Tamba Trio - Tamba Trio (1974)

zecalouro have been with many Tamba Trios LPs and was almost used with the easy-listening professional jazz ensemble delivered by Luiz Eça and his crew. Tamba Trio - Tamba Trio (1974) is the exception. This record shows many different places, from some electronics, SambaJazz, Batucada, etc.

Surprise. Perhaps almost unknown by many friends at Loronix. This is a work of a serious Jazz Band.

This cover edition is sponsored by Varig Airlines that gave this album as a gift to their DC-10 passengers. Good times that will never go back again. Be happy if you get today a couple of peanuts with orange juice...

Tracks include:

01 - Se é questão de adeus até logo - (Dito - Tom)
02 - Não tem perdão - (Ronaldo Monteiro - Ivan Lins)
03 - Reflexos - (Luiz Eça)
04 - Gazela - (Arlette Neves - Bebeto)
05 - Mestre Bimba - (Hélcio Milito - Adalberto - Luiz Eça)
06 - Ossaim [Bamboxé] - (Jocafi - Antônio Carlos - Ildázio Tavares)
07 - Em casa - (Carlos Vereza - Luiz Eça)
08 - Pra machucar meu coração - (Ary Barroso)
09 - Quadros - (Luiz Eça)
10 - Não tem nada não - (Eumir Deodato - Marcos Valle - João Donato)
11 - O homem - (Luiz Eça)
12 - Morada - (Aldir Blanc - João Bosco)
13 - Amanhangá - (Dito - Tom)
14 - Infinito - (Hélcio Milito - Adalberto - Luiz Eça)

Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo - Live at Viersen Jazz Festival, Germany (1994)

Hermeto is a unique musician. A composer, improviser and instrumentist who is capable of playing all kinds of instruments and of turning into musical instruments everythings that his hands can hold - from water bottles to pumps, kettles and ... pigs!

His official LPs and CDs show only a small fraction of his art, more contained and less spontaneous, although always brilliant and provocative. It is in the live performances that he really shines, mixing improvisation with a continuous reharmonization of the themes he plays, and letting go the creativity of the fantastic musicians that accompany him.

This is Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo - Viersen Jazz Festival, Germany (1994). zecalouro has not been able to identify who plays with Hermeto in this jazzy presentation. But it is a savory dish to be listened and admired by Loronix friends.

More will come, since zecalouro special agents are gathering a long series of live performances by Hermeto - who, by the way, used to urge the audiences to record him and spread the tapes, in an attempt to overcome the indifference of recording companies to his music - and that what Loronix is doing.

Tracklist:

01 - Suite Paulistana
02 - Rainha da Pedra Azul
03 - Mesclado (flauta de baixo e vocalize)
04 - Flauta & Squeaky Toys
05 - Vals (flauta, piano squeaky toys)
06 - Sanfona de 8 Baixos
07 - Blues

Raul de Souza - Don't Ask my Neighbords (1978)

The legendary Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza is back to Loronix with his 1978 LP Don't ask my Neighbords. This is the second and the last US album made by Raul partnership with George Duke. This LP style is registered as Fusion, exactly what you will find here, Jazz improvisations with rock beat and rhythms.

zecalouro likes bass and the bass player - Byron Miller - works great here with slapping on most tracks. Track List includes:

01 - Don't Ask My Neighbors (Scarborough)
02 - La Song (Mason)
03 - Daisy Mae (Duke)
04 - Beauty and the Beast (Shorter)
05 - Fortune (Casties, DeSouza)
06 - Overture (Colombier)
07 - At the Concert (Henderson)
08 - I Believe You (Addrisi)
09 - Jump Street (DeSouza)

It seems to zecalouro that Raul de Souza is a bird fan. Did you notice that there is a bird on each Raul's LP covers? Raul is a really nice guy.

Tuca - Eu, Tuca (1968)

This is the debut LP of an almost unknown Brazilian singer from the late 60's to 70's, Also a composer, Tuca's first relevant appearence on Brazilian media was with Airto Moreira in 1966 at the Festival Nacional de Musica Popular - TV excelsior, they won the first price with the song Porta Estandarte.

At this same year, Tuca released this first LP - Tuca - Eu, Tuca (1968), with some of her compositions. Tuca left Brazil for a six-year hiatus in Paris, returnig in 1975 to release her second and last LP. Tuca passed very young at the age of 34 with a stroke in 1977. Track list includes:

01 - Atire a Primeira Pedra (Ataulfo Alves - Mario Lago)
02 - Cuidado, Malandro (Velha - Matias de Freitas)
03 - O Cavaleiro e a Virgem (Tuca)
04 - Frevo (Tuca)
05 - Seresta (Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho - Roberto Quartin)
06 - Nao Fale Alto, Fale Baixo (Eli Halfoum)
07 - Verde (Antonio Carlos Duncan - Mario de Castro)
08 - O Cavaleiro Das Maos Tao Frias (Tuca - Consuelo de Castro)
09 - Curare (Bororo)
10 - Passarinho da Lagoa (Fernando Lobo - Evaldo Ruy)
11 - Ate Quarta - Feira / Carnaval Pra Valer (H. Silva - Paulo Satte / Miguel Gustavo)
12 - Abstrato N. 1 (Tuca - Zeka)

Claudette Soares, Taiguara & Jongo Trio - Primeiro Tempo: 5 x 0 (1966) - Ao Vivo

Hello friends! This LP is unique, Primeiro Tempo: 5 x 0 featuring Claudette Soares, Taiguara and Jongo Trio, produced by Ronaldo Boscoli and directed by Boscoli and Mieli in 1966. This is probably one of the first recordings of a very early Taiguara, later on a renowned artist.

