sjarrell Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 FYI, Dusty Groove has reissued the Jorge Ben (1969) album and it is now available. An eBay seller has it for $1 + $6.99 shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...:WNASIF:US:1123 Quote
sjarrell Posted October 2, 2008 Report Posted October 2, 2008 Marisa Monte's Universo ao Meu Redor is gorgeous- I didn't go back through the thread to see if it had been mentioned, so sorry if this is redundant. Quote
jaybreezie Posted October 28, 2008 Report Posted October 28, 2008 Anybody into Brazilian music should really check this guy's site out: http://www.sabadabada.com/ Lots of cool cover scans organized by label and even some mpfrees to get you addicted... Quote
Niko Posted October 28, 2008 Report Posted October 28, 2008 Anybody into Brazilian music should really check this guy's site out: http://www.sabadabada.com/ Lots of cool cover scans organized by label and even some mpfrees to get you addicted... cool, thank you... guess this is where i'll find my desktop background... Quote
jazzbo Posted October 28, 2008 Report Posted October 28, 2008 Ed Motta has a new one out, Chapter 9. He plays ALL instruments (and very well) and it's his first all English album. Rock with a Brazilian nutty flavor and mellow funkiness. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Pushing this one up, just in case anyone has any recent suggestions. Especially Seeline, who has wonderful instincts in this area. Quote
seeline Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) OK, I'm game, Bev. I recently came across this book by John P. Murphy, and can't recommend it highly enough - The author's website has some great additional material (text, music and videos) that didn't make it into the book and its companion CD. What impresses me most is this: he deals with almost every existing genre of Brazilian music, and is (AFAIK) the 1st to write about most of them in English. He spent a lot of time in the northeast of Brazil, studying several kinds of folkloric/"popular" music with master musicians, and the results are impressive! This book is part of a series for classroom use, so there are occasional bits of intrusive text meant for teachers. But that's easily overlooked. He includes a lot of web-only resources in the text and bibliography, too - very easily accessible stuff. Probably *the* biggest gap is that there are no YouTube/Daily Motion/etc. links, but the book went to press before that all took off. Edited February 17, 2009 by seeline Quote
jimi089 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 John Murphy is a great writer and interesting guy - I've corresponded with him on several occasions. He's currently working on a book about Ronald Shannon Jackson. Quote
jaybreezie Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 I've been really digging this one lately. She's filipina and grew up in Hollywood, so the lyrics are in English. I'm no bossa nova authority, but I'm guessing this might be a little watered down for the fanatics. Still for this novices like me this just a has a cool vibe too it. Velasco's voice and Zoot Sims' band meld nicely together. My girlfriend who's the farthest thing from a bossa nova fan was liking this a lot too. Definitely a good introduction to the genre. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 5, 2009 Report Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) Just arrived on e-music: From 1976, it says. Edited May 5, 2009 by Bev Stapleton Quote
jazzbo Posted May 6, 2009 Report Posted May 6, 2009 Jay, thanks for the headsup on the Vi Velasco; nice lp! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 I've been listening to this off and on since sometime yesterday - really a beautiful bossa nova album, with many songs that aren't well-known here in the US. Just listened to this on Spotify today. Very nice indeed. Quote
seeline Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 (edited) Leila's made other bossa nova albums, which I haven't heard. Several people have told me that they think this is her best in that vein, and I think their opinions are reliable - though definitely opinion, not fact. You know, I'm feeling at a bit of a loss as to making suggestions here, for a couple of reasons. The main one for me personally: the US dollar has dropped so much against Brazilian currency over the past two years that prices for imported CDs and DVDs have skyrocketed. I just don't have the bucks to be able to afford much of anything at such inflated prices. But... Biscoito Fino recently issued a DVD of one of Joyce's live shows. I'm sure (sight unseen) it's great, and would recommend her work to anyone! Edited May 19, 2009 by seeline Quote
fasstrack Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Get anything with Tonhinho Horta's name on it. A world class talent. Try Moonstone, or the trio with Billy Higgins/Gary Peacock. Once I loved? I think. Or his debut album in the early 70s. Or get anything where he played guitar for Nacsimento. Quote
