Dick Farney & Booker Pittman – Jam Session das Folhas (1961)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 01 de agosto 2006. 

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Perhaps today is the day zecalouro is posting to Loronixers his mega-rare releases. Jam Session das Folhas – Dick Farney e Booker Pittman (1961) is very rare vinyl collectors item.

This LP was recorded live in the end of 1960 at the auditorium of a Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo. As zecalouro told before, Dick Farney was an outstanding singer and an awesome pianist who contributed decisively to the renovation of Brazilian popular music, incorporating jazz harmonies and style.

Dick was at the piano on all tracks, accompanied by Heraldo do Monte (guitar), Luiz Chaves (bass), Paulinho (drums) among others. Booker plays sax and sings on some tracks

Martoni:

Booker Pittman or Pitman (3 March 1909, Fairmount Heights, Maryland, USA - 19 October 1969, São Paulo, Brasil) was the son of Portia Pittman and a grandson of Booker T. Washington. He became an accomplished jazz clarinetist and played with greats like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie in the US and Europe in the 1920s and 30s. He is also an alto and soprano saxophonist. His stepdaughter Eliana Pittman is a Brazilian jazz singer and actress.

He left the US for the first time in 1933, when he went with Lucky Millinder's orchestra to France and stayed there for four years. During that period, he met a Brazilian musician named Romeo Silva, who took him on a tour of Brazil along with other musicians. They sailed to Bahia aboard the Siqueira Campos.
In 1937, Booker moved to Brazil, where he was known by the nickname "Buca", and continued his musical career there, playing at the Urca Casino. He lived in Copacabana and befriended Jorge Guinle and Pixinguinha. He also played in other countries, like Argentina.
In October 1969 he died in his home in the São Paulo quarter of Vila Nova Conceição of laryngeal cancer at the age of 60 . On behest of his wife Ofélia he was transferred to Rio de Janeiro and there laid to rest at the Cemitério São João Batista in the quarter of Botafogo.

Fonte: Wikipedia

Interesting in the comments is: when Daniella Thompson asked about the song “Cheese” , “Emanuel wrote ‘The song “Cheese” Was Composed By Pittman in Tribute to Dudu (the Banjo and guitar Player) because he used to eat a lot of Cheese.

Dudu was considered one of the best traditional jazz musicians and Pittman´s closest musician/friend. Nowadays Dudu has a band with his sons, the Banda PAPADÚ”.


This is: Dick Farney & Booker Pittman – Jam Session das Folhas (1961) by RGE.

Personnel:

Dick Farney
Eduardo Vidossich
Piano

Heraldo do Monte
Dudu
Guitar

Luiz Chaves
Daniel
Bas

Paulinho
Cláudio
Drums

Massão Ukon
Trompet
 

Kurt van Elgg
Clarinet

Booker Pittman
Sax / Vocal

 
Tracks:

01 - The Man I Love
02 - Velhos Tempos
03 - I Want To Be Happy
04 - Gone With The Wind
05 - Am I Blue
06 - St. Louis Blues
07 - Sweet Georgia Brown
08 - Cheese
09 - Tiger Rag

5 Comentários originais:

Daniella Thompson on Wednesday, 02 August, 2006
Are there liner notes? And if so, do they say anything about the cheese song?

zecalouro on Wednesday, 02 August, 2006
Hello Daniella,
zecalouro is honored to see you down here.
This is a nice and very hard to find LP. Maria Luiza Kfoury – from the excellent http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br – has a copy. I guess she could not find any info on linear notes, take a look at http://tinyurl.com/gyfqj, there you will find info about the Chees song, which was composed by Booker and Daniel.
Who knows if on my weekly visit to the records stores in Rio de Janeiro I can gather some info with someone? I will let all friends here and you aware about it.
Enjoy your stay.
zecalouro

Márcio de Souza on Wednesday, 02 August, 2006
Great!
I´ve never had suspected of this Farney/Pittman collaboration.

Muitas mãos on Thursday, 03 August, 2006
Hey, Brother Loro.
What a great surprise!
O dick farney que eu conhecia era quase inofensivo.
Thanks to show me the real guy.
abraços
daniel

the jazzman on Saturday, 30 December, 2006
Tracks 1-4 are by Farney and are a delight to hear. Thereafter Pittman and a group of Dixieland wanabees take over and I must say I was not impressed. They take a comic attitude to almost everything and I did not think it worked very well. Pittman must think he is emulating the great Sidney Bechet on soprano but does not come close.
Great for tracks 1-4 and a downer for the rest.

