Cartola - Cartola 70 Anos (1979)

Hello, good evening! Tomorrow is Saturday and it has been a long time since we made one of those Saturdays with full focus and dedication to good Samba music. I’m brand new to Cartola and each new record I get for a spin seems to be better than the last one. Cartola music is sublime and although he is not essentially a Samba singer, his interpretations are sweet and sometimes moving. Perhaps we cannot make a Samba Saturday tomorrow, but at least we will cross the whole day with one of the most acclaimed Brazilian Samba legends ever. Let’s see.

This is Cartola – Cartola 70 Anos (1979), for RCA, celebrating Cartola 70th Anniversary and featuring renowned Brazilian musicians. Maestro Nelsinho is in charge of the arrangements and you can see Nelsinho in the right, besides Haroldo Barbosa and Sergio Cabral. Cartola performs his own compositions, including Ciencia e Arte (Cartola / Carlos Cachaca), recorded for Escola de Samba Estacao Primeira de Mangueira in 1949 and not selected by Mangueira leaders to be the official song of Carnaval parade on that year. The selection of Loronix Preview Center track is always difficult with Cartola albums, so I decided to just take the first track, O Inverno de Meu Tempo (Cartola / Roberto Nascimento). Tracks include:

Personnel

Maestro Nelsinho
(arrangements, trombone)
Sergio Carvalho
(organ)
Abel Ferreira
(alto sax, clarinet)
Waldir
(violao 7 cordas)
Neco
(violao, viola)
Alceu
(cavaquinho)
Luizao
(bass)
Wilson das Neves
(drums)
Marcal, Luna, Eliseu, Gilberto, Cuscus
(percussion)
Genaro, Stenio, Barbosa, Gordinho, Miriam Goulart, As Gatas
(choir)

Track List

01 - O Inverno do Meu Tempo (Cartola / Roberto Nascimento)
02 - A Cor da Esperança (Cartola / Roberto Nascimento)
03 - Feriado na Roça (Cartola)
04 - Ciência e Arte (Cartola / Carlos Cachaça)
05 - Senões (Cartola / Nuno Veloso)
06 - Mesma Estória (Cartola / Élton Medeiros)
07 - Fim de Estrada (Cartola)
08 - Enquanto Deus Consentir (Cartola)
09 - Dê-me Graças Senhora (Cartola / Cláudio Jorge)
10 - Evite Meu Amor (Cartola)
11 - Silêncio de Um Cipreste (Cartola / Carlos Cachaça)
12 - Bem Feito (Cartola)

Varios Artistas - IV Festival Internacional da Cancao (1969)

Hello, good afternoon! I want to take advantage of an available time to fill this sunny Friday afternoon with music provided by my mother. The only issue of a post made on such extraordinary time of the day is the lack of research. Little I know about this IV Festival Internacional da Cancao, except the nice performers we have inside and the nice tunes they perform. I don’t have idea if there is a whole Odeon series with all these Festival Internacional da Cancao concerts and if there are also albums featuring the international performers, not only the Brazilian artists. Let’s see.

This is IV Festival Internacional da Cancao (1969), for Odeon, featuring Brazilian performers, including two Samba divas performing Bossa Nova in their earlier years, Clara Nunes and Beth Carvalho, and important artists, such like Marcos Valle, Antonio Adolfo & A Brazuca, Taiguara, Eva, Goden Boys and the nice vocal group Quarteto Forma.