This show was presented live with no interruption during three years in Rio de Janeiro. Today, this is a rare and very hard to find LP. Tracks include:

01 - Abertura - Samba tempo ( Marcos Vasconcellos - Pingarrilho)
02 - Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Tempo (Mieli - Ronaldo Bôscoli) - A banca do destino (Billy Blanco)
04 - Tempo de humor (talk) - Civilização (Pingarrilho - Marcos Vasconcellos)
05 - Pra você (Silvio César) - Preciso aprender a ser só (Marcos Valle - Paulo Sergio Valle) - Estrada do sol (Tom Jobim - Dolores Duran)
06 - Mila (Roberto Menescal - Ronaldo Bôscoli)
07 - Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo - Niltinho)
08 - Soneto da separação (Vinicius de Moraes) - Apêlo (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Tempo de humor (talk)
10 - Por um amor maior (Ruy Guerra - Francis Hime)
11 - Tempo de 5 X 0 (talk) - Samba do carioca (Carlos Lyra - Vinicius de Moraes)

Sylvia Telles - Silvia (1958)

There is nothing to add on this post. We spoke a lot about Sylvia Telles and even about her daughter Claudia. I've been browsing Ruy Castro's Bossa Nova books a couple of minutes ago. Now I can understand better how people were impacted by the time Sylvia has passed so young.

Tracks:

01 - Cala, Meu Amor (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - E Preciso Dizer Adeus (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Mágoa (Marino Pinto - Tom Jobim)
04 - Caminhos Cruzados (Newton Mendonça - Tom Jobim)
05 - Amargura (Alberto Ribeiro - Radamés Gnattali)
06 - Segredo (Fernando Cesar)
07 - Quero-te Assim (Tito Madi)
08 - Nesse Mesmo Lugar (Armando Cavalcanti - Klécius Caldas)
09 - Estrada do Sol (Dolores Duran - Tom Jobim)
10 - Aula de Matematica (Marino Pinto - Tom Jobim)
11 - Suas Maos (Pernambuco - Antônio Maria)
12 - Bom Dia Tristeza (Adoniran Barbosa - Vinicius de Moraes)

Sambalanço Trio - Sambalanço Trio (1965) Debut LP

zecalouro had a great lunch today with a friend that subtle called his attention to this great Trio from the 60's. Meet Sambalanço Trio, formed by Cesar Camargo Mariano (piano), Airto Moreira (drums) and Humberto Clayber (bass). The band recorded five albums and then became Sambrasa Trio when Cesar Camargo Mariano decided to quit and was replaced by Hermeto Pascoal.

This is the out of print debut LP, self titled, from 1965. zecalouro will ask for AMG help to better describe this album:

As the bossa nova style exited seven nascent years of development and entered into a post-pubescent stage full of confidence, the Sambalanço Trio hit the Brazilian music scene with a splash. Comprised of Cesar Camargo Mariano on piano, Humberto Clayber on bass, and future percussion superstar Airto Moreira on traps, the Sambalanço Trio had a sophisticated and multi-faceted sound, one that melded an aggressive, samba-school-on-parade sound with a subtler air, redolent of Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and even the Bill Evans Trio. For example, "Samblues" -- the opening track on the Sambalanço Trio's self-titled re-release -- combines Moreira's samba-derived partido alto rhythms with Mariano and Clayber's cool, blues-based melodies. On "Berimbau," traditional elements -- such as a Brazilian bagpipe intro and syncopated Capoeira rhythms -- are fused with a five-four melodic passage that sounds like a section from David Brubek's "Take Five." These two songs, along with the album as a whole, deftly illustrate how the Sambalanço Trio infused the soporific bossa nova scene of 1964 with much-needed doses of energetic rhythms, cutting-edge jazz voicings, and spontaneity. ~ All Music.