yvesfrancois on Wednesday, 18 July, 2007
I have the album,I love the Booker Pittman tracks (one of my favorite sopranos along Bechet, Emmett Matthews and the still active 94 years old Franz Jackson) it has an unusual guitarist and a fine trumpeter (and love Booker’s vocals as well). I find it funny that my view on this LP is the exact opposite of “jazzman” posted. I bought the LP for Pittman and was very happy about Pittman’s combo, but found the “coctail” jazz of Farney’s combo mundane for my taste (though very professional), viva la difference, I guess Yves Francois

emanuel, 17 August, 2011 

Hi Daniella, The song “Cheese” Was Composed By Pittman in Tribute to Dudu (the Banjo and guitar Player) because he used to eat a lot of Cheese.
Dudu was considered one of the best traditional jazz musicians and Pittman´s closest musician/friend.
Nowadays Dudu has a band with his sons, the Banda PAPADÚ.

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Varios Artistas – Um Piano ao Cair da Tarde Vol. 1 | Internacional (1978)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 10 de outubro 2007.
Comentários originais incluídos.

Hello, good evening! Let’s start making the day of instrumental music lovers and fans of the legendary Eldorado, which is a Brazilian record label dedicated to instrumental music. Eldorado was active from 1981 until the early 90′s, releasing several influential albums, some of them already available at Loronix, such as the last album recorded by K-Ximbinho, among many others.

In addition from artist solo releases, Eldorado also released a very famous series called “Um Piano ao Cair da Tarde” with national and international music, always performed by Brazilian artists. Let’s see.

This is Um Piano ao Cair da Tarde Vol. 1 | Internacional (1978), for Eldorado, featuring piano solo renditions of international standards by Dick Farney, Jose Alves, Felix Wagner and Amilton Godoy, Zimbo Trio pianist. Amilton Godoy has the very good company of Rubens Barsotti (drums) and Luiz Chaves (bass), which is in fact Zimbo Trio, performing international standards, get the chance to hear three Zimbo Trio tracks never released on any other record.

Tracks include:

 

 

The Performers

Dick Farney
Jose Alves
Felix Wagner
Amilton Godoy
(featuring Rubens Barsotti and Luiz Chaves)

Track List

01 – The Man I Love (George Gershwin) – Dick Farney
02 – Georgia On My Mind (H. Carmichael) – Dick Farney
03 – Stardust (H. Carmichael) – Dick Farney
04 – Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller) – José Alves
05 – Les Feuilles Mortes (Kosma) – José Alves
06 – Laura (David Raskin) – José Alves
07 – Yard Bird Suite (Keith Jarrett) – Félix Wagner
08 – Semblence (Charlie Parker) – Félix Wagner
09 – Baby (Lennie Tristano) – Félix Wagner
10 – Thank You (Dave Brubeck) – Amilton Godoy
11 – Che Cose C’é (Gino Paoli) – Amilton Godoy
12 – I Say a Little Prayer (Burt Bacharach) – Amilton Godoy7 Comentários originais:

Joe Carter said…
Admiral:
Thanks for posting this recording that contains some rare Zimbo Trio. One point: Yardbird Suite is by Charlie Parker. Perhaps Semblence is by Keith Jarrett?
PS – what happened to the Green Eyed Lady?
Your Biggest Fan
Wednesday, 10 October, 2007

cvllos said…
Zeca, esse trabalho é colagem de gravaçoes ja feitas ou esquecidas em arquivos. As duas primeiras encontram-se em Piano ao cair da Tarde, vols 1 e 2. Nem por isso despreziveis, absolutamente.
Thursday, 11 October, 2007

Anonymous said…
Actually, Charlie Parker should be credited as composer of “Yardbird Suite,” not Keith Jarrett. (Assuming it’s the commonly accepted Jazz standard.)
Friday, 19 October, 2007

Zamuro said…
Simply GREAT! For piano jazz lovers this is a jewel. Thank you a lot, zeca!
Thursday, 01 November, 2007

Leo Rugero said…
Este disco se trata de uma pérola, pois contém as raras gravações solo de Felix Wagner, que é um dos melhores pianistas que já ouvi em vida. Soube que ele setá em Berlim, foi sidemen de alguns jazzistas europeus e sumiu!
Wednesday, 28 November, 2007

Antônio said…
Cadê o link para baixar essa pérola de discos? Where the tlink to download this pearl of record?
Tuesday, 26 August, 2008

zecalouro said…
Antônio,
O link está disponível, como sempre esteve.
Mas talvez você tenha que fazer alguns ajustes, ou aumentando a resolução do seu monitor para um valor mínimo de 1024 x 768, ou então diminuindo um pouco o tamanho da letra (fonte) do seu navegador (browser).
Qualquer dúvida, me escreva.
Abraços, zeca
Tuesday, 26 August, 2008

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Zimbo Trio – Zimbo Trio Vol. 2 (1965)

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Originalmente postado no Loronix em 21 de julho 2007.
Comentários originais incluídos.

