Anyone want to talk about Brazilian music?

[progmom]

For instance, this is one damn fine record:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. I got into the bassa nova sound thanks to that movie

Woman on Top....I bought the soundtrack and really enjoyed it. the movie...:shrug:

[progmom]

5. yeah, that was great music!

Caetano Veloso had a track on Pedro Almodóvar soundtrack "Talk to Her" which I think was nominated for an Oscar.

This is a great album too:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

6. I have to see Talk to Her

thanks for the album rec! :hi:

[progmom]

8. ooh yes - see TalkTo Her

I loved it. :)

[asthmaticeog]

2. How many is a Gilberto?

:shrug:

[Radical Activist]

3. Nice cover art

I haven't listened to much Brazilian music.

[nickgutierrez]

4. What do you think...

...is the over/under before somebody drops that played out turd of a joke in this thread?

[Cathyclysmic]

7. I love that great tropicalia group Os Popcorns!

[progmom]

9. You mean Os Poopcorns!

:hug:

[Squeech]

14. Cool

but this isn't the record to get. The key Poopcorns (?) record IMHO is the one just called Mutantes, where the cover picture is a performance shot of the band, where the guys are wearing elaborate Shakespearean costumes and Rita Lee's in a wedding gown. The tunes "Dia 36" and "Fuga No II" come from that record. (I'm home with a bug today, so I can research this stuff.)

The Caetano record you posted, does it have the Mutantes playing on it? Or is it one of his English exile records?

And can you recommend a Dory Caymmi record that will impress me with his guitar playing? I saw him live as Gal Costa's music director, and he got to do a magnificent short set of his own music, but there wasn't anything that brilliant on the compilation CD I bought.

[Tom Kitten]

10. Have you heard of

Luis Gonzaga? I like forro music...

[swag]

11. Not at the moment, but I did want to ask you if you think I should

spend some money and time on seeing this next month:

TUE - SUN APRIL 25 - 30
Terrasson - Okegwo - Parker Trio
Jacky Terrasson - piano
Ugonna Okegwo - bass
Leon Parker - drums

Nineteen-ninety-five marked not only the release of Jacky Terrasson's self-titled Blue Note debut album, but the birth (on record) of one of the most inventive and dynamic piano trios in recent jazz history. Jacky, Ugonna Okegwo, and Leon Parker made special music together - and they're making it again, more than a decade later, as the all-star trio T.O.P. The Jazz Standard reunion of these three gifted musicians is certain to be one of the most anticipated events of the spring season on the New York scene.

[tigereye]

12. Eliane Elias!

I just have this thing for women jazz pianists....

I know a little bit about Brazilian jazz, but not that much. Airto and Flora Purim are pretty cool.

mmm nice pic of him behind the set....

[HamdenRice]

13. Greatest album ever: Leila Pinheiro, "Isso e bossa nova"

If you buy this CD, just skip the first mediocre track, an over-produced instrumental medley, before listening to the entire album.

Here's a review I wrote on Amazon several years ago:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000G9AT/ref=m_art_li_4/102-9379332-7628919?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

A masterpiece by Brazil's reigning princess of Bossa Nova, March 15, 1999
Reviewer: A music fan
Isso e Bossa Nova is, quite simply, one of the greatest interpretations of Bossa Nova classics ever recorded. For those of you not familiar, Bossa Nova is a style of Brazilian music that first developed and became very popular in the early 1960s. It was a dramatic turn in Brazilian music, which had been dominated by samba -- a relatively fast, multi-rythmic dance and party music. The earliest pioneers of Bossa Nova, influenced by American "cool jazz" tried to dramatically quiet down Samba while retaining its essential rythmic complexity. Bossa Nova crossed over to the U.S. in the 1960s, particularly through collaborations between American jazz musicians and the greatest Bossa Nova composers and musicians, such as Tom Jobim and Joao Gilberto. The center of gravity of Brazilian musical culture has moved on, but some musicians, like Leila, lovingly preserve and re-interpret Bossa Nova, just as many great singers in the U.S. continue to sing the great jazz "standards." Ironically, Leila has produced many other albums, but to my ears, many are "over-produced," sounding like 1970s jazz fusion. In this album, her producers pared down the accomanying musicians, letting Leila's voice and vision emerge with crystal clarity. What is so remarkable about this album is the combination of reverence for the great composers and the impact of Leila's profoundly personal, new interpretations. Her voice is crystal clear and pure; her pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese lyrics is playful (even if you don't understand a word of her language). Plus it simply swings -- it's one of the most rythmically moving collections I've ever heard -- while being very quiet and intimate. Two of my favorite singles are Sabe Voce and Samba de Pergunta. Sabe Voce is a beautiful monologue presumably by a poor person to a rich person about the nature of love. Samba de Pergunta is a beautiful, haunting, contemplative and mysterious bossa nova-samba about a woman who is disappearing into her own private thoughts. I can't tell you how beautiful this music is. I bought this CD about two years ago, and my musical education has ended here: I can play it over and over, only growing more fond of it, finding more subtleties in the poetry of the lyrics, the complexity of the poly-rythms and the sophistication of Leila's interpretation. This is one CD to purchase without hesitation and treasure for the rest of your life!

[hobo_baggins]

15. Hes awesome...I have his foreign sound album

hes covering alot of interesting american songs.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Sepultura...

Not exactly a fan (heavy metal kinda scares me, haha) but they're the only Brazilian band I know of.