(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Chico Batera)
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Filming with Chico Batera
Filming with Cesar Camargo Mariano
(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Cesar Camargo Mariano and Flavia R.A.C. Mariano)
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Ruy Castro's "A Onda Que Se Ergueu No Mar" reissued! Revised & expanded edition.
Revised & Expanded edition. Mentioning Arnaldo DeSouteiro's friendship with João Gilberto.
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Biography
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Arnaldo DeSouteiro – Biografia ultra-resumida
Produtor de discos, com cerca de 530 álbuns em sua discografia (incluindo novos CDs, reedições, coletâneas, trilhas sonoras, projetos especiais), conforme consta no All Music Guide, principal e mais acessado website sobre música no mundo. Jornalista e publicitário (formado em Comunicação pela PUC-RJ), tendo escrito para os jornais Tribuna da Imprensa (de 1979 até sua extinção em 2009, com 3.200 artigos publicados), Última Hora, O Globo e O Estado do Paraná, revistas Billboard, Keyboard (USA), Cuadernos de Jazz (Espanha), Swing Journal (Japão), Revista do CD (Brasil) etc.
Roteirista de shows (João Gilberto, Diana Krall, Ithamara Koorax, Marcos Valle, Eumir Deodato, Bjork etc) e de especiais de TV para as emissoras Globo (Antonio Carlos Jobim & João Gilberto) e Manchete (Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Chuck Mangione, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim etc) no Brasil, BET e PBS nos EUA, NHK no Japão (Diana Krall, João Gilberto, CTI All Stars, Dave Brubeck etc).
Nascido no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) em 1963, radicado em Los Angeles (EUA) desde 1999. Estudou piano clássico e harmonia com sua mãe, a pianista e maestrina Delza Agricola. É membro da Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI) e da Ordem dos Músicos do Brasil (OMB) desde 1979, membro catedrático titular efetivo da Academia Internacional de Música desde 1985, membro votante do Grammy-Naras (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) desde 2006, membro votante da Los Angeles Jazz Society (único brasileiro) desde 2007, e também único brasileiro que é membro votante da Jazz Journalists Association (sediada em Nova Iorque) desde 2002. Atua como consultor e parecerista para diversas empresas, centros culturais e festivais de música no Brasil e no exterior.
Também foi membro honorário e primeiro membro brasileiro da Associação Internacional de Educadores de Jazz (IAJE – International Association of Jazz Educators) durante 12 anos, até sua extinção em 2008, tendo realizado palestras e "panel sessions" nas convenções anuais realizadas nos EUA.
Fundador e Presidente da gravadora JSR (Jazz Station Records), sediada em Los Angeles – EUA desde 2001, uma divisão da Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting. Dirige também a JSR Casting e a LaCalifUSA Pictures, empresa de cinema que produz conteúdo e trilhas sonoras (composição, produção, seleção) para filmes e séries de TV.
Produziu discos e sessões de gravação com artistas como Luiz Bonfá, João Gilberto, Dom Um Romão, João Donato, Palmyra & Levita, Mario Castro-Neves, Claudio Roditi, Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, Dexter Payne, Bjork, Rodrigo Lima, Don Sebesky, Hubert Laws, Fabio Fonseca, Marcos Ozzellin, Herbie Hancock, Jorge Pescara, Paula Faour, Anna Ly, Pascoal Meirelles, Yana Purim, Carlos Pingarilho, Nelson Angelo, Marcelo Salazar, Ithamara Koorax, Ron Carter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Steve Swallow, Herbie Hancock, Hugo Fattoruso, Larry Coryell, Sadao Watanabe, Jurgen Friedrich, Claus Ogerman, Gazzara, Eumir Deodato, Azymuth, Marcio Montarroyos, Sivuca, Laudir de Oliveira, Marcos Valle, David Matthews, Gene Bertoncini, John McLaughlin, Raul de Souza, Hermeto Pascoal, Jadir de Castro, Lew Soloff, George Young, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Alphonso Johnson e muitos outros.
Como compositor e letrista, tem parcerias com Dave Brubeck (“Broadway Bossa Nova”), Francesco Gazzara (“O Passarinho”), Mamoru Morishita (“Hotaru”) e Fabio Fonseca (“Samba da Copa”, executado na cerimônia de abertura da Copa do Mundo de 2006).
