brown, Zimbo Trio, Luiz Eça, Helio Delmiro, Márcio Montarroyos, Wagner Tiso, Victor Assis Brasil, which is the one selected to start this amazing series. Let's see.

This is Victor Assis Brasil - Primeiro Festival de Jazz de Sao Paulo (1978), made available by Luiz Harding's cassette tape transfer. Victor Assis Brasil is backed by Paulo Russo (bass), Fernando Martins (piano) and Ted Moore (drums). Luiz Harding said this Festival was broadcasted by Radio Bandeirantes in Sao Paulo and never had a commercial issue. The music is amazing, but the quality is not the same we are used to get with Loronix vinyl transfers. Take it from an historical perspective and thanks a million Luiz Harding for this sharing and also for waiting so long to see it released at Loronix. Tracks include:

Personnel

Victor Assis Brasil
(sax)
Paulo Russo
(bass)
Fernando Martins
(piano)
Ted Moore
(drums)

Track List

01 - Walking (Victor Assis Brasil) 09:16s
02 - Arroio (Victor Assis Brasil) 06:28s
03 - Balada para Nada (Victor Assis Brasil) 06:01s
04 - Not identified by zecalouro 08:56s

Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone - Sonho de um Carnaval (1970)

AdHoc is a really special contributor that takes me by surprise every time, being impossible to guess what comes next from his collection. What amazes me most from AdHoc is the always-perfect quality of his cover scans and his flawless transfers. Additionally, AdHoc includes information that is not available anywhere. I'm only an operator with AdHoc posts, a very happy operator by the way. Take this album by example, I never heard about such music. Thanks AdHoc. Let's see.

This is Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone - Sonho de um Carnaval (1970), released in 2000 by Rym Music. There is a wonderful story about this album and a strong connection with another record by Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone, Per Un Pugno di Samba (1970), already available at Loronix.

Per un Pugno di Samba has Italian lyrics and was released only in Italy, since the record company executives did not see any commercial perspective to release an album with Italian lyrics outside Italy. The album was not successful from a commercial standpoint when released and was not issued in Brazil or any other country. However, as time goes by, Per un Pugno di Samba became a mania among collectors and fans.

What I did not know and AdHoc told me is: Chico Buarque recorded in that same 1970 session, Portuguese lyrics on top of the original Per un Pugno di Samba album. This "version" with Portuguese Lyrics was not released until the year of 2000, when this French label Rym Music made it available in France as Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone - Sonho de um Carnaval. I never heard about this and probably you did not also. Thanks AdHoc for another strike. This album is now out of print and I think it was not released in any other country besides France. Loronixers should appreciate this really wonderful find, as I did today when you sent it. Tracks include:

01 - Roda Viva (Chico Buarque)
02 - Samba e Amor (Chico Buarque)
03 - Sonho de um Carnaval (Chico Buarque)
04 - Ela Desatinou (Chico Buarque)
05 - Nao Fala de Maria (Chico Buarque)
06 - Funeral de um Lavrador (Chico Buarque / Joao Cabral de Melo Neto)
07 - Mulher (Chico Buarque)
08 - Umas e Outras (Chico Buarque)
09 - Quem te viu Quem te Ve (Chico Buarque)
10 - Nicanor (Chico Buarque)
11 - Tema de Os Inconfidentes (Chico Buarque)
12 - Agora Falando Serio (Chico Buarque)

Elizeth Cardoso - Cancoes a Meia Luz com Elizete Cardoso (1955) 10-inch

I think I have a problem with the initial albums released by Elizeth Cardoso in the 10-inch format. Elizeth Cardoso discography features two 10-inches and my problem is the vinyl quality, both are quite damaged and the transfers I made were not so good as deserved. Actually, this one, Elizeth debut LP for Continental (1955), is at least acceptable. However, the second, Fim de Noite (1956), for Copacabana -- look at your right -- is really damaged. Perhaps Thiago Mello from the excellent Bossa-Brasileira can make it and share at his website one day. Meanwhile, let's stay with this one, even with eventual hisss in the background, this album really worth. Let's see.

This is Elizeth Cardoso - Cancoes a Meia Luz (1955), for Continental, featuring a very young Elizeth Cardoso in her first steps, performing a nice selection of eight cuts. Little I know about this recording session, in terms of musicians in the set and arrangers, but Radames Gnattali delivers one composition by his own, track 08 - Pra que me Iludir, perhaps a hint for Cancoes a Meia Luz arranger. Tracks include:

01 - Canção da Volta (Ismael Netto / Antônio Maria) Samba-canção
02 - Nunca Mais (Dorival Caymmi) Samba
03 - Memórias (Hianto de Almeida / Evaldo Ruy) Samba
04 - Só Você Mais Nada (Paulo Soledade) Samba-canção
05 - Linda Flor (Henrique Vogeler / Luis Peixoto / Marques Porto) Samba-canção
06 - Se o Tempo Entendesse (Marino Pinto / Mário Rossi) Samba
07 - Caminha (Evaldo Ruy / Rolando Candiano) Samba-canção
08 - Pra Que Me Iludir (Radamés Gnattali / Norival Reis) Samba