Balanco Trio - Ritmo... Bossa... Balanco (1965)

Hello, good evening! I had those kinds of days that you wake up early in the morning and start doing several things with no stops. Meetings outside, phone calls, reports, and all sort of appointments. It seems that 2008 has finally started in Brazil. I feel really tired, but I like these days, they bring lucky and that what happened today when I left a building and found this album for the really affordable price of R$ 3,00, a record that I was searching for almost a year. Let's see.

Toninho Horta - Terra dos Passaros (1979)

Jazz meets Clube da Esquina, this is the best definition I can give to you on another Toninho Horta LP at Loronix. I remember the first one and how people get excited with Toninho Horta - Diamond Land (1979) featuring only instrumental tracks. Terra dos Passaros was released exactly 10 years before Diamond Land and has a blend of instrumental and tracks with lyrics sung by Toninho Horta exactly as his Clube da Esquina peers. This is a major step on my Toninho Horta education, a very important musician on the development of the Brazilian guitar. Let's see.

This is Toninho Horta - Terra dos Passaros (1979), for Odeon, presented here by a vinyl reissue sponsored by MinasCaixa, a financial institution in Minas Gerais. I think I spoke everything at the first paragraph, instead of the jazzy approach of Diamond Land, Terra dos Passaros is MPB with Toninho Horta receiving in the set a constellation of musicians, with highlights to Milton Nascimento, Hugo Fattoruso, Airto Moreira, Nivaldo Ornellas, Wagner Tiso, Raul de Souza, Novelli, Boca Livre and many others. I will try to setup a sample track at Loronix Preview Center, but I think is not necessary, this is a flawless release. Tracks include:

Personnel

Toninho Horta
(guitar, violao, bass, voice, organ, arrangements)
Milton Nascimento
(voice)
Lena Horta
(flute)
Hugo Fattoruso
(arp. odyssey, piano)
Airto Moreira
(drums, percussion)
Raul de Souza
(trombone)
George Fattoruso
(drums)
Laudir de Oliveira
(percussion)
Novelli
(bass)
Robertinho Silva
(drums)
Mauro Senise
(flute)
Wagner Tiso
(piano, organ)
Jamil Joanes
(bass)
Ze Eduardo Nazario
(percussion)
Boca Livre
(vocals)
Luiz Alves
(bass)
Rubinho
(drums)
Nivaldo Ornellas
(tenor, soprano sax)
Georgiana de Moraes
(caxixi)
Ringo Thiellmann
(bass)

Track List

01 - Céu de Brasília (Toninho Horta / Fernando Brant)
02 - Diana (Toninho Horta / Fernando Brant)
03 - Dona Olímpia (Toninho Horta / Ronaldo Bastos)
04 - Viver de Amor (Toninho Horta / Ronaldo Bastos)
05 - Pedra da Lua (Toninho Horta / Cacaso)
06 - Serenade (Toninho Horta / Ronaldo Bastos)
07 - Aquelas Coisas Todas (Sanguessuga) (Toninho Horta)
08 - Falso Inglês (Wonder Woman) (Toninho Horta / Fernando Brant)
09 - Terra dos Pássaros (Toninho Horta) Beijo Partido (Toninho Horta)
10 - No Carnaval (Jota / Caetano Veloso)

Leal Brito e Seu Conjunto - Noel Rosa Sem Parceiros (1957)

Limited by those hosting issues explained on last post, I had to find alternatives of good music not necessarily made available on big FLAC files. For my surprise, there are several wonderful albums on an old hard drive that I thought it defective and now works perfect. A friend in the very beginning of Loronix sent this album and I do not understand why it was not released earlier. Let's see.

This is Leao Brito e Seu Conjunto - Noel Rosa sem Parceiros (1957), for Sinter. Actually the Brazilian pianist Leal Brito, also knwon as Britinho, has the accompaniment of four different conjuntos, called by Sinter as Conjunto A, B, C and D, each one with a different set-up. The album title, Noel Rosa sem Parceiros, defines the repertoire, featuring twelve Noel Rosa compositions without partnership. If the friend who sent this album is still tuned with Loronix, please drop me a line or use comment section, I want to give credits to this really nice contribution. Tracks include:

Personnel

CONJUNTO A
Leal Brito
(piano)
Sandoval Dias
(tenor sax)
Odete
(flute)
Ze Menezes
(guitar)

CONJUNTO B
Leal Brito
(piano)
Joao Batista da Costa, Jose Miranda Pinto, Abel Ferreira
(clarinet)

CONJUNTO C
Leal Brito
(piano)
Ze Menezes
(guitar)
Altamiro Carrilho, Pedrinho e Odete
(flute)

CONJUNTO D
Leal Brito
(piano)
Ze Menezes
(guitar)
Irany Pinto
(violin)

