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28.7.25

LUIZ BONFÁ —Jacarandá (1973) Vinyl LP | FLAC (tracks) 24-96Hz

After the initial shockwaves of Miles Davis' seminal fusion recordings began to settle, jazz rock fusion began to become a genre unto itself. What Miles had created as a way of opening both the disciplines up to one another -- in the same manner that bossa nova and rhythm and blues did in the 1960s -- created a slew of musical possibilities before fusion closed in on itself in the later 1970s and became its own restrictive genre, full of sterile, workmanlike chops, and endlessly repetitive rhythmic constructs. But perhaps no one, not even Weather Report's Joe Zawinul or Creed Taylor at CTI realized the full aesthetic and panoramic potential of fusing seemingly disparate elements together in an entirely new tapestry, the way that Brazilian composer and guitarist Luiz Bonfá did on Jacarandá in 1973. His collaborators, producer John Wood and arranger/conductor Eumir Deodato, assembled a huge cast of musicians in both New York and Los Angeles, and came up with nothing short of a grooving, blissed-out masterpiece of fusion exotica. The cast of players is in and of itself dizzying: Airto, Deodato, Bonfá on acoustic guitars, Stanley Clarke, Wood, Mark Drury, Ray Barretto, John Tropea (on electric guitars), Bill Watrous, Randy Brecker, Idris Muhammad, Jerry Dodgion, Sonny Boyer, Phil Bodner, Maria Toledo, and many others -- including full string and horn sections. The ambitious Deodato charts opened up the principals and brought hard Afro-Cuban rhythms, softer Brazilian ones, funky riffing soul and R&B interludes, and classical themes and variations, as well as sophisticated jazz harmonics and syncopation to a collection of tunes by Bonfá and others. Sound like a mess? Hardly. This is one of the most disciplined and ambitions recordings to be issued during that decade. Here Bonfá's gorgeous palette of samba and bossa melodies is married to film score dynamics, lush romantic cadenzas, smoking jazz grooves and cultured extrapolations of folk and popular music schemas. creating a stunning mosaic of color, release, pastoral elegance and bad-ass, intoxicating, polyrhythmic Latin soul vistas. While the entire album flows form front to back with seamless ease, there are a few standouts. The opener, "Apache Talk," features Barretto's congas creating a bottom for Muhammad's brushes and snare, as Clarke's bass plays one note insistently and hypnotically before Wood's Rhodes and finally Bonfá's 12-string come shimmering in with a funky urgency that is underscored by Tropea's bluesy fills. When the horns finally enter, the entire thing is popping and grooving on its own punchy axis. It's a wonder that Gilles Peterson hasn't picked up on this cut yet. Elsewhere, Bonfá's velvety tropical read of Enriqué Granados' "Dance No. 5," with its slippery classical guitar and extended harmonic palette, is a whispering wonder of sensual delight. The minor-key riffing in "Strange Message" that becomes a full-blown soundtrack-esque anthem is a wonder, and the jazzy soul of the title track with Drury's popping stand-up bass playing counterpoint to Bonfá's 12-string before Muhammad and Wood kick it on the funky side is breathtaking (Man, if Ralph Towner could only play 12-string like this, he might have been a contender!). Reissued on the JR label, in magnificent, warm, crystalline, 24-bit remastered sound, the album contains an excellent essay on Bonfá by executive producer Arnaldo DeSouteiro. This is the great fusion album that was never released here in the States, where the full possibilities of the new music were personified. If ever there were a case to order a CD online, this is it. It's so fine it's hardly even believable. 
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Tracklist :
1.    Apache Talk 5:21
Written-By – Luiz Bonfá
2.    Empty Room 6:55
Written-By – Luiz Bonfá
3.    The Gentle Rain 5:35
Written-By – Luiz Bonfá
4.    Dance No. 5 6:47
Adapted By – Luiz Bonfá
Written-By – Enrique Granados