Produziu reedições de discos de Sergio Mendes, Flora Purim, Tamba Trio, Ivan Lins, Carlos Lyra, Miucha, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad, Hank Crawford, Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Luiz Bonfá, Phil Upchurch, Tennyson Stephens, Eumir Deodato, Grant Green, Mario Castro-Neves, João Donato, Claus Ogerman, David Matthews, Esther Phillips, Joe Beck, Eric Gale e muitos outros.
Produziu as séries “A Trip To Brazil” (cujo Volume 1 chegou ao primeiro-lugar na parada de world-music na Europa em 1998, superando “Buena Vista Social Club”), “Brazilian Horizons”, “CTI: Acid Jazz Grooves”, “Jazz Club”, e retrospectivas - lançadas mundialmente entre 2006 e 2010 pelo selo Verve – das carreiras de Quincy Jones (“Summer In The City: The Soul-Jazz Groves of Quincy Jones”), Eumir Deodato (“Do It Again: The Fantastic Jazz Funk of Eumir Deodato”) e Chick Corea (“Electric Chick”).
Desde 1981, tem realizado, como free lancer, produção musical para diversas gravadoras, como RCA/BMG, Sony, Verve/PolyGram/Universal, CTI, King, Paddle Wheel, Pausa, Milestone/Fantasy, Warner/WEA, Motor Music, JVC/Victor, Sanyo, Movieplay, Imagem, Eldorado, CID, Alfa, RGE, Mr. Bongo, Terra Música, Blue Moon, Bomba, Cedar Tree, Treasure Trove, Irma, Vivid Sound, Motéma, e Huks Music, no Brasil, Europa, Estados Unidos, Japão, China, Taiwan e Coréia.
Entre 1982 e 1984, atuou como assessor cultural do Serviço de Comunicação Social da Petrobras. Em 1983, criou, produziu e apresentou o programa "Jazz espetacular", transmitido pela Rádio Tupi FM. Em 1984, assumiu a responsabilidade da programação de bordo (musical e audiovisual) transmitida nos vôos internacionais da Varig, função que exerceu durante 14 anos. Também nesse período (1985 a 1987), participou da comissão de seleção do Free Jazz Festival.
Escreveu textos de contracapa para discos de diversos artistas, como Toots Thielemans, Ella Fitzgerald, Eliane Elias, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jeff Kinsky, Paulo Bellinati e Carlos Barbosa Lima, entre outros. Assinou textos para divulgação ("press releases") de artistas como João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Bill Evans, Jimmy Smith, Elvin Jones, Stanley Turrentine e Tony Bennett.
Atuou como entrevistador em depoimentos prestados para o Museu da Imagem e do Som (Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo) por João Donato, Stellinha Egg, Maestro Gaya, Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim e Carlos Barbosa Lima. Em 2001, recebeu o prêmio de International Man of The Year, concedido pelo International Biographical Centre, de Londres. Foi o primeiro brasileiro a receber essa premiação, oferecida anteriormente a apenas quatro outros produtores: Arif Mardin, Tommy LiPuma, Quincy Jones e Phil Ramone. Ainda nesse ano, a JSR (Jazz Station Records), de sua propriedade, foi considerada uma das cinco melhores gravadoras de jazz do mundo, em relação publicada na edição de dezembro da revista especializada norte-americana "Down Beat", premiação que se repetiu por quatro anos (7º lugar em 2003, 9º lugar em 2004, 5º lugar em 2005 e 6º lugar em 2006).
Foi entrevistado em vários programas de TV, seriados (incluindo o documentário "Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer" exibido pelo canal GNT) e filmes como o premiado documentário "Beyond Ipanema", no qual foi entrevistado ao lado de Creed Taylor, Lalo Schifrin, Wayne Shorter, Gene Lees e Norman Gimbel. Depois de apresentado em diversos festivais de cinema nos Estados Unidos e Europa, "Beyond Ipanema" foi transformado em série de televisão transmitida em território brasileiro pela emissora Canal Brasil em 2014.
CEO & Founder · Los Angeles
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(Arnaldo DeSouteiro during a recording session in 2014)
"People are going to talk about you, especially when they envy you and the life you live. Let them. You affected their lives, they didn't affect yours... you will eventually lose someone you love & love someone you never thought you'd find..."
