Geraldo Vandre - Geraldo Vandre (1979)

If you were living in Brazil during 1979, you were probably the happy owner of this album. I remember to have mine, as well, every musical friend I had. There is a reason, this album features for the first time the legendary song Pra Nao Dizer que Nao Falei das Flores, performed by Geraldo Vandre under a stressing situation, he knew that military police was waiting to take him under arrest. This song was forbidden by the censorships since 1968 and this album brought it back to public after long 11 years.

This is Geraldo Vandre - Geraldo Vandre (1979), for Som Maior, a compilation of Geraldo Vandre career, featuring Pra Nao Dizer que Nao Falei das Flores, also known as Caminhando. This song has a real importance, being the anthem song against the regime. I heard or read in the past that "Caminhando" had participation on government decision to establish the AI-5, which is something that I will let friends discuss in comment section. Som Maior made changes in some songs, according with Geraldo Vandre advice, making this compilation worth checking out. Tracks include:

01 - Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei das Flores (Caminhando) - Recorded Live
02 - Porta Estandarte
03 - Depois É Só Chorar
04 - Tristeza de Amar
05 - Réquiem Para Matraga
06 - Canção do Breve Amor
07 - Fica Mal Com Deus
08 - Rosa Flor
09 - Pequeno Concerto Que Virou Canção
10 - Se a Tristeza Chegar
11 - Canção Nordestina
12 - Ninguém Pode Mais Sofrer
13 - Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor
14 - Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei das Flores (Caminhando) - Studio Version

Varios Artistas - Carnaval | Rio Quatrocentao (1964)

Hello, Good Evening! Let's try to make some Samba today, starting with this one, not exactly the kind of Samba that we use to release on Saturdays, but an album that really worth, presenting us a style that was very popular in Brazilian carnaval that just disappeared since the 80's. I'm talking about Marchinhas de Carnaval, a kind of Carnaval song with simple lyrics (to make it popular very fast), humor and melodies that will infect your head after the first hearing. Let's see.

This is Carnaval | Rio Quatrocentao (1964), for Copacabana, featuring Copacabana cast performing Marchinhas for the 1965 Carnaval. Rio Quatrocentao features several artists that we never spoke about at Loronix, including Dora Lopes (coming soon with a solo LP provided by Mr. G.), Gilberto Alves, Walter Stuart, among others. Copacabana dedicated the best resources to deliver this album, including Altamiro Carrilho and Moacyr Silva as producers, Pachequinho, Pernambuco, Ivan Paulo and Washington Marinho as arranger and a constellation of musicians. This is the right pick for the friends who want to travel back to 1965 carnaval and also the ones who want to have a panorama of the Marchinha music. The download package includes additional and nice scans of internal material. Tracks include:

The Performers

Abilio Martins
Angela Maria
Arrelia and Pimentinha
Carequinha
Dercy Goncalves
Dina Goncalves
Dora Lopes
Elizeth Cardoso
Gilberto Alves
Jorge Goulart
Mario Augusto
Noel Carlos
Roberto Audi
Roberto Silva
Vera Lucia Couto dos Santos
Walter Stuart

Personnel

Ary Ferreira
(flautim)
Formiga, Wagner, Otoniel
(piston)
Macaxera, Raul de Barros
(trombone)
Netinho, Carlos, Moacyr Marques "Bijou", Darcy, Aderbal
(sax)
Jose Americo
(tuba)
Freitas
(guitar)
Tico-Tico
(banjo, cavaquinho)
Duduca
(drums)
Bezerra, Jair, Geraldo, Raul, Garcia, Garvia
(percussion)
Terezinha, Dinorah, Zenilda, Raul, Jair Avelar, China
(choir)

