Marcos Valle - O Tempo da Gente (1986)

This is an out of print and hard to find Marcos Valle LP from 1986, O Tempo da Gente, never released in CD. This LP closes a cycle on Marcos Valle career, when Marcos stopped releasing albums and concentrated on writing music for other artists as well as for movies and television.

Loronixers had the chance to known one of Marcos Valle work to Brazilian TV with the LP Vila Sesamo - Brazilian version of Sesame Stree Show. zecalouro is now making available a YouTube video at the end of this post showing a Marcos Valle visit at Vila Sesamo playing O Tema de Garibaldo. Nice to watch. Tracks include:

01 - O tempo da gente (Ary Carvalho - Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)
02 - Sem Voce Nao Da (Erasmo Carlos - Marcos Valle)
03 - Um Tempo Musical (Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)
04 - Ah! Voce Mulher (Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)
05 - Proton, Eletron, Neutron (Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)
06 - Ta Tudo Bem (Vinicius Cantuaria - Marcos Valle)
07 - Voo no Tempo (Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)
08 - Pior que e (Eumir Deodato - Marcos Valle)
09 - Na rede (Marcos Valle)
10 - No Inicio (Paulo Sergio Valle - Marcos Valle)

Manfredo Fest Trio - Alma Brasileira (1966)

This is really great stuff, the first LP of Manfredo Fest and his Trio, simply beautiful all the way through with Manfredo Fest (piano), Mathias Mattos (bass) and Heitor Guy (drums).

Manfredo is a real Jazzman, influenced by Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson e George Shearing. Manfredo has a classical background, blind since birth, he learned to play the piano by Braille. It is not his debut at Loronix, however, Manfredo deserves an AMG bio. Tracks include:

01 - Pout-Pourri (several songs dedicated to Marias)
02 - Contracanto
03 - Joga A Tristeza No Mar
04 - Amanha
05 - Canto De Ossanha
06 - Alma Brasileira
07 - Definitivamente
08 - Um Abracinho
09 - Sonho De Um Carnaval
10 - Luz Serena
11 - Diza

One of the better-kept secrets among Brazil's bossa nova pioneers, Manfredo Fest's popularity and profile rose dramatically in the 1990s. Legally blind since birth, Fest's greatest early influence was George Shearing, but he developed his own approach apart from Shearing and other Brazilian jazz pianists, unleashing relentlessly flowing streams of bop-flavored notes against a Brazilian pulse, occasionally letting his classical roots show.

Fest's father, an émigré from Germany, was a concert pianist who chaired the University of Porto Alegre's music department. Accordingly, Fest studied classical piano as a youth, learning to read music in Braille, but after graduating from the University of Rio Grande do Sul, his tastes had turned toward jazz and samba. Fest was part of the gathering of Brazilian musicians of the late-'50s who were developing the bossa nova movement, and he made a number of trio recordings in that vein from 1961 to 1966. After emigrating to Minneapolis in 1967, Fest moved to Los Angeles where he served as keyboardist and arranger for Bossa Rio and toured with Sergio Mendes. By 1973, Fest had moved to Chicago, playing there and on the Playboy Club circuit and in 1988, he settled in Palm Harbor, FL. After recording for a few independent labels, Fest finally achieved a breakthrough in the American market upon signing with Concord Picante in the early '90s, producing a series of energetic, Brazilian-flavored, bop-grounded, small-group albums. While awaiting a liver transplant, he died October 8, 1999, at the age of 63.

Abilio Manoel - Pena Verde (1970)

It will be nice to show Loronixers an excelente Brazilian artist from the 60's to 70's (but still active) Abilio Manoel. Abilio is acclaimed by SambaRock (Trio Mocoto, Jorge Ben) fans. This is Pena Verde, recorded in 1970 and it is the second LP released by Abilio. Although celebrated, Abilio did not reach a good level of popularity.

Abilio LPs are very hard to find and thanks again to Refer that told zecalouro about this LP that is really worthwhile. Maestro Luizinho and Jose Briamonte are in charge of the arrangements. Tracks include:

01 - Cavaleiro Andante
02 - Pena Verde
03 - No Mundo da Lua
04 - Verdejar
05 - Aldeia
06 - Cata-vento
07 - Andrea
08 - Rosa Cor de Rosa
09 - Caminhando para o Azul
10 - Nas areias da Lua
11 - Arco Iris
12 - E Adriana Chorava

Baden Powell - Lotus (1970)

It is time to celebrate Baden Powell de Aquino with Baden Powell Quartet 1970 LP, Lotus. This LP was recorded live on a French TV show. This album is the first Baden release for the French label Festival and is considered today a rare collectors item.

Baden Powell Quartet is Baden Powell (guitar), Ernesto Ribeiro Goncalves (bass), Helio Schiavo (drums) and Alfredo Bessa (percussion). Tracks include:

01 - Pai
02 - Tristeza
03 - Round About Midnight
04 - Nega Do Cabelo Duro
05 - Aos Pes Da Santa Cruz
06 - Lotus

zecalouro is getting addicted again to music videos and cannot resist to make available an excerpt of Baden Powell at Programa Ensaio - TV Cultura, showing Baden playing guitar and singing with the small voice of his late years.

