Herbie Mann – Do The Bossa Nova (1962) (Atlantic 1397, Mono pressing)

Herbie Mann Do The Bossa Nova 1962 Atlantic 1397 Mono pressing Before bossa nova became the semiotic index for the synthetic happiness of mass consumer culture and alienation (and long before it was featured in the supermarkets and the Commander’s dinner parties in the current adaptation of A Handmaid’s Tale), bossa nova was  associated with the cool and cosmopolitan, with goatee-sporting hep cats like Herbie Mann.  For this record, he went to Rio and actually recorded with a bunch of the leading lights of the movement, which sets this apart from a lot of the contemporary North American jazz-bossa crossovers […]

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Baden Powell – Apresentando Baden Powell e Seu Violão (1961)

Baden Powell Apresentando Baden Powell e Seu Violão 1961 Philips 630 415 L  2003 Remaster  1 Stella by starlight (Victor Young) 2 Amor sincopado (Marino Pinto, Chico Feitosa)    3 Estrellita (Manuel Ponce)    4 Na Baixa do Sapateiro  (Ary Barroso)    5 Lover  (R.Rodgers, L.Hart) 6 Maria (Ary Barroso) 7 My funny valentine  (L.Hart, R.Rodgers)    8 Love letters (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) 9 Samba triste  (Baden Powell, Billy Blanco)    10 Aquellos ojos verdes  (N.Menendez)    11 Carinhoso  (Pixinguinha)    12 All the things you are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein) ========================================= A small post just to remind you I’m still here.  Although Baden Powell was […]

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Reposts – Oct 30, 2013

Leny Andrade – Estamos Aí (1965) Baden Powell with Jimmy Pratt (1953) Silvio Caldas – Madrugada (1935-1938) Taiguara – Fotografias (1973) Poly e Seu Conjunto – Saia Vermelha (1963) Os Cobras – O Lp (1964) As I rush to make some deadlines IRL, I have been neglecting this blog a bit, but as a kind of comprise I’ve been going back and trying to fix some of the dead links, including a few that have had a lot of unattended requests.  I promise to bring some new content here very soon, including another Flabbergasted Freeform podcast.

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Elis Regina – Em Pleno Verão (1970)

Elis Regina “Em pleno verão” Released 1970 Philips (R 765.112 L) Reissue 2005 (811 467-2) 1 Vou deitar e rolar (Quaquaraquaquá) (Baden Powell, Paulo César Pinheiro) 2 Bicho do mato (Jorge Ben) 3 Verão vermelho (Nonato Buzar) 4 Até aí morreu Neves (Jorge Ben) 5 Frevo (Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 6 As curvas da estrada de Santos (Erasmo Carlos, Roberto Carlos) 7 Fechado pra balanço (Gilberto Gil) 8 Não tenha medo (Caetano Veloso) 9 These are the songs (Tim Maia) 10 Comunicação (Édson Alencar, Hélio Matheus) 11 Copacabana velha de guerra (Sergio Flaksman, Joyce) This is a fun album […]

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Toquinho e Vinicius – O Poeta e o Violão (1975)

O POETA E O VIOLÃO (1975) TOQUINHO E VINICIUS ————- RGE (303.0032) 1 Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo, Niltinho) 2 Marcha da quarta-feira de cinzas (Carlos Lyra, Vinicius de Moraes) 3 Morena flor (Toquinho, Vinicius de Moraes) 4 Chega de saudade (Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 5 Dora (Dorival Caymmi) 6 Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) 7 Rosa desfolhada (Toquinho, Vinicius de Moraes) 8 Berimbau (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) Consolação (Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes) 9 Januária (Chico Buarque) 10 Insensatez (Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 11 Apelo (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) 12 Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim, […]

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Baden Powell – Programa Ensaio (1990) (SESC)

Baden PowellPrograma ENSAIOPart of “A MÚSICA BRASILEIRA DESTE SÉCULO POR SEUS AUTORES E INTÉRPRETES”Boxset #2 Originally recording from the Fundação Padre Ancheita for Programa Ensaio in 1991 Directed by Fernando Faro Released in 2000 by SESC – SP (JCB-0709-021) 1 Voltei(Baden Powell, Paulo César Pinheiro) 2 Revendo o passado (Freire Jr.) 3 Naquele tempo(Benedito Lacerda, Pixinguinha) 4 Palhaço(Washington Fernandes, O. Martins, Nelson Cavaquinho) 5 Minha saudade (João Donato, João Gilberto) 6 Rapaz de bem (Johnny Alf) 7 Samba triste (Baden Powell, Billy Blanco) 8 Deixa (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) 9 Tem dó (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) 10 O […]

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