The New Beat: What Brazilian music are you listening to now?

Not Brazilian!

 

oops sorry - you're right. mea Culpa. My passion got the best of me.

 

I had to go the second hand/used route to get a copy of this one...



The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays - Antonio Carlos Jobim (Verve) CD Master Edition
with
Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano, guitar), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Leo Wright (flute), George Duvivier (bass) + strings

Arranged & conducted by Claus Ogerman

Recorded 1963

CD 20 bit digital transfer & housed in digipak with booklet included.

 

Now listening to Lenine - Na Pressão.
Still a shock nearly 20 years after being released, I highly recommend listening to this wonderful melting-pot, so many influences masterfully mixed.

 

Since this is the most active Brazilian topic, I have a question here:
Does anyone have recent reissues of Tim Maia (4 albums) and Jorge Ben (2 albums) on Oficial Arquivos label?
How is the mastering quality on CDs?
Is it Brazilian release or international (I can see pictures of the tray insert with main info in English and copyright info in Portuguese)?

 

Dusty Groove has a bunch of new vinyl reissues such as Milton Nascimento : Clube Da Esquina (180 gram pressing) (LP, Vinyl record album)

It looks like they're from a company called Polysom out of Brazil. Anyone take a chance on these? At $55 a pop
I'm not willing to take one for the team.

 

Listening now to Tom Zé, The Hips of Tradition (1992). Totally crazy man, my man Tom.

 

I avoid Polysom like the plague. They have admitted to mastering their releases aiming at consumers with low end/briefcase-style turntables. And that price is absurd!

 

Now playing: a totally must-have album...

Caymmi Visita Tom​

Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim and Dorival Caymmi with his whole family: wife Stela and kids Dori, Danilo and Nana. Recorded in 1963.

Really essential, IMHO.

 

Je suis d'accord.

 

Your accent is perfect, Lon!

Now playing:



Cibo Matto, incl. Sean Lennon, Aguas de Marco (1996).

 

A tocar agora (I'm sure that is awful, incorrect Portuguese, and please forgive me if I wrote something obscene--Lon, it's all your fault! )



Milton Nascimento, Geraes (1976).

Many of my favourite Brazilian songs of the Seventies on that album: "Volver a los 17," the duo with Chico Buarque "O Que Sera," "Lua Girou," etc.

 

I've been enjoying the music of Thais Morell lately. She is a wonderful singer and acoustic guitarist.

Scott

 

Scott, I didn't know Thais M. at all before your post. I just watched a few clips on YouTube, and I agree with you: wonderful! Very, very pleasant music. Thanks.

 

Estou a ouvir...




Carolina foi pro samba
Carolina
Pra dançá o xenhenhém
Carolina
Todo mundo é caidinho
Carolina
Pelo cheiro que ela tem
Carolina
Hum, hum, hum
Carolina, hum, hum, hum
Carolina, hum, hum, hum
Carolina
Pelo cheiro que ela tem
Carolina

 

Bala com Bala - Elis Regina - a wonderful track to sing along to...

 

Estou a ouvir... = "I am listening to..."
Thank you, JM!

Also, I've known that song all my life, but I don't have any recordings by Gonzaga in my music collection. Unbelievable. I will fix this rapidamente.

 

That's how they say it... in Portugal!

In Brazil people would say tocando agora and estou ouvindo.

By the way, estou ouvindo the new Tribalistas album. Yes, they're back.

 

Muito obrigado, southamorican!

And I didn't know Monte, Brown, and Antunes had a new record out, 15 years after their first one. I'll try to listen to it ASAP. Thanks for the heads-up!

 

De nada, Jacline!

Yes, if you like the first one, you'll like this one too!

 

I am terribly old school when it comes to music, any genre, so estou ouvindo Jorge Ben, "Filho Maravilha," (or "Fio") from the Seventies:



This song is about a Brazilian football player, is that right? (What we would call a soccer player in my neck of the woods, I think. But what do I know, up here, in hockey land )

 

Yes, this guy:



He wasn't a skilled player but Flamengo fans, such as Jorge, loved him for his grit. Unfortunately, he later sued Ben for using his (nick)name, that's why he changed it to "Filho".

It's such a brilliant song. Ben had the knack for writing about football like no one else. His other football classics are "Umbabarauma", "Camisa 10 da Gávea" (a tribute to Zico) and "Zagueiro", but he mentions the game in many other songs.

 

Thank you for the info! I find it very interesting. National passion for THE game translated into music. Cool.

 

I might be cheating a little bit, but I'll post this anyway, because I miss David:



Seu Jorge, The Life Aquatic (2005). Soundtrack to the Wes Anderson movie.

EDIT: I think I should specify that the songs on that album are acoustic Portuguese versions of David Bowie's songs. Which he really liked, BTW.

 

And since I'm cheating anyway...

Un homme et une femme 1966 - Samba Saravah par Seidrik - Dailymotion

An excellent moment in a great French movie, Un Homme et Une Femme, Claude Lelouch (1966). The actor-singer is Pierre Barouh (who passed away last year). The song was written by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, if I remember correctly. Barouh wrote the French lyrics.

One of my mother's favourite movies. So it became one of mine, I guess.