VINICIUS DE MORAES / ODETTE LARA - Vinicius & Odette Lara (1963-2004) RM / Mp3

The poet/performer Vinicius de Moraes and the vocalist Odette Lara make a wonderful team, and though their voices aren't heard together as much as they should be here, Vinicius & Odette Lara is a warm, inviting collection. The dozen songs are all originals -- by de Moraes and old friend Baden Powell, who also appears as a musician -- and usually present Lara and de Moraes trading lines, or Lara taking the verses while de Moraes handles choruses. The breathtaking "Samba Preludio" is one of the few actual duets; after a preface featuring a mournful de Moraes over a sawing cello, Lara sings a few lines alone as well before the pair's voices intertwine (even while they sing different lines). Moacyr Santos' arrangements range from Brazilian bossa to string orchestra pop to anthemic soul-jazz, with plenty of trumpet and flute as well as a warm cocktail piano and the usual sewing machine bossa percussion. On "Deve se Amor," playful reeds and high-note trumpet accent a smooth, powerful vocal by Lara. It's a bit disconcerting to hear a Brazilian vocal album without recognizing at least one standard, but Vinicius & Odette Lara is a challenging, entertaining work of jazzy Brazilian pop. by John Bush 

Era outro século, outro mundo. Em 1963, um poeta e uma atriz podian inaugurar um selo (Olha que responsabilidade) cantando uma parceria estreante, con arranjos de um desconhecido, e fazer desse disco um clássico. Acontece  que eles eram Vinicius e Odete Lara, veteranos de mil noites musicais.
A nova parceria era Baden e Vinicius, con canções como Deixa, Astronauta e Berimbau. O arranjador era Moacir Santos. E o selo era a Elenco. Hoje sabemos: era uma covardia. ~ Ruy Castro
Tracklist:
1    Berimbau 3:11
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
2    Só Por Amor 3:56
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
3    Deixa 3:00
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell   
4    Seja Feliz 3:02
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
5    Mulher Carioca 3:14   
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
6    Samba Em Prelúdio 3:34   
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
7    Labareda 2:47
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
8    E Hoje Só 1:56
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
9    O Astronauta 3:04
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
10    Deve Ser Amor 3:10
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
11    Samba da Bênção 6:57
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
12    Além Do Amor 3:08
Vinícius de Moraes / Baden Powell
Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor – Moacir Santos
Vocals – Odette Lara (faixas: 2 to 8, 10 to 12), Vinicius De Moraes (faixas: 1, 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 11)  
Written, Music By – Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes
Producer, Directed By – Aloysio De Oliveira 