5.    Song Thoughts 3:25
Written, Arranged By – Luiz Bonfá 
6.    You Or Not To Be 2:31
Written-By – Octavio Burnier
7.    Don Quijote 3:30
Written, Arranged By – Luiz Bonfá 
8.    Strange Message 3:28
Written-By – Luiz Bonfá
9.    Jacarandá 4:09
Written, Arranged By – Luiz Bonfá 
10.    Sun Flower 5:23
Written-By – Luiz Bonfá
Credits :
Acoustic Bass – Mark Drury (tracks: 7, 9)
Acoustic Guitar [6 & 12-String] – Luiz Bonfá
Arco Bass – Alvin Brehm, Russ Savakus
Backing Vocals – Luiz Bonfá, Maria Toledo, Sonia Burnier
Bass Trombone – Tony Studd
Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Gloria Lanzarone
Concertmaster, Violin – Harry Lookofsky
Congas – Ray Barretto
Contractor [Strings] – Alfred Brown
Drums – Idris Muhammad, Richard O'Connell (tracks: 9)
Electric Bass – Stanley Clarke
Electric Guitar – John Tropea
Electric Piano – John Wood (tracks: 3, 9)
Flute [Solos], Oboe, Clarinet, English Horn – Phil Bodner
Flute, Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone – Romeo Penque
French Horn – Jim Buffington, Peter Gordon (8)
Percussion – Airto Moreira
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Arranged, Conductor – Eumir Deodato
Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Boyer
Trombone – Bill Watrous, Garnett Brown, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Burt Collins, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker
Viola – Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi, Harold Coletta, Selwart Clarke
Violin – David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Katzman, Irving Spice, Joe Malin, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman

4.4.21

STAN GETZ / LUIZ BONFÁ - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963-2018) RM / UHQCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Here's some more bossa nova from Stan Getz when the bloom was still on the first Brazilian boom. This time, however, on his third such album, Getz relies mostly upon native Brazilians for his backing. Thus, the soft-focused grooves are considerably more attuned to what was actually coming out of Brazil at the time. Two bona fide giants, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá (who gets co-billing), provide the guitars and all of the material, and Maria Toledo contributes an occasional throaty vocal. Getz injects more high-wailing passages into his intuitive affinity for the groove, even going for some fast bop on "Un Abraco No Getz," and Bonfá takes adept care of the guitar solos against Jobim's rock-steady rhythm. Clearly Jobim's songwriting contributions -- "So Danco Samba," "How Insensitive," and "O Morro Nao Tem Vez" -- would have the longest shelf life, and though the album didn't sell as well as its two predecessors, it certainly helped break these tunes into the permanent jazz repertoire. Avid bossa nova fans will certainly treasure this album for the lesser-known Bonfá tunes. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1 Sambalero 2:08
Luiz Bonfá
2 So Danco Samba 3:38
Antônio Carlos Jobim
3 Insensatez 3:23
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes

4 O Morro Nao Tem Vez 6:55
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
5 Samba de Duas Notas (Two Note Samba) 4:21
Luiz Bonfá
6 Menina Flor 4:11
Luiz Bonfá / Maria Toledo

7 Mania de Maria 2:44
Luiz Bonfá / Maria Toledo

8 Suadade Vem Correndo 3:40
Luiz Bonfá / Maria Toledo
9 Um Abraco No Getz 4:27
Luiz Bonfá
10 Ebony Samba 4:34
Luiz Bonfá
Credits :
Bass – Don Payne (faixas: 5 to 8, 10, 11), George Duvivier (faixas: 1 to 4, 9), Tommy Williams (faixas: 1 to 4, 9)
Drums – Dave Bailey (faixas: 8, 10), Jose Carlos (faixas: 1 to 4, 9), Paulo Ferreira
Guitar – Antonio Carlos Jobim (faixas: 1 to 4, 9), Luiz Bonfá
Producer [Original Sessions] – Creed Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Stan Getz
Vocals – Maria Toledo

JO STAFFORD — Jo + Jazz (1960-1987) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The closest Stafford ever came to being a jazz singer. This early '60s release had instrumental touches and a jazz tone, and Stafford s...