Tracklist:

01 - Samblues (César Camargo Mariano)
02 - Balanço Zona Sul (Tito Madi)
03 - O Morro não tem vez (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Nos e o Mar (Roberto Menescal - Ronaldo Boscoli)
05 - Homenagem a Clifford Brown (Dorimar)
06 - Berimbau (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Jacqueline K (Heraldo Correia)
08 - Consolação (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - O Amor que Acabou (Chico Feitosa - Luiz F. Freire)
10 - Pra que Chorar (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Marisa (Cesar Camargo Mariano)
12 - Sambinha (Humberto Clayber - Cesar Camargo Mariano)

Edson Maciel - Ed. Maciel e sua Orquestra - Na Onda - Vol. 2 (1966)

Introducing Edson Maciel or just Ed. Maciel, another legendary Brazilian trombonist. This is a rare and obscure LP, zecalouro does not have much info to share about it, so you will need to trust me this time, this is a great instrumental orchestrated LP, with a repertoire that goes from Latin music to 60's rock'n'roll. Tracks include:

01 - Forget Him
02 - The More I See You
03 - California Dreamin'
04 - Guantanamera
05 - Satisfaction
06 - El Coyoteas
07 - Se Tu Non Fossi Bella Come Sei
08 - Nessuno Mi Puó Giudicare
09 - Spanish Flea
10 - Mamãe Passou Açúcar Em Mim
11 - Hang On Sloopy
12 - Juanita Banana

Rosana Toledo - A Voz Acariciante de Rosana Toledo (1960)

What a nice and beautiful Brazilian singer makes her debut today at Loronix. Rosana Toledo, sister of Maria Toledo, which you already known as Luiz Bonfa's wife on earlier posts. They started singing together in 1947. Rosana started her solo career in 1955 and this is her debut LP, Rosana Toledo - A Voz Acariciante de Rosana Toledo (1960).

Rosana Toledo is still active, living at Retiro dos Artistas, a famous azylum exclusive for Brazilian artists in Rio de Janeiro. Tracks include:

01 - Sonata sem luar (Freddy Chateaubriand/Vinicius de Carvalho)
02 - Poema Azul (Sergio Ricardo)
03 - Samba triste (Baden Powell e Billly Blanco)
04 - Noite triste sem ninguém (Freddy Chateaubriand/Vinicius de Carvalho)
05 - Canção simples ( Adolfo MacLevervsky)
06 - Elegia ao violão (Freddy Chateaubriand/Vinicius de Carvalho)
07 - Tete (Roberto Menescal e Ronaldo Boscoli)
08 - Canção que morre no ar (Carlos Lyra e Ronaldo Boscoli)
09 - A canção é você (Freddy Chateaubriand/Vinicius de Carvalho)
10 - Relógio da saudade (Sergio Ricardo)
11 - Canção de ninar gente grande (Antonio Maria e Evaldo Gouveia)
12 - Solidão a dois (Freddy Chateaubriand/Vinicius de Carvalho)

Jamelao - Jamelao Canta para Enamorados (1962)

Jamelao, born in 1913, Rio de Janeiro, official Mangueira "puxador" since the 1949. Another legendary artist from Rio's authentic Samba league. Jamelao is still active and has performed this year leading Mangueira as "puxador" on Carnaval parade, with 92 years, believe me.

By the way, what a nice cover, showing Cinelandia Square, Rio de Janeiro in the early 60's.

Track list includes:

01 - Foi assim (Lupicínio Rodrigues)
02 - Minha provação (Jamelão)
03 - Afinal eu sabia (S. Cirino - B. Gomes)
04 - Sossego de você (Guio de Morais)
05 - Graças a Deus (Ivan Paulo da Silva "Carioca")
06 - Voltei ao meu lugar (Ivan Paulo da Silva "Carioca" - Del Loro)
07 - Fim de jornada (Hélio Nascimento - Altenir Gonçalves)
08 - Tristonho (Quincas - Jamelão)
09 - Não serve pra mim (S. Cirino - B. Gomes)
10 - O amor é você (Mário Casali)
11 - Meu natal (Lupicínio Rodrigues)
12 - Onde vai sinhazinha (Ivan Paulo da Silva "Carioca")

zecalouro will let you with AMG bio, just to not go wrong.

One of the most important samba singers since the '40s, Jamelão is still active today as Mangueira's puxador (official interpreter) of sambas-enredo (the longest career in this position) and as a solo artist. He is also highly regarded as a preferred interpreter of Lupicínio Rodrigues' sambas-canção like "Ela Disse-me Assim," "Torre de Babel," "Esses Moços," "Sozinha," "Quem Há de Dizer," and "Exemplo." His most famous compositions are "Deixa Amanhecer" (the first one), "Um Dia Hás de Pagar," and "Ela Me Convidou." In 1968, he was invited to the prestigious position of member of the Ala dos Compositores (Composers' Section) of the Mangueira samba school.

Jamelão joined the Mangueira samba school's bateria (drum section) at 15, playing the tamborim (a kind of tambourine). He had his debut as a singer at the gafieira Fogão. After being a crooner in that kind of dance nightclub, he honed his skills until he was hired by Rádio Ipanema. But it was really in the gafieiras that he would become a professional, joining Luís Americano's Conjunto Brasil Danças as a crooner. In 1947, he won a contest promoted by Rádio Clube do Brasil and was hired by the station and by the Continental recording company. Around 1949, he became the puxador (official singer) in the Mangueira Carnival parades making him the longest person to ever hold the position. As a crooner with Severino Araújo's Orquestra Tabajara, Jamelão also toured Europe and continues to perform as a solo artist. ~ Alvaro Neder