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Music Producer (with over 530 albums to his credit according to the All Music Guide), Voting Member of NARAS-GRAMMY and Jazz Journalists Association (NY), Member of LAJS (Los Angeles Jazz Society), Musical Philosopher, Journalist, Jazz & Brazilian Music Historian, Publicist, Public Relations, Composer (having written successful jazz & pop songs, some dance hits like "O Passarinho" for the Italian TV reality show "La Pupa e Il Secchione", and "Samba da Copa" for the "2006 World Cup" in Germany, plus many other soundtracks for movies, soap operas & TV series in the USA -- PBS, BET, Universal Cable etc --, Europe and Asia), Lyricist (he wrote lyrics to Dave Brubeck's "Broadway Bossa Nova" at the invitation of Brubeck himself, among other songs), Arranger, Percussionist, Keyboardist, Programmer, Educator (conducting clinics and panel sessions worldwide as the first Brazilian member of IAJE-International Association of Jazz Educators during its existence). He has also acted as consultant for several companies and jazz festivals all over the world.
Founder and CEO of JSR (Jazz Station Records), a Division of Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting - LA, Calif. Most recently, founded LaCalifUSA Pictures and JSR Casting in 2007 for movie & TV productions featuring music & fashion.
Produced the acclaimed CD compilation series "A Trip To Brazil," "CTI Acid Jazz Grooves," "Brazilian Horizons," "Focus on Bossa Nova," "Focus on Brazilian Music Grooves", "Bossa Nova Singers," "Bossa Nova Guitar","Jazz Rock" etc.
Produced special compilations for Quincy Jones ("Summer in the City - The Soul Jazz Grooves of Quincy Jones"), Chick Corea ("Electric Chick") and Deodato ("Do It Again - The Fantastic Jazz-Funk of Eumir Deodato"), all released by Verve/Universal. His latest CD for Verve is "Bossa Nova USA," released last May, featuring Dave Brubeck's title track performed by Quincy Jones.
Supervised and/or Directed TV specials featuring João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Mangione, Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Dom Um Romão, Eliane Elias, Diana Krall, Eumir Deodato, Bjork et al. Worked with producers Creed Taylor, Yoichi Nakao, Susumu Morikawa, Matthias Kunnecke, and photographers Pete Turner, Victor Skrebneski, Robert Mappelthorpe, Duane Michals.
Mr. DeSouteiro has also worked in his native Brazil for TUPI-FM radio station (as musical programmer-DJ as well as hosting his own show, "Jazz Espetacular"), Manchete TV network (anchoring & supervising the "Terça Especial" series for which he interviewed such jazz giants as Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Chuck Mangione, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim etc), Globo TV network (screenplay, coordination and mix for the TV special "João Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim - O Grande Encontro" in 1992, the last time these 2 geniuses performed together, plus the texts and screenplay for the "Minuto da Bossa" series), and as the jazz columnist for the "Tribuna da Imprensa" (Press Tribune) daily newspaper during 29 years (from 1979 to 2008). Before moving to the USA, he also worked as Brazilian correspondent of "Keyboard" magazine (from 1985 to 1994), as a free-lancer to Billboard, Cuadernos de Jazz, Swing Journal and International Music Magazine, and as entertainment-in-flight programmer for several airline companies like Varig Brazilian Airlines (from 1983 to 1998).
Produced over 530 albums and sessions featuring: Luiz Bonfa, João Gilberto, Dom Um Romão, Thiago de Mello, Dexter Payne, João Donato, Palmyra & Levita, Mario Castro-Neves, Jorge Pescara, Paula Faour, Fabio Fonseca, Claudio Roditi, Rodrigo Lima, Hermeto Pascoal, Ithamara Koorax, Don Sebesky, Sammy Figueroa, Bjork, Anna Ly, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Pascoal Meirelles, Yana Purim, Pingarilho, Nelson Angelo, Marcelo Salazar, Ron Carter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Steve Swallow, Herbie Hancock, Hugo Fattoruso, Larry Coryell, Sadao Watanabe, Jurgen Friedrich, Eloir de Moraes, Gazzara, Deodato, Jadir de Castro, Azymuth, Marcio Montarroyos, Sivuca, Laudir de Oliveira, Marcos Valle, Jay Berliner, George Young, David Matthews, Lew Soloff, Alphonso Johnson, Gene Bertoncini, John McLaughlin, Claus Ogerman, Raul de Souza, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and many others.