Track List

01 - Palpite Infeliz (Noel Rosa)
02 - Último Desejo (Noel Rosa)
03 - O X do Problema (Noel Rosa)
04 - Eu Sei Sofrer (Noel Rosa)
05 - Não Tem Tradução (Noel Rosa)
06 - Pra Esquecer (Noel Rosa)
07 - Com Que Roupa (Noel Rosa)
08 - Mulato Bamba (Noel Rosa)
09 - Até Amanhã (Noel Rosa)
10 - Silêncio de Um Minuto (Noel Rosa)
11 - Quando o Samba Acabou (Noel Rosa)
12 - Eu Vou Pra Vila (Noel Rosa)

Os Bossa Tres, Leny Andrade & Pery Ribeiro - Gemini V en Mexico | Grabado ao Vivo! (1967)

Hello, good evening! The technology I have been putting in place to support Loronix is invisible. Loronix runs at Google Inc. Blogger technology, which is identified by the blogspot.com domain. However, several features runs out of blogger, such like Loronix Find It, a MySQL / PHP database hosted at zecalouro.com domain, videos, CBox and now Loronix Preview Center. These services make Loronix a little bit different from the other websites, and we cannot live without. We are facing outages on these external services this weekend and I have been working hard with my hosting provider to fix it.

I don't have idea on how big is this outage. I think it is only affecting Brazilian or South American pipes to US. If you reach Loronix from other regions or continents, please, let me know if you are facing these problems, so I can report better and have this situation fixed sooner. Thanks for your attention.

This is Os Bossa Tres, Leny Andrade & Pery Ribeiro - Gemini V en Mexico | Grabado ao Vivo! (1967), for Odeon, courtesy of Caetano Rodrigues and supposed to be released on our 2 million hits celebration, but postponed. It is really a mandatory repost Caetano provides us, with upgrades on vinyl transfer and the increasing popular FLAC format. Gemini 5 en Mexico was recorded live and it is a very hard to find album, never released in CD. Luiz Carlos Vinhas from Os Bossa Tres is in charge of arrangements, being also producer. Tracks include:

The Performers

Os Bossa Tres
Leny Andrade
Pery Ribeiro

Track List (courtesy, the great primocoe)

01 - Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
02 - Medley O Pato | Samba da Minha Terra | Só Danço Samba | Rosa Morena | Tristeza (Jayme da Silva/Neuza Teixeira | Dorival Caymmi | AC Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes | D. Caymmi | Haroldo Lobo/Niltinho)
03 - Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
04 - Água de Beber (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Guanta o Rato (Luiz Carlos Vinhas)
06 - Ultimo Canto (Francis Hime / Ruy Guerra)
07 - Garota de Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Reza (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra)

The Bossa Nova Modern Quartet - Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (1963)

I think Caetano's picks for our 2m hits celebration are guided by his personal preferences. Since the first day I met Caetano he always says this is the album I need to look for in terms of excellence on Bossa Jazz instrumental music from the 60's. That's why Caetano pleases us with the reposting of The Bossa Nova Modern Quartet, an obscure group assembled by Sinter in the early 60's. Obscure no more, now we have this album taken from the original master tapes and personnel listing, never made public before this post. Courtesy, Caetano Rodrigues.

This is The Bossa Nova Modern Quartet - Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (1963), for Sinter (Musidisc subsidiary), featuring Jorginho (sax, flute), Plinio (drums), Luiz Marinho (bass) and Claudio das Neves (vibraphone). I though Ed Lincoln would be one of the musicians as he delivers several compositions. Taken from the master tapes, the music is 100% clean, available on FLAC lossless files and traditional MP3s. This is the kind of release that you do not need to use Loronix Preview Center to make your decision. Tracks include:

Personnel

Jorginho
(sax, flute)
Plinio
(drums)
Luiz Marinho
(bass)
Claudio das Neves
(vibraphone)

Track List

01 - Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (Ed Lincoln)
02 - Brincando Gostei (Waltel / Orlandivo)
03 - Fim de Semana Em Eldorado (Johnny Alf)
04 - Sambette N° 3 (Ed Lincoln)
05 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
06 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim)
07 - Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim)
08 - Do Jeito Que a Gente Quer (Ed Lincoln)
09 - Vira Lata (Orlandivo / Roberto Jorge)
10 - Reduíno (Waltel)

Mariza - A Suave Mariza (1959)

Caetano Rodrigues music for tonight is being carefully prepared by our engineers, meanwhile, I want to show one of the albums that I was looking for many years, courtesy of a great friend and one of the nicest guys I had the chance to meet at Loronix, the legendary Mauro R. V. I told before and I want to say again, Mauro R. V. learned from scratch how to make vinyl transfers and just get some minor cosmetic advices of mine. He also used his own resources to buy a scanner, just to improve his contributions. I'm really glad that Mauro has now a scanner, this is one of the greatest albums cover I have ever seen. Let's see.

