Imperial Lounge No.5
December 2, 2007 at 9:54 am
In fact, the status of popular Brazilian music in a worldwide perspective changed when bossa nova reached the world through the United States. That was in the early ’60’s. The film BLACK ORPHEUS had a lot to do with that. Although it was not a good film- in Brazil, we don’t like that one. There’s a new [version of that] one that’s liked by Brazilians. But the music was fantastic. And for most foreigners, it was the first encounter with bossa nova. Then Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim came to the United States and recorded here and they became internationally known and that gave a different status to Brazilian music in the minds of all musicians around the world. And music lovers, as well. And that hasn’t changed, because the tradition to which Joao Gilberto was pointing was not poor. On the contrary, it was very rich. We have a very beautiful tradition. And the future didn’t deny him, either. Because in my generation, Milton Nascimento came to be adored by many jazz musicians in the United States and Europe and Japan, all over.
And now people are interested in tropicalia and what we did in the late ’60’s in Brazil. Because they are more and more discovering this complex world that in the beginning was just seen as a caricature through the image of Carmen Miranda, who was a fantastic artist. But who became some kind of caricature of herself, of Brazilian styles through Hollywood. With bossa nova, something complex was stated. And it has not been denied. So now interest in Brazilian music among people who like good music, or who make good music is richer and more complex. That’s the difference I’ve noticed, it’s been growing along the decades. - Caetano Veloso, interview
“Early Winter Sound Reset”
01. Baden Powell - Brasiliana
Solitude On Guitar (1973)
02. Os Mutantes - Ando meio desligado
Soul Jazz Records Presents Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound (Soul Jazz, 2006)
03. The Bad Plus - This Guy’s In Love With You
Prog (Heads Up, 2007)
04. Grant Green Matador - Favorite Things
Matador (1964)
05. Cannonball Adderley - Clouds
Cannonball’s Bossa Nova (1962)
note: A Sunday sound reset. This i an easy list to make with great tracks from must have albums. Cannonball’s Bossa Nova and Baden Powell’s Solitude On Guitar are must have bossa nova classic. The super fun Os Mutantes compilation from last year along with Bad Plus’ Prog are worth having too. This Bad Plus album has more varied sound texture than their previous album (the super wet piano pedal turn me off a little) If you are new to Grant Green, his 1961 reissue Green Street might be more palatable than Matador. K. I better stop before start sounding like Christmas shopping list. enjoy.
Man I love Cannonball Adderley!
I am tempted to post more jazz, but my jazz list is getting redundant and predictable.
nice tunes!
Os Mutantes (wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Mutantes
Os Mutantes were formed in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1966 by brothers Arnaldo Baptista (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Sérgio Dias (guitars and vocals) and lead singer Rita Lee. They released two albums heavily influenced by the Brazilian Tropicália movement, which blended Psychedelic Rock with other forms of art. They played with many artists of this period. In 1971, bassist Arnolpho Lima Filho (”Liminha”) and drummer Ronaldo Leme (”Dinho”) officially joined the band. They released five albums together before Lee departed in 1972 to start a solo career. Subsequently, the band moved in a progressive rock direction with the album O A e o Z, recorded in 1973 but released only in 1992 due to disagreement with the record company. Arnaldo left the band in that year to pursue a solo career due to differences with other band members and some problems with the abuse of LSD, followed by Dinho and, a year later, Liminha. Sérgio Dias, the only remaining original member, led the band until its dissolution in 1978. During this time, they released three more albums. Two unreleased albums were released many years later, the aforementioned O A e o Z and Tecnicolor recorded in 1970 and released in 2000.
The story of bossa nova Jobim/gilberto (in french, plenty of vido clip)
Gilberto & Tom Jobim - Desafinado
(Reunion concert. amazing how everything sounds crisp and timeless)
I think my favorite Brazilian musician of those I know(not too many) is Egberto Gismonti. The Brazilians I’ve talked to (not too many) have never heard of him, which isn’t all that surprising, since I’ve found in other countries that American musicians who are obscure at home can be quite well-know overseas. Anyways, here’s an unbelievably beautiful (and lengthy) video of Gismonti, Haden, and Garbarek: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-MxTq_h44
I always thought Gismonti is a dude from Brooklyn. (I think I know why. in one albums I mistook the announcer as him)
Garbarek: Love is “madar” album, a collaboration with Anouar Brahem. His mix with choir kills my hearing.didn’t like it one bit.
incidentally, that’s one long ass clip. I didn’t know youtube let people upload such long clip.
Oh oh oh! How in the world did my painting end up here??? (i did a iggykaser search on google and got this). Very interesting…not mad btw, just really surprised and okay, yes, a bit honored ^_^