Produced and supervised CD reissues of albums by Ron Carter, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Sergio Mendes, Hubert Laws, Grant Green, Idris Muhammad, Joe Beck, Esther Phillips, Lonnie Smith, David Matthews & Whirlwind, Phil Upchurch, Tennyson Stephens, Miucha, Flora Purim, Carlos Lyra, Tamba Trio, Ivan Lins, Raul de Souza, Trio 3-D and many others. As annotator, he wrote liner notes and press releases for albums by Toots Thielemans, Hank Crawford, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny, Eliane Elias, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Jeff Linsky and dozens of others for labels like RCA, CTI, Kudu, Milestone, Fantasy, Verve, Columbia, Irma, Alfa, JVC, Caju, Sonet, Paddle Wheel, JHO, Mercury, Imagem etc.
Mr. DeSouteiro also had the honor to be associated with some of the world's greatest photographers like Pete Turner (who did the cover photos for Rodrigo Lima's "Saga" and Jorge Pescara's "Grooves in the Temple," released on his own JSR label and featured on Turner's new book "The Color of Jazz"), Victor Skrebneski (the CD reissue of "Upchurch/Tennyson"), Bruce Weber (Esther Phillips' "For All We Know"), Robert Mappelthorpe ("Brazilian Horizons"), Alen MacWeeney, William Cadge, and Duane Michals (many of the CTI CDs) and so on. He has appeared in several movies and TV series such as the Award Winning documentary movie "Beyond Ipanema," for which he was interviewed alongside Creed Taylor, Lalo Schifrin, Wayne Shorter, Gene Lees and Norman Gimbel.
CEO & Founder: Arnaldo DeSouteiro
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People are going to talk about you, especially when they envy you and the life you live. Let them. You affected their lives, they didn't affect yours... you will eventually lose someone you love & love someone you never thought you'd find...
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Akiko Yano w/ Will Lee & Chris Parker live in NYC, tomorrow night, at Joe's Pub
If you are in the NY area, don't miss the terrific Japanese pianist/singer/composer Akiko Yano performing tomorrow, at Joe's Pub, with two living legends: bass hero Will Lee and master drummer Chris Parker! (Btw, I heard them playing together for the first time on Joe Beck's "Beck" album for the Kudu label.)
Filming today with Antonio Carlos & Jocafi
Saturday, July 15, 2017
R.I.P.: Joe Fields (1929-2017)
Hermeto Pascoal's debut album as a leader, "Hermeto", was released in 1971 on Cobblestone, produced by Airto & Flora Purim after Fields' approval. At Muse, Fields signed Dom Um Romao and produced his first solo sessions in the USA, that yielded the albums "Dom Um Romao" and "Spirit Of The Times".
He was also responsible for the very controversial "Donato/Deodato" album, being credited as producer in the second pressing when the album was re-titled "Joao Donato" after a law suit. [George Klabin had been listed as producer in the original vinyl issue.]
He was very important to the careers of Mark Murphy, Charles Earland, Kenny Barron, Grant Green, Cedar Walton, Norman Connors, Houston Person etc.
Below is an e-mail I got today from jazz publicist Jim Eigo:
"Joe Fields, a driving force in the jazz music business for over 50 years, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. He was 88 years old.
Joe was born in Jersey City, N.J. in 1929 and raised in Brooklyn. He attended Pershing Jr. HS and Erasmus Hall and was a citywide athlete, winning the prestigious New York Journal American Lou Gehrig award. Joe worked many jobs during his school years, including selling newspapers, pushing a rack in the Garment District, and driving a cab. He played college football at Syracuse and the University of Bridgeport where he was captain of his team his senior year. While attending Bridgeport, he met and married his wife of 66 years, Joan Nancy Boyd.
After graduating from college, Joe had several business ventures but found his calling in the music business. In the late fifties, he began selling records to music stores in Brooklyn. Joe was hired by London Records to pick singles for the United States market.
He worked for MGM, Verve, Prestige, and Sue Records before becoming the national sales manager at Buddha Records. While at Buddha, Joe started their jazz division, Cobblestone Records.
He started his own record label when he acquired Cobblestone from Buddha and renamed it Muse Records. From 1973 to 1996, Muse created nearly 30 years of successful jazz recordings featuring artists such as Pat Martino, Houston Person, Cedar Walton, Charlie Earland, Larry Coryell, Woody Shaw, and many others. The label was nominated for various jazz music awards and won two Grammys. During the mid 80's Joe acquired both the Savoy and Landmark Records labels. Savoy was a seminal jazz company with recordings by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, and other influential stars of the early years of the Bebop era.