MOACIR SANTOS - Choros & Alegria (2005) Mp3

Adventure Music is promoting Choros & Alegria, its beautifully rendered follow-up to 2004's critically acclaimed first tribute to behind-the-scenes Brazilian musical genius Moacir Santos (Ouro Negro), with the tag line: "You don't have to apologize if you don't know who he is." The moral of this beautiful Brazilian story is, you don't have to be a global legend like Sergio Mendes, Milton Nascimento, or Ivan Lins to inspire the Brazilian music world. A composer, arranger, reed player, and teacher for many decades, Santos is considered a living monument to the musical treasures that have come from his country. Producers Mario Adnet and Ze Nogueira, who also presented the first collection, have put together magical, often orchestrated traditional arrangements of never before recorded Santos tunes from various decades, starting in the '40s (the seductive trumpet-spiced "Cleonix") and continuing through 1991's lush piano-choir anthem "Felipe." Perfectly in line with the spirit of discovery that drives the 15-song collection, most of the musicians are famed Rio cats you've never heard of, with the notable exception of guitarist Ricardo Silveira and Wynton Marsalis. The material was recorded in 2005 in Rio and São Paulo under the direct supervision of the 79-year-old Moacir, who is no doubt too old to tour but can't help but be pleased by the newfound attention given this most precious work. by Jonathan Widran  
Tracklist:
1 Agora Eu Sei (Now I Know) 4:55
Moacir Santos
2 Outra Coisa (Another Thing) 3:30
Moacir Santos
3 Paraíso (Paradise) 4:41
Moacir Santos
4 Vaidoso (Vain) 2:56
Moacir Santos
5 Flores (Flowers) 3:28
Moacir Santos
6 Saudade de Jacques (Looking for Jaques) 3:40
Moacir Santos
7 Cleonix 3:38
Moacir Santos
8 Ricaom 2:21
Moacir Santos
Credits
Mario Adnet Adaptation, Arranger, Guitar, Orchestration, Producer, Re-Orchestration, Transcription
Muiza Adnet Vocals
Ronaldo Bandolim Mandolin
Cristóvão Bastos Keyboards, Piano
Zé Paulo Becker Guitar
Teco Cardoso Sax (Baritone)
Andréa Earnest Dias Flute, Piccolo
Phillip Doyle French Horn
Jorge Helder Bass (Acoustic)
Armando Marçal Percussion
Wynton Marsalis Guest Artist, Soloist, Trumpet
Marcelo Martins Sax (Tenor)
Jota Moraes Vibraphone
Jurim Moreira Drums
Marcos Nimrichter Piano (Electric)
Zé Nogueira Arranger, Producer, Sax (Soprano), Transcription
Nailor Proveta Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Jessé Sadoc Trumpet
Moacir Santos Arranger, Composer, Vocals
Vittor Santos Trombone
Ricardo Silveira Guitar (Electric)

MOACIR SANTOS - Choros & Alegria 

(2005) Biscoito Fino /  Mp3 / CBR320k / scans

O Púbis da Rosa

SEBASTIÃO TAPAJÓS - Valsas e Choros do Pará (2001) Mp3

Faixas:
01 - Cheiros do Pará
02 - Mangueiras
03 - Ilha do Marajó
04 - Ana Luiza
05 - Cidade velha
06 - Maitê
07 - Carajás
08 - Dessirreè
09 - Bacuri
10 - Alina
11 - Karolline
12 - Emmanuelle
13 - Chuvas da tarde
14 - Coisa do ver-o-peso
15 - Icoaraci
16 - Mifilas

Todas composições de Sebastião Tapajós

Participações especiais
Ney conceição - baixo
Dadadá - percussão
Alcir Meireles - flauta
Djalma de Santarém - violão e cavaquinho
Moacir Santos - violão