This is Mariza - A Suave Mariza (1959), for Copacabana, featuring the Brazilian singer Mariza, later known as Marisa and finally as Marisa Gata Mansa, perhaps by the association with this fantastic cover with the cat. Marisa was a very close friend of Dolores Duran and one of the best performers of her repertoire. She started her career in the early 50's, being also an important Bossa Nova singer, performing at Beco das Garrafas and other nightclubs. This is her debut LP after recording to earlier albums with Moacyr Silva. Marisa died very recently in 2003. Tracks include:

Personnel

Chaim Lewak
(piano)
Irany Pinto, Damiao Guimaraes, Paschoalino Perrota, Andrea Ribeiro, Jorge Faini, Raymundo Loyola, Antonio Piersanti, Marcello Pompeu, Edmundo Bisaggio, Adolfo Chimanovitch, Paulo Soerbraum, Henrique Morelembaum
(violin)
Cesar Viola, Marcos Nisenson, Guido Cantelli
(violas)
Eldo Peracchi, Edmundo Oliani, Guerra Vicente
(cellos)
Netinho, Emilio
(sax alto)
Aurino, Jayme Ribeiro
(sax tenor)
Orpheu
(sax baritone)
Formiga
(piston)
Nelsinho
(trombone)
Jorge Marinho
(bass)
Duduca
(drums)
Waltel Branco, Freitas, Araujo
(guitar)
Hans
(oboe)
Copinha
(flute)
Xuca-Xuca
(vibraphone)
Geraldo, Pedro, Julio
(percussion)

Track List

1. Nana Meu Neném (Osmar Navarro)
2. A Noite do Meu Bem (Dolores Duran)
3. Você Não Sabe Amar (Dorival Caymmi / Carlos Guinle / Hugo Lima)
4. Tempo ao Tempo (Augusto Mesquita / Jaime Florence "Meira")
5. Amar Em Segredo (Luis Cláudio / Fernando César)
6. Se Eu Tiver (Ribamar (1) / Dolores Duran)
7. Olhe o Tempo Passando (Édson Borges / Dolores Duran)
8. Deixe Que Ela Se Vá (Evaldo Gouveia / Gilberto Ferraz)
9. Pela Rua (Ribamar (1) / Dolores Duran)
10. Favela (Tijuca / Jasson Fernandes)
11. Barquinho de Papel (Carlos Lyra)
12. Se Houver Você (Fredy Chateaubriand / Vinicius de Carvalho)

Announcement | Loronix Preview Center

Hello, good evening! This is to announce our second celebration day to 2 million hits, which is a gift from Loronixers to zecalouro. Now it is time to pay my bills with this wonderful community inviting everybody to try a wonderful and truly amazing feature, Loronix Preview Center. The Preview Center provides a sample track of each album available at Loronix first page, always available at our sidebar, just bellow Find It icon.

I hope you really enjoy this feature, as I am pleased to make it available to our community. It is celebration time, so I'm making available a preview of the next album, just to guarantee that you will stay tuned with the forthcoming music provided by Caetano and a special collaborator. Feel free to reach me in case of assistance to use Loronix Preview Center.

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Varios Artistas - Musica Popular Brasileira em Expansao (1965)

I'm sure you will be amazed, once again Caetano pleases us with another album with lots of fascinating details. I have searched for this one on every discography, auction site, search engines and I could not gather a single mention. If you Google "musica popular brasileira em expansao", the result is null. Anyway, this is not what makes this album a treat. Let's see.

This is Aecio Flavio e Sexteto, Berimbau Trio e Quinteto Sambatida - Musica Popular Brasileira em Expansao (1965), for Festival. Maestro Aecio Flavio is a well-known Brasilian artist that takes part on this session with a sextet on eight songs, Berimbau is the legendary Bossa Nova instrumental trio that brings the bassist Bituca, Wagner Tiso and Paulinho Braga and Quinteto Sambatida is so far an enygma. Bituca sings track 01 - Cancao do Sal with Aecio Flavio Sexteto and I will ask for Caetano Rodrigues help to review this album and explain who exactly is Bituca. Tracks include:

"In 1965, the producer Ismael Correa was given a task by the Festival Label. He was to bring together on one LP, three of the most significant groups from the Minas Gerais instrumental Bossa Nova scene (unknown at the time on the Rio - Sao Paulo axis). It would be just a good compilation album, if it was not for the curious participation of the Berimbau Trio bass player, nicknamed Bituca who sang "Cancao do Sal" with the sextet of the pianist Aecio Flavio. Later he changed back to his real name: Milton Nascimento." - Caetano Rodrigues