kh1958 Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) Get anything with Tonhinho Horta's name on it. A world class talent. Try Moonstone, or the trio with Billy Higgins/Gary Peacock. Once I loved? I think. Or his debut album in the early 70s. Or get anything where he played guitar for Nacsimento. I saw him live once, at the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York--a solo performance. Quite good. Of his leader recordings I've heard, I like the Blue Note trio record the best. Edited May 19, 2009 by kh1958 Quote
seeline Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Get anything with Tonhinho Horta's name on it. A world class talent. Try Moonstone, or the trio with Billy Higgins/Gary Peacock. Once I loved? I think. Or his debut album in the early 70s. Or get anything where he played guitar for Nacsimento. I saw him live once, at the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York--a solo performance. Quite good. Of his leader recordings I've heard, I like the Blue Note trio record the best. I like him very much, too, but also think that some of his US producers tried too hard to make his albums saleable here by restricting him to bossa nova standards. (That's my hunch, not something I know for sure - but it has happened with other Brazilian artists, even Milton.) His more recent Brazilian releases are all on small labels and not easy to find, but (IMO) are very much worth tracking down. Quote
kh1958 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I've recently enjoyed two anthologies on faroutrecords, Viagem and Viagem 2--collections of pretty obscure '60s bossa nova recordings selected by Nicola Conte. I'm most intrigued by a Brazilian jazz pianist named Tenorio, Jr., who has four tracks on the two anthologies. I only see one album of his available from amazon. Is he a well-known and prolific Brazilian jazz musician? Or someone who made just a few recordings in the 60s? Quote
Harold_Z Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I've recently enjoyed two anthologies on faroutrecords, Viagem and Viagem 2--collections of pretty obscure '60s bossa nova recordings selected by Nicola Conte. I'm most intrigued by a Brazilian jazz pianist named Tenorio, Jr., who has four tracks on the two anthologies. I only see one album of his available from amazon. Is he a well-known and prolific Brazilian jazz musician? Or someone who made just a few recordings in the 60s? I'm not familiar with those anthologies but I bet the tracks are from his album "Embalo". It's a Bossa classic, a Jazz classic. Do a search over at Dusty Groove for Tenorio Jr and a bunch of stuff with him will come up. Also do a search at Loronix and you'll get a lot of info. Quote
kh1958 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 I've recently enjoyed two anthologies on faroutrecords, Viagem and Viagem 2--collections of pretty obscure '60s bossa nova recordings selected by Nicola Conte. I'm most intrigued by a Brazilian jazz pianist named Tenorio, Jr., who has four tracks on the two anthologies. I only see one album of his available from amazon. Is he a well-known and prolific Brazilian jazz musician? Or someone who made just a few recordings in the 60s? I'm not familiar with those anthologies but I bet the tracks are from his album "Embalo". It's a Bossa classic, a Jazz classic. Do a search over at Dusty Groove for Tenorio Jr and a bunch of stuff with him will come up. Also do a search at Loronix and you'll get a lot of info. You're right--all four tracks from the anthologies appear to be from Embalo. Quote
seeline Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 I've recently enjoyed two anthologies on faroutrecords, Viagem and Viagem 2--collections of pretty obscure '60s bossa nova recordings selected by Nicola Conte. I'm most intrigued by a Brazilian jazz pianist named Tenorio, Jr., who has four tracks on the two anthologies. I only see one album of his available from amazon. Is he a well-known and prolific Brazilian jazz musician? Or someone who made just a few recordings in the 60s? Tenorio was really good, though I know little about him. You might want to try these sites: http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/br/home/home.asp (there's an English-language section) and http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/ The latter is an album database, indexed in a number of ways. It's in Portuguese, but is pretty easy to navigate. Hope this is helpful! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) Any new leads? A few interesting things a-coming: http://www.biscoitofino.com.br/en/cat_prod...cada.php?id=482 http://www.biscoitofino.com.br/en/cat_prod...cada.php?id=481 Looks like a live album. And a live Joyce record with the WDR big band: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=bdhnkhr9p9 There also seems to be a disc called 'Aquarius - Joyce with Joao Donato' coming from Japan in August. Edited July 19, 2009 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 This has just arrived on e-music: One for when my credits refresh in a couple of days. Quote
jostber Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 FYI, Dusty Groove has reissued the Jorge Ben (1969) album and it is now available. An eBay seller has it for $1 + $6.99 shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...:WNASIF:US:1123 I just ordered this some days ago from Honest Jon's in the UK. Quote
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