Track List

01 - Joga a Chave Meu Amor (João Roberto Kelly / J. Rui) - Jorge Goulart
02 - Lua Cheia (Armando Cavalcanti / Klécius Caldas) - Ângela Maria
03 - Burrinha de Mola (Haroldo Lobo / Milton de Oliveira / Vicente Amar) - Carequinha
04 - Vem Cá Mulata (Fernando Roberto / José Garcia / Jorge Martins) - Gilberto Alves
05 - Você Passou (Joluz / Elza Barbosa) - Roberto Silva
06 - Coração Em Festa (Airton Borges / Edu Rocha) - Dina Gonçalves
07 - Onda da Cabeleira (Pepe / F. Terra Raudius) - Roberto Audi
08 - Me Leva - Eu Vou (Vicente Longo / Waldemar Camargo) - Mário Augusto
09 - Rosa Dourada (Moacir Silva / David Nasser) - Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos
10 - Genipapo (Jota Júnior / Oldemar Magalhães / Fernando Luz) - Gilberto Alves
11 - Carnaval Quatrocentão (Moacir Silva / Joluz) - Elizeth Cardoso
12 - Deu Fungum (Benedito Reis) - Abílio Martins
13 - Rainha de Sabá e Rei Salomão (Haroldo Lobo / Milton de Oliveira) - Ângela Maria
14 - Dúvida Cruel (Dora Lopes / Luis de Carvalho / Genival Melo) - Dora Lopes
15 - Tiro de Feijão (Dercy Gonçalves / Jonatan) - Dercy Gonçalves
16 - Vendedor de Ilusões (Elzo Augusto / Ercilio Consoni / Arrelia) - Arrelia e Pimentinha
17 - Vai Zero Aí (Zezinho / Walter Stuart) - Walter Stuart
18 - Me Paga Um Óleo Aí (Pudim de Cachaça) (Homero Ferreira / Glauco Ferreira) - Noel Carlos

Tema Tres - Tema Tres (1966)

Hello, Good Evening! The weekend is approaching; friends are now home or celebrating with co-workers another successful working weekend. I confess that I would like very much to do the same, but something that was working for months decided to break today and this parrot is like a soldier, he never gives up. That's why I'm taking advantage of a more than necessary repost, the original link was down and now we have important upgrades on each aspect of this great album, one of the first contributions made by Caetano Rodrigues to Loronix. Let's see.

This is Tema Tres - Tema Tres (1966), for Atonal, which is the first album released by this important instrumental trio. Tema Tres delivers Samba Jazz renditions of Bossa Nova standards, a few international songs and two Gilson Peranzzetta compositions 07 - Tema Tres and 09 - Angela. Everything is upgrade including a missing back cover, Exact Audio Copy of FLAC files and improved MP3s. Tracks include:

Personnel

Gilson Peranzzetta
(piano)
Luiz Roberto
(bass)
Gilberto Alban
(drums)

Track List

01 - Tem Mais Samba
02 - Razão de Viver
03 - Call Me
04 - Alvorada
05 - Amanhã
06 - Cidade Vazia
07 - Tema Três
08 - Un Homme Et Une Femme
09 - Ângela
10 - Barra Limpa
11 - Felicidade Aconteceu
12 - See You in September

Billy Blanco - Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira Nr. 32 (1971)

I'm not sure that everybody will remember when I introduced Loronixers to a series of albums dedicated to Brazilian artists with Chico Buarque edition on Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira - Serie Grandes Compositores. You can check Chico Buarque album here.

Now it is time to get along with another series, which is my favorite, Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira, easily identified by this back cover. This series was released from 1970 to 1971 and it is very easy to find on old vinyl shops in Rio. Each edition comes with biography, beautiful color photos and something that is really great an LP in the 10-inch format featuring a compilation.

This is Billy Blanco - Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira Nr. 32 (1971), for Abril Cultural, featuring eight Billy Blanco compositions, performed by Lucio Alves, Isaura Garcia, Jorge Veiga, Doris Monteiro, Maysa, Jamelao, Wilson Simonal and Billy Banco. I think Billy Blanco choice is correct; he is a very important Bossa Nova artist with less than a few albums available at Loronix. Tracks include:

The Performers

Lucio Alves
Isaura Garcia
Jorge Veiga
Doris Monteiro
Maysa
Jamelao
Billy Blanco
Wilson Simonal

Track List

01 - Viva Meu Samba - Lucio Alves
02 - A Banca do Destino - Isaura Garcia
03 - Estatutos da Gafieira - Jorge Veiga
04 - Mocinho Bonito - Doris Monteiro
05 - Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro - Jamelao & Maysa
06 - Camelo - Billy Blanco
07 - Piston de Gafieira - Jorge Veiga
08 - Rio meu Amor - Wilson Simonal

Paulinho da Costa - Paulinho da Costa (1984)

Hello, Good Evening! Let's start today with Paulinho da Costa, a successful Brazilian musician that made his whole career out of Brazil, setting in the US since 1973. Paulinho da Costa is a percussionist and a requested sideman, playing with Sergio Mendes, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, among many other renowned artists. Paulinho da Costa solo albums were recorded sporadically with some really hard to track down, just like this one. Let's see.