SEBASTIÃO TAPAJÓS - Valsas e Choros do Pará 

(2001) BR / Mp3 / CBR320k / scans

O Púbis da Rosa

MOACIR SANTOS - Coisas (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Though Brazilian composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Moacir Santos was born in 1926, he didn't release Coisas, his debut album, until 1965 for Universal Music in his home country. (He is best known -- if at all -- to Americans and Europeans for his three Blue Note recordings from the 1970s.) He led a colorful and -- at the beginning at least -- tragic life. Born in abject poverty and abandoned as a child, his mother died and his father abandoned him. As an orphan he was raised in an atmosphere of physical and psychological abuse. He began to learn music by tapping the various rhythms he heard around him with bare feet in the dirt, and later, as a runaway, from the sounds of ocean tides. The story would make a hell of a film: from learning with his first teacher, Paixão, to this record, all that experience -- and more -- is in these grooves, including his long-held fear of playing any instrument in front of others because he was ashamed he didn't play "right." But there is nothing raw or tragic about Coisas. It melds the various tonalities and flavors of creative jazz to the heart of Brazil's folkloric and emergent musical traditions. Colors, textures, spaces, and luxuriant rhythms and melodies all come to bear gently, strikingly, and subtly on these ten pieces. This was issued on the other side of the bossa nova revolution, when it had already been absorbed by the world. Santos took it a step further, melding it seamlessly into a lush harmonic system. Producer Roberto Quartin was essential to the task, hiring a slew of killer younger and veteran players including Baden Powell, Airto Moreira, Dori Caymmi, João Donato, Carlos Lyra, Roberto Menescal, Wilson DasNeves, Gabriel Bezerra, Geraldo Medeiros, and more, as strings, winds, and other horns are all wound around gorgeous melodies. Nothing is overblown. For Santos, bossa nova and samba had become folk music because of their popularity, expressions of previous history that needed to be transferred outward. But to do this so elegantly on a first recording is not only remarkable, it is profound. Go no further than the first track, "Coisa No. 4," followed by the brilliant and lyrical bossa in "Coisa No. 10." The blues feeling in "Coisa No. 2" is dressed with an Ellingtonian sense of harmony. "Coisa No. 6," with its samba rhythms meeting post-bop jazz, is gorgeous. The choro drama drawn out by the presence of cellos and rounded brass is simply exquisite. Hardcore aficionados of Brazilian music and fans of its lighter side (so prominent in the mid-'60s) as well as fans of sophisticated jazz will all find this gem -- overlooked by most outside of its native country, where it is hailed (rightly) as Santos' masterpiece -- to be completely irresistible. by Thom Jurek   
Tracklist :
1 Coisa N.4 4:01
Written-By – Moacir Santos
2 Coisa N. 10 3:06
Written-By – Moacir Santos
3 Coisa N. 5 2:45
Written-By – Moacir Santos
4 Coisa N. 3 3:00
Written-By – Moacir Santos
5 Coisa N. 2 4:55
Written-By – Moacir Santos
6 Coisa N. 9 3:08
Written-By – Moacir Santos, Regina Werneck
7 Coisa N. 6 3:22
Written-By – Moacir Santos
8 Coisa N. 7 (Quem É Que Não Chora?) 2:25
Written-By – Moacir Santos
9 Coisa N. 1 2:41
Written-By – Clovis Carmello De Mello, Moacir Santos
10 Coisa N. 8 (Navegação) 2:19
Written-By – Moacir Santos, Nei Lopes, Regina Werneck
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Dulcilando Pereira (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), – Jorge Ferreira Da Silva (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10)
Baritone Saxophone – Geraldo Medeiros (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), –  Moacir Santos (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10)
Bass – Gabriel Bezerra
Bass Trombone – Armando Pallas (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Cello – Giorgio Bariola (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10), Peter Dautsberg (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10),  – Watson Clis (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10)
Drums – Wilson das Neves
Flute – Nicolino Cópia (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Guitar – Geraldo Vespar
Percussion – Elias Ferreira
Piano, Organ – Chaim Lewak (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10)
Tenor Saxophone – Luiz Bezerra (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Trombone – Edmundo Maciel (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Trumpet – João Gerônimo Menezes (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), Júlio Barbosa
Vibraphone – Claudio Das Neves (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)

BADEN POWELL | JIMMY PRATT – Baden Powell Swings With Jimmy Pratt (1963-1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is one of the greatest Baden Powell LPs of the 60’s, Baden Powell Swings with Jimmy Pratt. This is a short set with less than 30 minutes, with the accompaniment of Copinha (flute), Moacir Santos (sax and vocals), Sandoval (clarinet), Sergio Barroso (bass), Jimmy Pratt (drums) and Rubens Bassini (percussion). The piano player is not credit.
The arrangements are unusual for a Baden album, featuring a lot of flute and oboe lines on all tracks. The outcome is a breezy Jazz album mixed with Bossa.
Excelente disco. Destaque pras interpretações das "Coisas" do Moacir Santos.

Tracklist :
1 - Deve ser amor
2 - Coisa nº 1
3 - Rosa flor
4 - Tema nº 1
5 - Encontro com a saudade
6 - Manequim 46
7 - Samba de uma nota só
8 - Coisa nº 2
9 - Não é bem assim
10 - Cancão do amor sem fim
Credits :
Baden Powell (git)
Jorge "Jorginho" Ferreira da Silva, Copinha (fl)
Moacir Santos (sax, vcl)
Sandoval (cl)
Sergio Barroso (b)
Jimmy Pratt (dr)
Rubem Bassini (perc)
unknown piano player