Bossa Rio – Alegria! (1970)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 20 de outubro 2007.
Comentários originais incluídos.

We have been very formal in the last couple of days trying to understand the origins of Bossa Nova, making associations like scientists and delivering some complex music.

Tomorrow is Saturday and it is time to make a short break. I said short break, because I like those Joao Gilberto discussions and the very old music we have been gathering to Loronix.

This album is one of the first made available at Loronix. He was there at the end of the row waiting for a rescue. However, he was not considered since a repost demand upgrades and I did not have this album. The panorama changed this week and I even made a challenge to identify musicians, very nice challenge with several friends participation until the final missing piece of the puzzle, solved by Mr. G. Let’s see.

This is Bossa Rio – Alegria (1970), for Blue Thumb Records, the second and last Bossa Rio LP a Brazilian group produced by Sergio Mendes that cannot be taken by mistake as the instrumental only group also lead by Sergio Mendes, the Bossa Rio Sextet. Sergio Mendes has a strong influence on Bossa Rio, the group sounds like Sergio Mendes Brasil ’66, but in my humble parrot opinion, Alegria is nicer to hear than any other Brasil ’66 LP, perhaps the participation of part of Bossa Tres (Octavio Bailly Jr. and Ronie Mesquita), Manfredo Fest, Pery Ribeiro and Gracinha Leporace, a very nice team.

Tracks include:

Personnel



Ronie Mesquita
(drums)


Octavio Bailly Jr.
(bass)


Manfredo Fest
(keyboards)


Gracinha Leporace & Pery Ribeiro
(vocals)


Dwight Dickerson
(piano)


Sergio Mendes
(producer)

Track List

01 – Spinning Wheel (D. Thomas)
02 – Zazueira (Jorge Ben “Jorge Benjor”)
03 – Girl Talk (B. Troup / N. Hefti)
04 – The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (B. Weisman / D. Wayne / M. Garrett)
05 – Que Pena (Jorge Ben “Jorge Benjor”)
06 – With You Love Now (Mustang Cor de Sangue) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Norman Gimbel)
07 – Open You Arms (Andança) (Danilo Caymmi / Edmundo Souto / Paulinho Tapajós / Vrs. Jay Livingston / Vrs. R. Evans)
08 – Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
09 – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Burt Bacharach / David)
10 – Blackbird (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)


12 Comentários originais:

J Thyme…kind said…http://www.dustygroove.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dga/search.cgi?x=0&y=0&usersrch=Bossa+Rio&issearch=yes
Sunday, 30 July, 2006

zecalouro said…Hello,
Yep! Dustygroove is a great resource to gather information about LPs. The only care we need to take is to not take their reviews without checking other sources. They sell the LPs and all reviews are good.
zecalouro
Sunday, 30 July, 2006

refer said…
Manfred Fest went to USA with an American singer called Johnny Tallon who lived in Sao Paulo. I suppose he sung on Bossa Rio soon before Pery Ribeiro but I’m not sure. Does somebody know what happened to him?
Monday, 31 July, 2006

Anonymous said…
Hi all!
Is anybody know who was the 6 th member of BR during this session (far left on the picture)?
Wednesday, 02 August, 2006

Anonymous said…
HI FOLKS!
ABOUT THE QUESTIONS OF BOSSA RIO MANFREDO FEST NEVER SINGS HE ALWAYS PLAY ORGAN WHIT THE GROUP,AND OSMAR MILITO PLAY PIANO.MANFREDO DIE FEW YEARS AGO.
AND THE GUY AT LEFT IS MYSELF RONIE MESQUITA( DRUMS).MY ENGLISH IS REAL BAD!
Sunday, 13 May, 2007

zecalouro said…
Ronie, seu Inglês é muito bom, mas não precisa escrever em Inglês não. Conta pra gente como foi aquele terceiro disco gravado no Japao com o Joao Donato, que é muito difícil de achar por aí.
Alguém teria? Bossa Rio in Japan com Joao Donato?
Um grande abraço, zeca
Saturday, 20 October, 2007

Marcelo Munhoz said…
Zeca,
tenho o Bossa Rio com João donato em mp3, se quiser, dá um toque,
abç!
ps Ronie parabens pelo seu trabalho/suingue em prol da música brasileira!!
Grande abraço!
Saturday, 20 October, 2007

Anonymous said…
A sweet, refreshing record with funny and weird cover versions. Thanks from Jörn
Thursday, 01 November, 2007

gk said…
Does anyone know who is the guitar player on this LP – ‘Que Pena’, ‘Open Your Arms’, etc.?
Sunday, 02 March, 2008

makuma said…
Que grande album.. Alegria!!
Obrigado pelas boas vibes
P.S. – Ha algum album que o grande Loronix recomende do blog da “blue note europeia” m.p.s.?http://mps-love.blogspot.com/
Abraco
Tuesday, 07 October, 2008

Anonymous said…
O GUITARRISTA DO ALBUM ALEGRIA É O GRANDE OSCAR CASTRO NEVES.
RONIE MESQUITA.
Wednesday, 31 December, 2008

verystupidhead said…
Thanks I am really getting a kick out of this album..reminds of carefree childhood days at the beach in Sydney… quite sentimental eh !! thanks again!!
Tuesday, 11 August, 2009

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