Antonio Guimaraes e Seu Conjunto - O Fabuloso Guimaraes (1963)

This obscure LP from the early 60's is known as to be one of the first recording of the rhythm legend Airto Moreira, credited here as Airto Guimorvã for reasons that zecalouro could not check.

Antonio Guimaraes was a very active nightclub musician in the late 50's and 60's. This LP, Antonio Guimaraes e Seu Conjunto - O Fabuloso Guimaraes (1963) has this nightclub atmosphere, with instrumental music for dancing, sounding sometimes like a Waldir Calmon recording. Antonio Guimaraes e Seu Conjunto is Antonio Guimarães (piano), Walter Santos (sax, piston), Jose Maria (accordion), Zezinho (bass), Airto Guimorvã (drums) and Jose Rangel - Maninho (percussion). Tracks include:

01 - Mattinata (Leoncavallo)
02 - Hollywood for strings (David Rose)
03 - Lenda do beijo (R.Souto - J. Vert)
04 - Dança das horas (Poncielle)
05 - Viúva alegre (F.Lehar)
06 - Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
07 - Jalousie (Jacob Gade)
08 - Copacabana (Alberto Ribeiro - João de Barro)
09 - O love Paris ( Cole Porter)
10 - Perfidia (Alberto Domingues)
11 - C'est-ci-bon (Zetti-Hornez)
12 - Yo soy manouca (Don Castrito)

Doris Monteiro - Minhas Musicas (1954)

zecalouro presents Doris Monteiro - Minhas Musicas (1954) 10", consensually, Doris debut LP by Loronixers. It is pretty hard for zecalouro to identify debut LPs for the artists starting in the 50's. In the 50's, the recordings were shifting to the LP standard and this is really confusing for a parrot that struggles to gather information.

zecalouro is with this LP for months, but was postponing the release since the only artwork available was with the size of a matchbox with very low quality. Thanks the Loronixer Arara-Azul (Blue Macaw) from Germany for the great effort to make this nice and wonderful digitalization. zecalouro will celebrate his hard work with the magnificent Hyacinth Macaw photo illustrating the AMG bio for Doris Monteiro.

01 - Se você se importasse (Peterpan)
02 - Bate um Sino Alem (Alberto Ribeiro - José Maria de Abreu)
03 - Nunca te Direi (Jair Amorim - José Maria de Abreu)
04 - Perdao (César Cruz)
05 - Desejo (Jorge de Castro - Wilson Batista)
06 - Sou Tao Feliz (Maurício de Lima - Roberto Mário)
07 - Voce Nao Sabe (Frazão - Antônio Almeida)
08 - Quantas Vezes? (Peterpan)

Dóris Monteiro has had over 50 years of a career filled with success, both as a singer and as an actress. One of the earliest singers to interpret the bossa nova, Monteiro has recorded over 20 solo LPs.

At 13 (in 1947), Dóris Monteiro had her debut on radio in the novice show Papel Carbono at the Rádio Nacional. She won the weekly contest for several weeks in a row. In the next year she started to work regularly in the Rádio Tupi. In 1951 she recorded her first album, the 78 rpm Se Você Se Importasse (Peter Pan), which stayed in first place in the charts for three months. Embracing the first wave of bossa nova without quitting her main vein, the samba-canção, she had several other big hits: "Agulha no Palheiro,'' "Graças a Deus" (Fernando César), "Mocinho Bonito" (Billy Blanco), "Gostoso É Sambar" (João Melo), "Samba de Verão" (Marcos Valle/Paulo Sérgio Valle), "Mudando de Conversa" (Maurício Tapajós/Hermínio Bello de Carvalho), "Dó-Ré-Mi" (Fernando César), "Joga a Rede No Mar" (Fernando César/Nazareno de Brito), "Apelo" (Baden Powell), "Palhaçada," "É isso Aí," and "Alô Fevereiro."

The success also took her to the cinema. She starred in Agulha no Palheiro (Alex Viany) and was elected the Best Actress of 1953. She worked in seven other films, including the Italian production Copacabana Palace. In 1955 she had a season in the Cassino de Punta del Este (Uruguay) and, in 1957, performed as a duo with Dorival Caymmi in Lisbon and Coimbra (Portugal). In October 1990 Monteiro performed in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo (Japan). In that country, she was invited by Lisa Ono to record "Praia Nova" (Lisa Ono/Paulo César Pinheiro), included in Bossa Nova Underground. Doris Monteiro has continued to perform into the next millennium.

Walter Wanderley - Samba e Samba (1962)

Walter Wanderley career was so long and with so many releases that we never end to discover new LPs. Someone told zecalouro that Walter Wanderley is so gifted that he could not release a bad record.