I took a time today to visit the beach facilities of Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. They made a great work on assembling an infrastructure down here; the place is clean, secure and really beautiful. However, there is an exception, the music. We should admit, in the past, the offer was really better. We did not have iPods, CDs, etc. but the music available was fantastic, take this album as an example: there was a time in Brazil that instrumental music, such as this one made by Zimbo Trio, was commercially successful.
I think this is the main reason for the average of 3,000 daily visits Loronix receives everyday. The music available here is truly amazing and this fantastic Caetano Rodrigues contribution is the perfect example.

This is Zimbo Trio – Zimbo Trio Vol. 2 (1965), for RGE, which is the second LP released by Zimbo Trio. There is no much to say about this album, a solid listen from the start until the end. Some friends even say that this one is better then their first album, the “red” one, already released at Loronix. Once again, use comments section to give feedback and also say if you feel the need to get it in looseless format.

Tracks include:

Personnel:

Hamilton de Godoy
(piano)
Luiz Chaves
(bass)
Rubinho Barsotti
(drums)

Track List:

01 – Arrastão (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 – Balanço Zona Sul (Tito Madi)
03 – Zomba (Maria Helena Toledo / Luis Bonfá)
04 – Insolação (Adilson Godoy)
05 – Zimba (Tito)
06 – Reza (Ruy Guerra / Edu Lobo)
07 – Samba 40 Graus (Adilson Godoy)
08 – Garota de Charme (Maria Helena Toledo / Luis Bonfá)
09 – Vai de Vez (Luis Fernando Freire / Roberto Menescal)
10 – Balada de Um Sonho Meu (Amilton Godoy)
11 – O Rei Triste (Luis Chaves)
12 – Aleluia (Ruy Guerra / Edu Lobo)


07 Comentários originais:

Luiz on Monday, 16 July, 2000
Grande Zeca. Mais um do fantástico Zimbo Trio. Obrigado

zamurozien on Monday, 16 July, 2007“
I think this is the main reason for the average of 3,000 daily visits Loronix receives everyday”
You are absolutely right. I sometimes listen to some music in my car radio, and 99% is crap. The same vulgar, commercial and uninspired musical schemes, repeated until you get sic. Music to be sold and, in less than a year, forgotten in the darkness of the time.
And we are here listening to music made 40, 50, 60 years ago! (when the majority of us where “in the Limbo” waiting to be born). That speaks a lot about its quality.
But not only the music is great at Loronix. We find here personal references, history, culture, … which help to correctly frame this music in the context in which it was created, and allow us to enjoy it even more.
One example. I had never heard anything about Zimbo Trio, Tamba Trio, Quarteto Em Zy, MPB-4, Nara Leão, Dorival Caymmi, Edú Lobo, Carlos Lyra … until you post their LPs here, last year. And now their music is the one that I hear the most, and also I know something about their lives, their feelings, …
There you are the secret of the success of Loronix.Thanks a lot, Zeca, Caetano and the rest of Loronixers whose contributions to Loronix make very special this moment of the day in which we open the web browser to watch “what surprises has delivered today Zeca at Loronix”.

tolas on Monday, 16 July, 2007
Hi, I think that all of this fantastic music should be compressed in lossless format. Most people who visit this site have fairly speed connection.

Luiz on Monday, 16 July, 2007
Zeca, acho que as palavras do zamurozien são exatamente aquelas que nós brasileiros, gostariamos de ler. Mais uma vez parabéns, Zeca e Caetano pelo maravilhoso trabalho de divulgação da MPBB (Musica Popular Brasileira Boa).

Jorge Noujaim on Monday, 16 July, 2007
Fantastic!!!!!!!
Muito bom Zeca. Obrigado por compartilhar essas joias raras. E que capa hein!!! e com direito a imagen em alta, este nao eh um projeto de resgate soh da musica mas tamben do Design de albuns brasileiros.
um grande abraco,
Jorge

Pereirão on Friday, 20 July, 2007
Zeca,
Tenho ouvido seus post e acho,sinceramente, que vc está abusando do direito de postar música de ótima qualidade.
Grande abraço.

AdHoc on Sunday, 20 April, 2008
Zeca,
Esse LP merece um upgrade prioritário em flac. Acho que é um dos melhores do Zimbo Trio, nunca foi lançado em CD, e a qualidade desse mp3 é bem inferior à média do Loronix. Um obrigado antecipado.

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