If you want to know more about the music of Festival da Cancao years, you cannot miss the website of my friend Marcia Weber, now featuring the whole story about the song Juliana, performed by Antonio Adolfo & A Brazuca. Marcia Weber Festivais da Cancao website is http://festivaisdacancao.blogspot.com. Tracks include:

The Performers

EVA
ANTONIO ADOLFO & A BRAZUCA
CLARA NUNES
QUARTETO FORMA
GOLDEN BOYS
BETH CARVALHO
MARCOS VALLE
TAIGUARA

Track List

01 - Cantiga Por Luciana (Edmundo Souto / Paulinho Tapajós) with: Eva
02 - Juliana (Antônio Adolfo / Tibério Gaspar) with Antônio Adolfo e A Brazuca
03 - Visão Geral (César Costa Filho / Ruy Maurity / Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza) with: Clara Nunes
04 - Razão de Paz Para Não Cantar (Eduardo Lages / Alesio Barros) with: Quarteto Forma
05 - Minha Marisa (Fred Falcão / Paulinho Tapajós) with: Golden Boys
06 - O Tempo e o Vento (Jorge Omar / Billy Blanco) with: Beth Carvalho
07 - Quem Mandou (Sergio Bittencourt / Eduardo Souto Neto) with: Quarteto Forma
08 - Ave Maria dos Retirantes (Alcyvando Luz / Carlos Coquejo) with: Clara Nunes
09 - Beijo Sideral (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle) with: Marcos Valle
10 - Flor Manequim Depois Mulher (Taiguara) with: Taiguara / Quarteto Forma

Maria Helena Raposo - Encantamento (1958)

Hello, good evening! I saw this album for the first time at Jorge Mello’s place, and this is another amazing contribution sponsored by Jorge Mello. Actually, some Jorge Mello’s albums were selected by my feeling. I remember that day, a great day. It was a hot day and we were talking about many things such like two kids. While talking, I was also browsing Jorge Mello’s collection and making decisions. It was a challenge to keep the conversation and selecting the contributions. I admit that some of them were selected only by instinct; such like this one, but every selection I made with no detailed examination brought great surprises, such like this one. Let’s see.

This is Maria Helena Raposo – Encantamento com Maria Helena Raposo (1958), for the legendary label Mocambo, featuring the first and probably the only album recorded by the Brazilian singer Maria Helena Raposo, a classical singer making her initial steps towards the popular music. Actually, Maria Helena Raposo recorded a 78RPM at the same Mocambo in 1956. The repertoire features three Ary Barroso compositions, and the first recording of Estrada do Sol, written by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1956 with lyrics by Dolores Duran in the end of the same year, a real treat for Antonio Carlos Jobim admirers, essentially, everybody. Estrada do Sol is available at Loronix Preview Center. Tracks include:

01 - Prece (Marino Pinto / Vadico)
02 - Na Baixa do Sapateiro (Ary Barroso)
03 - Estrada do Sol (Tom Jobim / Dolores Duran)
04 - Ninguém (Flávio Cavalcanti / Celso Cavalcanti)
05 - Só Você (César Cruz / Silvinha Drumond)
06 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Bebeco e Doca (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
08 - Antigamente (Vadico / Jarbas Melo)
09 - Portão Antigo (Antônio Maria)
10 - Nega Nhanhá (Ary Barroso)

Fafa Lemos - Fafa Lemos e Seu Violino com Surdina (1955)

Hello, good evening! Among the albums brought by my mother last week, this is certainly the most inquisitive one. Not only to be an album that I never heard before, but for the circumstances in which it was found. I have a mania to wonder what happened with these old albums until they arrive here. When it is found in Copacabana, for instance, it is easy to realize that it was part of a given collection sold to a record shop once the owner died or decided to get rid of them. But when it is found in a remote location, such like this one in the suburb of Rio de Janeiro, it is impossible to realize the path it took to get here. Anyway, I would like to have more time to visit these stores in the suburban area and try to reverse this course, perhaps a nice opportunity to find new friends and also great albums. Let’s see.

