Zaccarias e Sua Secao de Palhetas - Palhetas Espetaculares (1962)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 24 de junho 2007.
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I'm only bringing this album to the spotlight due relevant information sent by an anonymous contributir today. Maestro Zacarrias = Zaccarias e Sua Secao de Pahetas | Palhetas Espetaculares (1962), was release in December 14, with no information on personnel listing. I'm bringing it to the spotlight due a relevant information sent by an anonymous friend that could gather personnel listing from "Parada de LPs", written by Silvio Tulio.

Silvio Tulio in May 03, 1962, wrote complete personnel listing on his article, which I'm making available bellow, updating the original post. Friends of Brazil-on-Guitar will be really excited discovering an unknown Baden Powell album as sideman. Thanks anonymous, I hope you come back to tell us how can you dig such old newspapers like this one.

This is the original post with personnel update. Do not miss original anonymous writing in comments section and download package with better cover artwork scans.

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This record makes a nice explanation of the classification of musical instruments at back cover linear notes as families of musical instruments as they are organized in an orchestra. I will try to summarize to our friends.

Musical instruments are grouped into families based on how they make sounds. In an orchestra, musicians sit together in these family groupings. But this is not that simple, some instruments seem to be of a family and by the way sound is produced, they are categorized in another. For instance, I heard somewhere that sax and clarinets are from the same group of the acoustic guitar, since the concept is a wood that vibrates on both cases. In Brazil, this family is known as Familia das Palhetas.

Confusing... Anyway, this record is all about the Palhetas with sax and clarinets. This is Zaccarias e Sua Secao de Palhetas - Palhetas Espetaculares (1962), for RCA Victor, wonderful orchestra album, all about the Palhetas family. Zaccarias - by the way, a new Brazilian Maestro at Loronix - organizes his Secao de Palhetas as 5 saxophones and 4 clarinets, backed up by a rhythmic section as of bass, piano, drums, guitar and percussion. Another nice release that was kindly sent to zecalouro by our great friend Caetano Rodrigues. I invite you to check this wonderful album and share your comments with us. Tracks include:

Personnel

Paulo Moura, Jose Sergio, Josino, Botelho
(clarinet)
Jaime Araujo, Jorge Ferreira, Sandoval, Aurino, Joaquim Goncalves
(sax)
Plinio Araujo
(drums)
Fats Elpidio
(piano)
Baden Powell
(guitar)
Luiz Marinho
(bass)
Gilberto, Pedro and Barao
(percussion)

Track List

01 - Dizzy Fingers
02 - Amelia
03 - A Danca do Sabre
04 - Solucao
05 - Bye Bye Blues
06 - Fim de Parceria
07 - Lover
08 - Murmurio
09 - Sessao de Samba Nr. 1
10 - Holiday for Strings
11 - Sambalada do Coracao
12 - Boato

4 Reply to "Zaccarias e Sua Secao de Palhetas - Palhetas Espetaculares (1962)" bossanovadreamer on Friday, 15 December, 2006Caetano has albums "nobody" knows about. When I listen to this album I get feelings to take my own sax to play.Great.
Thanks a lot

Luiz on Friday, 15 December, 2006
Zecalouro,
Não devemos confundir as palhetas utilizadas para "ferir" as cordas de um violão ou guitarra com as palhetas de bambu que produzem os sons dos saxofones e clarinetes (além de outros instrumentos, como o oboé, por exemplo). Estas, colocadas nas boquilhas, vibram com a pressão dos lábios do executante, produzindo som que será amplificado pelo corpo do instrumento.
Grande abraço!