Final and important message: you will see bellow a new Loronix feature, made available only for testing purposes. There you can have a "test drive" on four tracks of this album, including Cancao do Sal with Milton Nascimento vocals. I need feedback on this new feature to decide for a purchase and implementation on a regular basis. Please use comments section to provide feedback. Thanks in advance. Tracks include:

The Performers

Aecio Flavio Sexteto
Berimbau Trio
Quinteto Sambatida

Track List

01 - Cancao do Sal with Aecio Flavio Sexteto and the special guest Bituca
02 - Tamba with Berimbau Trio
03 - Nana with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
04 - Cheganca with Berimbau Trio
05 - Nuvens with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
06 - Arrastao with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
07 - Preciso Aprender a Ser So with Quinteto Sambatida
08 - Terra de Ninguem with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
09 - Mensagem with Quinteto Sambatida
10 - Joyce's Samba with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
11 - Aleluia with Aecio Flavio Sexteto
12 - Waltema with Aecio Flavio Sexteto

Sample Tracks

Garota de Ipanema - Trilha Sonora Original do Filme (1967)

Very wise of Caetano to provide a better copy of this album in the beginning of the year when Bossa Nova makes its 50th anniversary. Additionally, it is a perfect album for starters, the friends who are making the first steps toward the music from Brazil and Bossa Nova years. This is the original soundtrack of Garota de Ipanema movie, which is a film that I never had the chance to watch and should be really awesome by the music and footage of Rio de Janeiro in 1965. Let's see.

This is Garota de Ipanema - Trilha Sonora Original do Filme (1967), for Philips, featuring arrangements by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Eumir Deodato with performances by several artists, such like, Tamba Quarteto, Chico Buarque, Nara Leao, Baden Powell and many others. The repertoire is 100% Bossa Nova with several Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes compositions. This album was already released last year, but this new copy provided by Caetano really worth the upgrade. Tracks include:

The Performers

Elis Regina
Chico Buarque
Nara Leao
Tamba Quarteto
Vinicius de Moraes
Ronnie Von
Baden Powell
MPB-4
Quarteto em Cy
Dori Caymmi
(violao at 05)

Track List

01 - Noite dos Mascarados (Chico Buarque) with Elis Regina / Chico Buarque
02 - Lamento do Morro (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) with Nara Leão
03 - Surf Board (Tom Jobim) with Orquestra
04 - Ela É Carioca (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) with Tamba Trio
05 - Poema dos Olhos da Amada (Paulo Soledade / Vinicius de Moraes) with Vinicius de Moraes
06 - A Queda (Tom Jobim) with Orquestra
07 - Tema de Abertura Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) with Orquestra
08 - Por Você (Vinicius de Moraes / Francisco Enoé) with Ronnie Von
09 - Chorinho (Chico Buarque) with Chico Buarque
10 - Ária Para Se Morrer de Amor (Vinicius de Moraes) with Baden Powell
11 - Rancho das Namoradas (Ary Barroso / Vinicius de Moraes) with MPB-4 / Quarteto Em Cy
12 - Tema da Desilusão Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) with Orquestra

Conjunto de Jazz Bossa Nova - Brasil Bossa Nova (1963)

I thought I knew everything about Bossa Nova discography after managing Loronix albums for more than a year. Unfortunately, when you have a collector such like Caetano Rodrigues on your side, it is silly to think you know everything. Caetano has a strange relationship with his collection, he loves his albums, keeping everything organized by sections in his place, which is such like a record store of our dreams, but he thinks that everybody has the music he only has. I got amazed with this album, which I did not have idea that exists, and Caetano got amazed to know that I don't have it.

You will understand what I'm saying with the last post tonight, which will be one of the greatest albums available at Loronix, and in spite of Caetano thinks that everybody has it, I'm quite sure that nobody had the chance to know. Such like this one.

This is Conjunto de Jazz Bossa Nova - Brasil Bossa Nova (1963), for RCA Victor, featuring a quintet of bass, flute, violao, drums, sax and trombone. Personnel listing is partially identified and Caetano should be pleased if our community identifies the remaining musicians. Brasil Bossa Nova is a great Samba Jazz session, so far one of the greatest releases in the style at Loronix. Thanks Caetano. Tracks include:

Personnel

Jorginho
(flute, sax)
Neco
(violao)
?
(bass)
?
(drums)
?
(trombone)

Track List

01 - Meditação (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
02 - O Amor e a Rosa (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
03 - Gostar de Alguém (Zaccarias / Antônio Maria)
04 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
05 - O Pato (Jaime Silva / Neusa Teixeira)
06 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim)
07 - Tema Pra Dedé (Nelsinho)
08 - Discussão (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)