In 1997, Joe, and his son Barney, launched HighNote and Savant Records. This started another legacy that continues to this day. Performers who have thrived on the label include such notable musicians as Kenny Burrell, Houston Person, Wallace Roney, Eric Alexander, Freddy Cole, Tom Harrell, Russell Malone, and others who continue to release new jazz recordings.
Joe was a founding member of the Police Boys Club Lacrosse program in Manhasset, New York. He was one of the founders of the Manhasset Lacrosse "Day of Champions" where both college and high school teams continue to play in this yearly event. In recognition of his many contributions to lacrosse, Joe was one of the inaugural inductees in the Manhasset Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Joe joined the Manhasset Gentleman Joggers at its inception in the 1960’s, running in everything from Sunday jogs and 5K's to half marathons. He enjoyed many years of friendly competition with a wide group of friends.
He is survived by his wife, Joan Nancy Fields, four children; Christine Jenne (Richard), Suzanne Fields, Laura Tralongo, Barney Fields, grandchild Allison Passero (Julius), and a great grandson, Julius Passero III.
Funeral Arrangements:
Sunday, July 16, 2017
3:00-5:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm
Fairchild & Sons Funeral Chapel
1570 Northern Blvd.
Manhassett, NY 11030
(516) 627 - 2000
R.I.P.: Steve Getz (1948-2017)
Known as "Stan Getz's son", Steve actually did a lot for jazz, besides preserving his father's legacy.
I saw him for the first time when he toured Brazil playing percussion on Stan's band, in the mid-70s.
Much later, in 1985, he got in touch with me because Steve wanted to book Luiz Bonfa for an engagement at the Fat Tuesday's club, in NY, for which he was working. Bonfa liked Stan (he had been the first Brazilian musician to play and record with the legendary tenorist) and loved Steve.
So, a miracle happened and Bonfa, famous for avoiding performances in jazz clubs, accepted the invitation and did a series of sold-out "concerts" (we couldn't call a Bonfa performance "a gig"...) at Fat Tuesday's, backed by Nilson Matta on bass, Waltinho Anastacio on percussion, plus guests Yana Purim and Octavio Burnier.
Bev Getz, Steve's sister, has informed esophageal cancer surgery as the cause of his passing.
Rest in Peace.
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Anna Mjöll live @ Herb Alpert's Vibrato
Don't miss LA-based Icelandic jazz princess Anna Mjöll leading an all-star sextet @ Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel Air next Sunday, July 16.
Call 310.474.9400 for reservations.
"Bossa Nova - Босса Нова" in Russia!
I'm also credited as percussionist on Bonfa's "Batukada" that I (А. де Соутейро) produced in 1991 with Н. Матта (Nilson Matta), П. Мейреллес (Pascoal Meirelles) and
Э. Деонато (Eumir Deodato).
Scot Albertson & Joe Carter duo, July 15
8 Wall St., Norwalk CT -
NO Cover -
COME for music, appetizers / dinner, take-out, COLD soft drinks or BYOB
Masterpiece of the Month - "Arthur Verocai: No Voo do Urubu"
Arthur Verocai: "No Voo do Urubu" (Selo Sesc)
Rating: ***** (musical performance & sonic quality)
Produced by Arthur Verocai
Project Director: Tamara Emy
Executive Producer: Camila Miranda
Session Producer: Vera de Andrade
Strings Contractor: Paulo Guimarães
Recorded by Carlos Fuchs @ Tenda da Raposa, William Luna Jr. @ Cia. dos Técnicos, David Brinkworth @ Estúdio Áurea, and Daniel Bozzio @ Fine Tuning Studios
Mixed by Arthur Verocai & David Brinkworth
Mastered by David Brinkworth
Photos: Fabio Bitão and Bruno Miguel
Graphic Design: Anna Amendola (Nitadesign)
Liner Notes: Danilo Santos de Miranda & Ruy Castro
Arranged & Conducted by Arthur Verocai
Special Guests: Danilo Caymmi, Seu Jorge, Criolo, Mano Brown, Vinicius Cantuária and Lu Oliveira
Featuring: Arthur Verocai (acoustic & electric guitars, vocals), Itamar Assiere (acoustic piano & Fender Rhodes electric piano), Ricardo Verocai (Fender Rhodes electric piano on "O Tambor"), Luiz Alves (acoustic bass), Alex Malheiros (electric bass), Robertinho Silva (drums, percussion), Ivan Conti (drums), Vera de Andrade (acoustic guitar), Gabriel Grossi (harmonica), Paulo Guimarães (flute & piccolo), Dirceu Leite (clarinet), Jesse Sadoc and José Arimatéa (trumpet), Serginho Trombone and Aldivas Ayres (trombone), Idriss Boudrioua (alto sax), Eduardo Neves (tenor sax), Philip Doyle (French horn), Serghei Iurcik (viola), Emilia, Tatiana Crilova, Lisane de Los Santos, Martina Ströher (cello), Jurema de Candia, Paula Santoro, Marcio Lott and Deco Fiori (background vocals), DJ Nuts (drum programming on "Cigana") et al