Anonymous on Sunday, 24 June, 2007
Zecalouro, aí vai uma pequena contribuição. É Silvio Tulio na sua coluna "Parada de Lps" no dia 03 de maio de 1962 que nos dá a informação técnica deste disco. Escreveu ele:
"Como o texto da contracapa é quase todo consumido por uma historia sobre palhetas, vamos informar aqui a formação do conjunto. Aliás, é inadmissivel que se continue a editar lps instrumentais em que os participantes sejam sistematicamente omitidos ou da etiqueta ou das notas da contracapa.
Clarinetes: Paulo Moura, José Sergio, Josino e Botelho; Saxofones: Jaime Araujo, Jorge Ferreira, Sandoval, Aurino e Joaquim Gonçalves; Bateria: Plinio Araujo; Piano: Fats Elpidio; Guitarra: Baden Powell; Contrabaixo: Luis Marinho; Percussão: Gilberto, Pedro e Barão

zecalouro on Sunday, 24 June, 2007Anônimo,
Espetacular contribuição. Merecedora de um repost desse album espetacular.
Abraços, e muito obrigado.
zeca

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Quarteto Excelsior - Coquetel Dancante Nr. 1 (1957)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em  13 de junho 2007.
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This is the first out of a series of really unique LPs, mainly Brazilian instrumental music from the late 50's and 60's. The source of this series comes from another donation to Loronix, made by someone that lives in Rio de Janeiro and this is the only thing I know about. It was just a matter of exchanging three or four emails to receive a box of twelve LPs dropped by someone at my building Lobby.

I decided to start with this one, recorded in 1957 - which is before Bossa Nova - and with a lot of Bossa Nova on it. This album confirms that Bossa Nova creation was a jointly work forged by several Brazilian artists, such as Quarteto Excelsior, a very well arranged and wonderfully played album with a cool male singing, very similar to that one we know as Bossa Nova way of singing.

This is Quarteto Excelsior - Coquetel Dancante Nr. 1 (1957), for RCA Victor. I will be straightforward, personnel listing is enough to explain this release, but I want to highlight Maestro Zaccarias, delivering solid clarinet solos and singing on a surprising and smooth voice for that time and Fats Elpidio, a legendary Brazilian pianist with a few albums already available at Loronix.

Tracks includes:

Personnel

Maestro Zaccarias
(clarinet, voice)
Fats Elpidio
(piano)
Bill
(bass)
Romeu
(drums, vocals)

Track List

01 - Baião do Lavrador (Valdrido Silva / Zaccarias)
02 - Abre a Janela (Roberto Roberti / Arlindo Marques Júnior)
03 - Lá no Norte (Gilvan Chaves)
04 - Tiradentes (Estanislau Silva / Penteado / Décio Carlos)
05 - Pau-de-arara (Luis Gonzaga / Guio de Morais)
06 - Batuque no Morro (Russo do Pandeiro / Sá Róris)
07 - The Very Thought Of You (R. Noble) Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley / V. Matsen) Anastasia (Paul Francis Webster / A. Newman)
08 - Petticoats Of Portugal (Durso / Mitabel) Angustia (Orlando de Brito) Esperame En El Cielo (Francisco Lopez Vidal "Paquito") Que Murmuren (R. Fuentes / R. Cardenas)
09 - You're Sensational (Cole Porter) I Love You Samantha (Cole Porter) True Love (Cole Porter)


3 Reply to "Quarteto Excelsior - Coquetel Dancante Nr. 1 (1957)"

 jbwalker on Monday, 10 September, 2007
What a thrilling and fulfilling album. The music is easy and flowing, the vocals smooth and beautiful. I find myself quite moved by some of the songs, especially the opening track. Thanks AGAIN. Any other Excelsior offerings? jw

zecalouro on Monday, 10 September, 2007Hello JbWalker,
How are you?
Thanks for your nice feedback. There is another Quarteto Excelsior album in the 10-inch format at Loronix, here is the link, link
Please let me know if you need further assistance and good luck with the other Quarteto Excelsior album.
Cheers, zeca

E.Z. Listener on Thursday, 20 September, 2007
Great great LP! Thank you so much, zecalouro for doing what you do. I'm a big music fan and your blog is on my top list of websites.
Live long and prosper!!!!!