This is Fafa Lemos – Fafa Lemos e Seu Violino com Surdina (1955), for RCA Victor, featuring the legendary violinist, singer and why not, whistler Fafa Lemos at his best, performing a repertoire of his own compositions, Brazilian and international tunes. Fafa Lemos was part of the original formation of Trio Surdina with Garoto (violao) and Chiquinho do Acordeon (accordion). I’m not sure if Fafa Lemos was the first to introduce the violin to Brazilian popular music, but I’m sure Fafa Lemos is the musician that better made it. My highlight goes to 03 – Time Perna de Pau with lyrics sung by Fafa Lemos and 02 – Delicado, which is my pick at Loronix Preview Center. Tracks include:

01 - Feitiço da Vila (Noel Rosa / Vadico)
02 - Delicado (Waldir Azevedo)
03 - Time Perna de Pau (Vicente Amar)
04 - Mil Violinos (Jay Livingston / Evans / De Liano)
05 - Dengoso (Renaud)
06 - Chão de Estrelas (Silvio Caldas / Orestes Barbosa)
07 - Giannina Mia (O. Harbach / R. Friml)
08 - Fafá Em Hollywood (Fafá Lemos)

Milton Banana Trio - Ao Meu Amigo Vinicius | Samba e Isso Vol. 5 (1981)

Hello, good evening! We are having a sunny Sunday today, such like a summer day. I’m just back from a quick walking along the beach. I could not make it as planned since my feet still hurts when walking. I would like to share my good feelings about this nice Sunday with everybody presenting another great finding from my mother, which is Milton Banana Trio tribute to Vinicius de Moraes. Let’s see.

This is Milton Banana Trio – Ao Meu Amigo Vinicius | Samba e Isso Vol. 5 (1981), for RCA, featuring Milton Banana performing a repertoire based on Vinicius de Moraes music, the last out of five albums released under a series called “Ao Meu Amigo”, tribute albums to Milton Banana friends. Milton Banana delivers his unique drumming and sings in some tracks.

I would like to talk about this enchanting cover. It is the kind of cover they no longer make on the narrow CD space. Milton Banana is drinking in front of the legendary Garota de Ipanema, which is alleged to be the place where Garota de Ipanema tune was composed by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim. There are several nice details, the empty chair in front of Milton, probably Vinicius de Moraes chair that passed away one year earlier, the girl of Ipanema itself on bikini, the urban sign indicating the restaurant address, Vinicius de Moraes with Prudente de Moraes street, the sun up showing the photo was taken in the middle of the day with Garota de Ipanema empty, anyway, it is the kind of cover that you spent a day running over each detail. Tracks include:

01 - O Morro Não Tem Vez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Minha Namorada (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Água de Beber (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Ela É Carioca (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Samba Em Prelúdio (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) Primavera (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Só Danço Samba (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Brigas Nunca Mais (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Bom Dia Tristeza (Vinicius de Moraes / Adoniran Barbosa) Sei Lá (A Vida Tem Sempre Razão) (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) A Tonga da Mironga do Kabuletê (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Amor Em Paz (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Samba de Orly (Chico Buarque / Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes) Regra Três (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Serenata do Adeus (Vinicius de Moraes) Gente Humilde (Garoto / Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque)
10 - Deixa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes) Tem Dó (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Rancho das Flores (Vinicius de Moraes) Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra)
12 - Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) Tarde Em Itapoã (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)

Codo - Um Violao Muito Bom Modestia a Parte (1969)

Hello, good afternoon! I was making a website migration yesterday and decided to read a magazine while waiting for a DNS refresh. The DNS was refreshed, but I slept by accident at the couch while reading the magazine. It happens every time. This is the reason why I’m making this extraordinary mid afternoon post, since it was supposed to be released yesterday. Let’s see.