This is Paulinho da Costa - Paulinho da Costa (1984), for Columbia, featuring Abraham Laboriel, George Duke, Ernie Watts, among many others. Paulinho da Costa and group deliver a dancing album, such like the ones recorded by Sergio Mendes in the 70's and 80s, very well played. Look at Paulinho da Costa at this cover artwork; he is the kind of guy that seems to never have an headache or a bad day in his life. Tracks include:

Personnel

Randy Waldman
(piano, keyboards)
Ernie Watts
(flute, sax)
Dick Hyde, Chucky Findley
(trombone)
C. Winston Ford Jr., Carl Carwell, Roy Galloway, Judith Jones
(vocals)
Eric Culver, Bill Reichenbach Jr.
(trombone)
Todd Cocharane
(piano)
Erich Bulling
(horn arrangements)
Paulinho da Costa
(percussion)
Nathan East, Abraham Laboriel
(bass)
Charles Findley, Larry Carlton
(guitar)
Gary Grant
(trumpet)
Jerry Hey
(trumpet, flugelhorn)
George Duke
(bass, clavinet)

Track List

01 - You Came Into My Life
02 - My Love
03 - Special Kind of Love
04 - Carioca
05 - Groove
06 - Taj Mahal
07 - I'm Going to Rio
08 - African Sunrise
09 - Walkman
10 - O Mar e Meu Chao

Celeste - Laço de Cobra (1979)

If you were already a Loronixer in October 2006, you will easily remember this singer and the great feedback given to her debut LP, Celeste - Cinco e Triste da Manha (1978), for Tapecar. Since then, several friends are requesting another release. I admit that I loose my hope. In spite of being an acclaimed singer, with enthusiastic statements of Ricardo Cravo Albin, Joao Roberto Kelly and Joao Gilberto, who said she had one of the most beautiful voices he have ever heard, Celeste recorded only three albums in the late 70's and disappear from the mainstream.

However, Loronixers are very tuned with the wants and needs of our community, always surprising me. That's exactly what happened today, a couple of new great friends from Salvador, Bahia, sent this very hard to find album in the FLAC format. It is the first contribution in FLAC and a great addition to Loronix.

Let's say thank you to Gabriel and Sergio Benutti, these guys are respectable vinyl collectors in Salvador and also very knowledgeable on Jazz and Brazilian music. They run a website that is already available at our blogroll, the excellent SOJAZZ. You will spend hours there. SOJAZZ is available at www.sojazz.org.br.

This is Celeste - Laco de Cobra (1979), for Odeon, featuring the soulful Brazilian singer Celeste, supported by the arrangements of Geraldo Vespar and Helio Delmiro with production by Renato Correa and Geraldo Vespar. Take a special attention to tracks 04 - Saudade da Bahia and 08 - Procura-se, both written by a very early Rosa Passos. Thanks once again, Gabriel and Sergio Benutti. Tracks include:

01 - Laço de Cobra (Nilton Barros)
02 - Nanã (Moacir Santos / Mário Telles)
03 - Recado (Gonzaguinha)
04 - Saudade da Bahia (Fernando de Oliveira / Rosa Passos)
05 - Velho Arvoredo (Hélio Delmiro / Paulo César Pinheiro)
06 - Nos Horizontes do Mundo (Paulinho da Viola)
07 - Homenagem ao Malandro (Chico Buarque)
08 - Procura-se Um Samba (Fernando de Oliveira / Rosa Passos)
09 - Samba Dobrado (Djavan)
10 - Sampa (Caetano Veloso)
11 - Mandamento (Gisa Nogueira)
12 - A Primeira Vez (Alcebíades Barcelos "Bide" / Armando "Marçal")

Exposito e Sua Orquestra - Exposito '67 (1967)

I decided to put the "Para Dancar" style on hiatus and Loronixers started asking for more very soon. I think my estimates are wrong, there are many fans of the style and they are fanatic and really participative. It is time to make it again, specially this one with this cover that is all about the 60's decade. Let's see.

This is Exposito e Sua Orquestra - Exposito '67 (1967), for RCA Victor. In spite of being a very active artist in the 60's with many recordings released, this is only the second Exposito album at Loronix, the first one, Bossa with A Beat was a Caetano Rodrigues contribution and you can use Find It to take a look. Little I know about Exposito '67, the back cover does help on technical details, with the exception of this beautiful girl identification, Flavia. I'm wondering if Flavia is looking her nice photo, taken 40 years ago. Tracks include:

01 - The More I See You (H. Warren / M. Gordon)
02 - Love Me Please Love Me (M. Polnareff / F. Gerald)
03 - Disparada (Geraldo Vandré / Theo de Barros)
04 - Strangers In The Night (Kaempfert / Singleton / Snyder)
05 - California Dreamin' (J. Philips / M. Philips)
06 - The Shadow Of Your Smile (Mandel / Paul Francis Webster)
07 - O Carango (Carlos Imperial / Nonato Buzar)
08 - Fly Me To The Moon (B. Howard)
09 - Here There And Everywhere (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
10 - Call Me (T. Hatch)
11 - Mercie Chérie (U. Jurgens / T. Horbiger)
12 - Guantanamera (Marti / Adpt. Consuelo Valdez)