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Sexteto de Jazz Moderno - Bossa Nova (1963)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 28 de abril 2007.
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Yesterday, I said we started a series of two important Brazilian instrumental music albums. Keeping the deal we made, I'm showing today the second and last one, recorded in 1963 by a group of top-notch musicians that made together this first and only album, by the way, very different from what was usually produced at that time with tracks of 5 minutes and more and long solo performance by members throughout the record. Let's see another wonderful Caetano Rodrigues contribution.

This is Sexteto de Jazz Moderno - Bossa Nova (1963), for RCA Victor. There is an interest story written at this album liner notes saying that the first US artists to get along with Bossa Nova was Ella Fritzgerald when touring in Brazil, 1960 with Roy Eldridge and Paul Smith Quartet. When they return to US, Roy Eldridge recorded immediately an album called Bossa Nova that called the attention of others musicians, such as Charlie Byrd, Zoot Sims and others. According with Bossa Nova liner notes, this was how everything started in the US. Sexteto de Jazz Moderno features the sax of Jorgino and Aurino, the piano of Fats Elpidio, the guitar of Jose Meneses, among others.

Tracks include:

Personnel

Jorginho
(sax alto)
Aurino
(sax tenor)
Fats Elpidio
(piano)
Jose Meneses
(guitar)
Plinio
(drums, percussion)
Paulo
(bass)

Track List

01 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
02 - Barquinho (Ronaldo Bôscoli / Roberto Menescal)
03 - Samba Toff (Orlandivo / Roberto Jorge)
04 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
05 - Menina Feia (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
06 - Lamento (Djalma Ferreira / Luiz Antonio)


7 Reply to "Sexteto de Jazz Moderno - Bossa Nova (1963)"

Aluizio Amorim on Saturday, 28 April, 2007Caríssimo Zecalouro:
o seu blog está ótimo. Descubro aqui algumas raridades. sou bossanovista. Mas só gosto da bossa nova autêntica, da boa e da pura. Só tolero o tempero do jazz.
Grande abraço do
Aluízio Amorim
http://oquepensaaluizio.zip.net

zecalouro on Saturday, 28 April, 2007Aluizio,
Bem-vindo ao Loronix, Aluizio.
O pessoal aqui é bem eclético e tem um gosto parecido com o seu e muitas variações.
Já vou até lá ver e saber o que pensa o Aluizio. Grande abraço!
zeca

cvllos on Saturday, 05 May, 2007
Zeca, queria citar a qualidade do scanneamento que vc promove.A contra-capa está excente!Aqueles cultores das informaçoes dos conjuntos sentem-se premiados com a mesma. Parabens.

zecalouro on Saturday, 05 May, 2007
cvllos,
Na verdade, esse scan é sobre uma xerox reduzida, essa sim feita com maestria pelo Caetano Rodrigues.
Estou fazendo quase um mês com scanner novo e só agora pequei todas as mumunhas que precisava para fazer as capas dos LPs.
Aguarde os próximos posts.
Abraços, zeca

cvllos on Saturday, 05 May, 2007Prá concluir, Zeca...tem algumas contra-capas que vale o investimento pois trazem informaçoes substanciosas.
Outras - aquela Orquestra Pan-americana, com Severino Filho, excelente por sinal - nao trazem qualquer informaçao relevante.
Aí, acho que nao ha retorno para pesquisa.
Voce, Zeca, com sua equipe de "arqueologos" é que conseguiu e disponibilizou interpretes, etc!
Pela quinquilhonésima vez...PARABENS e AGRADECIDO!

Laércio Monzani Jr. on Wednesday, 07 January, 2009
Prezado Zeca, a faixa 3 deste disco é SAMBA TOFF (e não Samba Tuff).

zecalouro on Wednesday, 07 January, 2009Prezado Laércio,
Samba Toff. Corrigido. Obrigado.
Abraços, zeca

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