This is Codo – Um Violao Muito Bom Modestia a Parte (1969), for the legendary label Copacabana, featuring Codo violao performing a blend of his own compositions with Brazilian and some international tunes. Maestro Ivan Paulo is in charge of the arrangements and Ismael Correa is the producer. Thanks to Jorge Mello for another Codo album, a musician that was recently introduced to our community that never had a chance to be reissued on CD. Tracks include:

01 - Nagasaki (Codó)
02 - A Time For Us (Tema de Romeu e Julieta) (L. Kuisik / E. Snyder / Nino Rota)
03 - Uma Flor Por Um Amor (Roberto Ladeira / Heloísa Bezerra)
04 - Duro Com Duro (Codó)
05 - Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter)
06 - Laranja Madura (Ataulfo Alves) Você Passa Eu Acho Graça (Ataulfo Alves / Carlos Imperial) Vida da Minha Vida (Ataulfo Alves)
07 - Apolo 11 (Codó / João Mello)
08 - Onde É Que Você Estava (Chico Buarque)
09 - Good Morning Starshine (G. M. Dermot / J. Rado / G. Ragni)
10 - Pra Machucar Meu Coração (Ary Barroso)
11 - Garota da Tijuca (Codó)
12 - Não Quero Ver Você Triste (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos) Como É Grande o Meu Amor Por Você (Roberto Carlos)

26 Chega de Saudade Renditions by Martoni

Exactly 50 years ago, precisely at 10 July 1958, Joao Gilberto started the studio session to record the landmark Bossa Nova album Chega de Saudade. This image was created with 26 albums covers with something in common, which one has a different rendition of Chega de Saudade. This is a really nice compilation assembled by Martoni on his homage to Bossa Nova 50th Anniversary, available on his website, following this link.

Chega de Saudade by Martoni, here.

Hope uEnjoy!

Maria Creuza - Poetico (1982) | Vinicius de Moraes Tribute

I believe that many friends will not understand why the back cover has the spotlight instead of the front cover with Maria Creuza photo. There is a special reason, Vinicius de Moraes, who left this planet on July 09, 2008, exactly 28 years ago. It has been twenty-eight years without Vinicius de Moraes. I remember the day of his passing as it was yesterday. Vinicius de Moraes lives through his work and should live for many decades; he is one of the most important Brazilian popular music artists. Let’s see.

This is Maria Creuza – Poetico (1982), for RCA, a tribute to Vinicius de Moraes, featuring only Vinicius de Moraes compositions, performed by Maria Creuza, a singer strongly influenced by Vinicius de Moraes, with several albums released with Vinicius, including the legendary live performances available on recording, such as “La Fusa”, recorded in Argentina. Let’s celebrate and remember Vinicius de Moraes. Tracks include:

Personnel

Wagner Tiso
(arrangements, conduction, keyboards)
Luiz Alves, Zeca Assumpcao, Paulo Russo
(bass)
Robertinho Silva, Nene, Teo Lima, Wilson das Neves
(drums, percussion)
Ricardo Silveira
(guitar)
Arthur Verocai
(violao)
Mauro Senise, Nivaldo Ornellas
(sax, flute)
Rildo Hora
(harmonica)
Helvius Villela
(piano)
Ricky
(oberhein)
Milton Manhaes
(percussion)
Rafael Rabello
(violao 7 cordas)
Luciana Rabello
(cavaquinho)
Joel do Nascimento
(bandolim)
Gilberto D'Avila
(pandeiro)

Track List

01 - Chora Coração (Vinicius de Moraes / Tom Jobim)
02 - Tarde Em Itapoã (Vinicius de Moraes / Toquinho)
03 - Água de Beber (Vinicius de Moraes / Tom Jobim)
04 - Lamento (Vinicius de Moraes / Pixinguinha)
05 - Rancho das Namoradas (Vinicius de Moraes / Ary Barroso)
06 - Valsinha (Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque)
07 - Canção do Amor Ausente (Vinicius de Moraes / Baden Powell)
08 - Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra)
09 - Berimbau (Vinicius de Moraes / Baden Powell)
10 - Samba de Orly (Chico Buarque / Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Canção do Amanhecer (Vinicius de Moraes / Edu Lobo)
12 - Sem Mais Adeus (Vinicius de Moraes / Francis Hime)
13 - Garota de Ipanema (Vinicius de Moraes / Tom Jobim)
14 - Canção de Ninar Meu Bem (Vinicius de Moraes / Baden Powell)