Announcement | Loronix Find It Upgrade

Just to announce that Loronix Find It, the tool we use to search for records in our archives was upgraded today with a major addition of recent albums. We have now almost 1,500 records available on our database. Additionally, Realejo is back to business and now works together with Find It. Realejo is a very cool feature, just click the question mark and Realejo will give you back a new post selected by our engineers. Thanks for your time, support and feedback you give to our community.

Long Live to Loronix,

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Fernando Gallo, Seu Piano e Sua Orquestra - Musica, Brasil (1981)

Hello, Good Evening! I want to start this Wednesday in the same spirit we finished yesterday, showing another album sponsored and recorded for a given company, which is Banco do Brasil, a major Brazilian financial institution. In spite of the great music we have here, this cover alone worth the admission price. Let's see.

This is Fernando Gallo, Seu Piano e Sua Orquestra - Musica, Brasil (1981), for Banco do Brasil, arranged, directed and coordinated by Maestro Fernando Gallo. Actually, Fernando Gallo discography shows three albums, all recordings for Banco do Brasil. The repertoire features Brazilian standards, performed by top-notch musicians. This is a really nice orchestra album recorded with modern technology by really experienced musicians. Tracks include:

Personnel

Fernando Gallo
(piano)
Jorge Marinho
(bass)
Juquinha
(drums)
Neco
(violao)
Tiao, Risadinha, Jorge
(percussion)
Netinho, Bahianinho
(sax alto, clarinet)
Moacyr Marques da Silva "Bijou", Aurino
(sax tenor)
Helio Marinho
(sax baritone)
Hamilton Cruz, Formiga, Maurilio Santos
(trumpet)
Edmundo Maciel, Norato, Macaxeira
(trombone)

Track List

01 - Brejeiro (Ernesto Nazareth) Pintinhos no Terreiro (Lina Pesce) Apanhei-te Cavaquinho (Ernesto Nazareth) Brasileirinho (Waldir Azevedo)
02 - Feitiço da Vila (Noel Rosa)
03 - Rancho Fundo (Ary Barroso)
04 - Último Desejo (Noel Rosa)
05 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá)
06 - Carinhoso (Pixinguinha)
07 - Primavera (Carlos Lyra)
08 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - João Valentão (Dorival Caymmi)
10 - Quem Te Viu Quem Te Vê (Chico Buarque)
11 - Na Baixa dos Sapateiros (Ary Barroso)
12 - Exaltação à Bahia (Vicente Paiva)

Zimbo Trio - Fianca (1981)

There is a story behind this post. I received this album from a guy who lives in my building, by the way, a well-known musician. I did not take it from his hands; he puts on an envelope at the lobby. When I open the envelope I saw this enigmatic logo with the white background and no words. I just left behind, deciding to give a chance to understand what it was later.

However, the symbol had something strange, looking familiar, as I had the chance to see it many times before. The answer came this week when I was visiting the website of our good friend Justin. Take a look at Justin logo, here or as a thumbnail in the left. Very wise of Justin to turn it upside down making this "F" as a "J".

After this whole story, it was the time to check the LP again to learn more about this symbol and it was a great surprise to understand that "F" belongs to a Brazilian company called Fianca and the album was Fianca Christmas gift recorded by Zimbo Trio.

This is Zimbo Trio - Fianca (1981), for Fianca. Little I know about this company and this album, but seems to me it is Zimbo Trio - FM Stereo, released in 1974 with some modifications, there are five tracks not listed on FM Stereo. I would like to have both albums to check if the common tracks are from the same 1974 session or different. Anyway, it is a Zimbo Trio LP that I did not know it was recorded. Thanks to my mysterious neighbor. Tracks include:

01 - Esse Cara
02 - Na Tonga da Mironga do Kabulete (*)
03 - Cotidiano Nr. 2 (*)
04 - Trem das Onze
05 - Se e Pecado Sambar
06 - Apesar de Voce (*)
07 - Que Maravilha - Chove Chuva - Mas que Nada
08 - Falei e Disse (*)
09 - Tristeza Pe no Chao
10 - Folhas Secas
11 - Retalho de Cetim (*)
12 - Orgulho de um Sambista
13 - Ana Luiza
14 - Carinhoso

(*) Not available at Zimbo Trio - FM Stereo (1974).