Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo (1967)

Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo 1967 Odeon (S)MFOB 3505 EU Reissue 2008 EMI – 5099921674624 Holy hell somebody grab a fire extinguisher because this record cooks so much it started a grease fire and may burn your whole house down. Don’t believe me? Yes, the record starts out gently with acoustic treatments playing Northeastern musical motifs (what would have still been called ‘folklore’ back in the 60s), featuring Airto Morreira on various percussion and Hermeto Pascoal on flute.

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Som Três – Som Três Show (1968) (BOM24183)

Som Tres – Som Tres Show (1968) Original: 1968 Odeon MOFB 3541 Reissue: 2010 Bomba Records, Japan – BOM24183 Originally Odeon MOFB 3541 1. Leonardo 2. Falsa Baiana 3. Amazonas (Keep Talking) 4. The World Goes On 5. The Look Of Love 6. Frevo Rasgado 7. Jungle 8. Sá Marina 9. Watch What Happens 10. Emília 11. Balanço Zona Sul

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Walter Wanderley Trio – Chegança (1966) (1971 reissue)

The Walter Wanderley Trio – Cheganca Original release 1966 on Verve 1971 Reissue MGM Records Series: MGM Latino Series – 10,010 MGS 610 Like many musicians looking for reprieve from the turmoil of mid-60s Brazil, keyboardist Walter Wanderley had left the country and settled in the United States.   He emigrated at the behest of Creed Taylor and made half a dozen albums for Verve. Most of them can be classed under ‘lounge’ or ‘exotica’ music, which has its own charms, although often as sweet as the half ton of bagged sugar featured on the front of this album.  But “Chegança” […]

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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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Antonio Adolfo e A Brazuca – s/t (No.1) – 1969

Antonio Adolfo & A Brazuca Antonio Adolfo & A Brazuca (No. 1) 1969 Odeon MOFB-3618 (Original issue) 2014 Reissue EMI: UICY 76458 Odeon: TOCP-66055 Brasil 1000 Best Collection Japan reissue, released 23 Jul 2014 1 Juliana 3:18 2 Futilirama 2:47 3 Moça 2:51 4 Dois Tempos 2:43 5 Vôo Da Apolo 4:28 6 Porque Hoje É Domingo 3:09 7 Maria Aparecida 2:06 8 Psiu 1:56 9 A Cidade E Eu 3:16 10 Pelas Ruas Do Meu Bairro 4:05 11 Teletema 2:44 Bonus Tracks: Odeon 7BD-1203 EP (1970) 12 Gloria, Glorinha 3:07 13 O Baile Do Clube 2:07 14 Ao Redor […]

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