Jorge Ben - Historia da MPB (1970)

Hello, good evening! This is the album were the last challenge with Jorge Ben and Copa Trio was taken, by the way, another mom’s contribution. I was not thinking about showing at Loronix, but when I took it again today to scan a page, I could see that two tracks are Jorge Ben backed by J.T. Meirelles e Os Copa 5 and a strange force moved my body towards the turntable for a spin. Thanks to the Loronix friend that asked for the second page scan, it is included. Let’s see.

This is Jorge Ben - Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira Nr. 8 (1970), for Abril Cultural, featuring Jorge Ben selected cuts performed by Jorge Ben, J.T. Meirelles e Os Copa 5, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Maestro Rogerio Duprat, Os Originais do Samba, Trio Mocoto, Toquinho and Trio de Edison Machado, a constellation of Brazilian artists on a 10-inch album with a extended duration of almost 27 minutes running time. This is a really nice treat for a given Wednesday. Tracks include:

The Performers

Jorge Ben
Caetano Veloso
Gal Costa
J.T. Meirelles e Os Copa 5
Os Originais do Samba
Rogerio Duprat
Toquinho
Trio de Edison Machado
Trio Mocoto

Track List

01 - Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben) with Jorge Ben & J.T. Meirelles e Os Copa 5
02 - Que Pena (Jorge Ben) with Gal Costa & Orchestra by Maestro Rogerio Duprat
03 - Cadê Tereza (Jorge Ben) with Os Originais do Samba
04 - Chove Chuva (Jorge Ben) with Jorge Ben & Trio Edison Machado
05 - Por Causa de Você Menina (Jorge Ben) with Jorge Ben & J.T. Meirelles e Os Copa 5
06 - Charles Anjo 45 (Jorge Ben) with Caetano Veloso & Jorge Ben (violão)
07 - Que Maravilha (Jorge Ben / Toquinho) with Toquinho & Jorge Ben
08 - País Tropical (Jorge Ben) with Jorge Ben & Trio Mocoto

Toquinho - O Violao do Toquinho (1966)

Hello, good evening! Here we go on another contribution sent by my mother, strongly recommended by her. She also asked to release it in the beginning of this series and then alternate between Jorge Mello and her contributions. I think it is time to give Loronix control to her. Just kidding, it is a nice idea.

She is a big fan of Toquinho and Vinicius de Moraes, with some DVDs that she uses to spin very frequently, but mom said she got a little bit disappointed with this one, just for being an instrumental album, no lyrics and no singing. In the other hand, I’m really amazed with this one. Toquinho is mostly known as a singer and composer, but he is also a great instrumentalist, one of Paulinho Nogueira disciples. By the way, Toquinho has another instrumental only release at Loronix that you should not miss, here. Let’s see.

This is Toquinho – O Violao do Toquinho (1966), for RGE, featuring Toquinho violão accompanied by an unusual formation with drums, flute and organ played by Ely Arcoverde. I wish everybody a very productive and prosperous week. Tracks include:

Personnel

Toquinho
(violao)
Ely Arcoverde
(organ)
Thommas Lee
(flute)
Jose Roberto, Marco Antonio
(drums)

Track List

01 - Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes) Sonho de Um Carnaval (Chico Buarque)
02 - Triste Amor Que Vai Morrer (Elis Regina / Valter Silva)
03 - Deixa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Réquiem Para Um Amor (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra)
05 - Zambi (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
06 - Valsa de Eurídice (Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Antes e Depois (Oscar Castro Neves)
08 - Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Pequeno Concerto Que Virou Canção (Geraldo Vandré)
10 - Allemande (Johann Sebastian Bach / Adpt. Toquinho)
11 - Dá-me (Adilson Godoy)