This is Walter Wanderley - Samba e Samba (1962). This LP cover has one of the most used Walter Wanderley pictures around the Internet and overall media. In fact, these two pictures are really unique. Walter is sitting on the floor in formal clothes examining some papers, probably music sheets. Really nice.

Unfortunately, line-up information was not found on linear notes. Tracks include.

01 - O samba brasileiro (Claribalte Passos)
02 - O barquinho (Roberto Menescal - Ronaldo Bôscoli)
03 - Murmúrio (Djalma Ferreira - Luiz Antônio)
04 - Nossos momentos(Luiz Reis - Haroldo Barbosa)
05 - Chora coração (Oswaldo Guilherme - Denis Brean)
06 - Chorou chorou (Luiz Antônio)
07 - Palhaçada (Luiz Reis - Haroldo Barbosa)
08 - Água de beber (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Não sabemos (Rubens Caruso)
10 - Boato (João Roberto Kelly)
11 - Poema do adeus (Luiz Antônio)
12 - Mulher de trinta (Luiz Antônio)

Ely Arcoverde - Ely Arcoverde Quarteto (1965)

It is time to meet for the first time at Loronix another Brazilian organist from the 60's, Ely Acoverde and the 1965 (what a year) LP Ely Arcoverde Quarteto, which is Ely organ plus drums, bass and an acoustic guitar blending nicely with Ely.

This LP has a dark and sinister feel that makes it sounds very different from the 60's stardards. Really unique. Tracks include:

01 - Arrastão
02 - Canção da Noite
03 - Deus Brasileiro
04 - Ilusão sem fim
05 - Vai João
06 - Balanço de um eco em fuga
07 - Meu Pageú
08 - Menino das Laranjas
09 - Sete contos
10 - em o mar sabia
11 - Asteróide
12 - Canção do amor que foi

Mario Telles - Mario Telles (1962)

This is a great post. Before you ask me, I will anticipate, That's right, Mario Telles, Brazilian singer and composer is the brother of Sylvia Telles.

Mario Telles released this single LP on his entire musician career, a very rare album with arrangements and orchestration by Moacir Santos, Astor Silva (also as arranger) and Baden Powell (guitar and also arrangements). This LP also contains the very first recording of Nana.

This amazing CBS cover shows Mario Telles in front of a Portinari panel at Ministerio da Cultura facilities in Rio de Janeiro. zecalouro does not have much info about this LP and invites you to join him, listen and bring additional information about Mario Telles on comments section. Tracks include:

01 - Bom Dia, Amiga (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Berimbau (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Cavalo Marinho (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - So Por Nao Saber (Nilo Queiroz - Mario Telles)
05 - Tem Do (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - So Por Amor (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Nana (Moacir Santos - Mario Telles)
08 - Aurora De Amor (Baden Powell - Mario Telles)
09 - Consolacao (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
10 - Tristeza Vai Embora (Baden Powell - Mario Telles)
11 - Pra Que Chorar (Baden Powell - Vinicius de Moraes)
12 - Dorme Em Paz (Baden Powell - Heloisa Setta)

Lana Bittencourt - Lana no 1800 (1965) Ao Vivo

Lana Bittencourt reputation as a Brazilian Diva skyrocketed with her last Loronix release - Sambas do Rio. Taking advantage of this great Lana momentum, zecalouro proudly presents this out of print LP with a live recording of her 1965 show at Restaurante Rio 1800 in Rio de Janeiro.

Let's see how Lana manages her art on a live set. Anyway, the only thing that zecalouro asks for clarification is about Restaurante Rio 1800, is this the same Barril 1800 that is opened for business today at the beginning of Ipanema beach in Rio? Please let us know. Tracks include:

01 - Medlley
- A voz do povo (Luiz Vieira - João do Vale)
- O neguinho e a senhorita (Noel Rosa de Oliveira-Abelardo da Silva)
- É um só (Gaya)
- Acender as velas (Zé Keti)
- Zelão (Sergio Ricardo)
- Nega maluca (Evaldo Ruy-Fernando Lobo)
- Implorar (Kid Pepe-Germano Augusto-Gaspar)
- Arrependimento (Cristóvão de Alencar-Silvio Caldas)
- É bom parar (Rubens Soares)
- Me deixa em paz (Monsueto-Airton Amorim)
- Está chegando a hora (Rubens Campos-Henricão)

02 - Castigo (Dolores Duran)

03 - Ma vie (A. Barrière)
- Au revoir (Vidalin-Becaud)

04 - Come te no c'e nessuno (Vassalo - Migliacci)
- Io che amo solo te (Endrigo)
- Amore scusami (Pallavicini-Mescoli)

05 - Perseguição (Adelino de Souza - Carlos da Maia)

06 - Summertime (Heyward - Gershwin)
- Singin' in the rain (Brow-Freed)
- More (Ortoloni-Ciorciolini-Oliviero)
- My funny valentine (Rodger-Hart)