The "Timeless Maestro" strikes again! Brazilian living legend Arthur Verocai delivers a new masterpiece, "No Voo do Urubu," with such guests as Danilo Caymmi ("Oh! Juliana"), Mano Brown (the hip-hop "Cigana"), Criolo ("O Tambor" with a sharp brass section), Vinicius Cantuaria (the funkyfied "A Outra" with fiery brass and an harmonica solo by Gabriel Grossi) and Lu Oliveira (the exciting samba "Minha Terra Tem Palmeiras," with lyrics by Paulinho Tapajós) plus an all-star team that includes Azymuth's members Alex Malheiros and Ivan Conti, drummer Robertinho Silva, bassist Luiz Alves (from "Som Imaginário" fame) and flawless keyboardist Itamar Assiere.
In Verocai's unique style, the orchestra is an integral part of his melodies, not used for sweetening. It never sounds like an overdub either, even when it's overdubbed! No other arranger in the world sounds like him.
The title track opens the album with such a strong feeling, in such a deep mood, that makes you wanna keep listening to it over and over again, all your life. The cinematic intro is followed by a funk groove played on the Rhodes that develops so naturally into a samba beat (with the melody sung by Seu Jorge, in the best performance of his life) that sticks to your soul.
As if his gifts as a composer and arranger were not enough to enlight us, there's also Verocai the singer (awe-inspiring on the haunting ballad "O Tempo E O Vento" with lyrics by the late poet Tiberio Gaspar that refer to the leader's life), Verocai the guitarist (soloing with extreme inventiveness on the electric guitar on "O Tambor"), and Verocai the lyricist (the up-tempo bolero "Oh! Juliana" sung by Danilo Caymmi, with the Maestro soloing with gusto on the acoustic guitar). Essential.
Arnaldo DeSouteiro Back At Work!
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Vinyl of the Month - "Weather Report: The Agora, Columbus, Ohio, October 17th 1972"
Weather Report: "The Agora, Columbus, Ohio, October 17th 1972" (Hi-Hat, 2-LP set)
Rating:
***** (musical performance)
*** (sonic quality)
Featuring: Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (sax), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Eric Gravatt (drums) & Dom Um Romao (percussion)
Includes the entire broadcast of a brilliant performance. Remastered sound. Background notes/photos included on a 2 x 180g vinyl w/ insert in sleeve.
Recorded a few months after the release of their classic "I Sing the Body Electric" album.
The tracklist includes "Unknown Solider," "Vertical Invader," "Improvisation," "Directions," "Dr. Honoris Causa," "In A Silent Way," "It's About That Time," a fabulous percussion solo by Dom Um Romão and "Orange Lady."
Book of the Month - "Bob Porter: Soul Jazz"
Monday, September 4th 1pm
www.detroitjazzfest.org
Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975
Record producer, jazz writer and broadcaster Bob Porter discusses his new book Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975, which complies a history of jazz in the back community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War.
Soul Jazz is a history of jazz and its reception in the black community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War. Previous histories reflect the perspective of an integrated America, yet the United States was a segregated country in 1945. The black audience had a very different take on the music and that is the perception explored in Soul Jazz.
Bob Porter is a record producer, writer and broadcaster in the fields of Jazz and Blues. He has worked for such prominent record labels a Prestige, Savoy and Atlantic. He has produced more than 175 albums and several hundred reissues. He has contributed to DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazz Journal (London) and currently writes a book review column for the Journal of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. He is a two-time Grammy winner, was awarded the Marion McPartland Award for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting and is a member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. He currently is the host of three separate radio programs on WBGO Newark.
Available In The Following Formats From Xlibris: E-Book, Softcover and Hardcover
http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/CategoryCenter/MUS!025/Jazz.aspx
Also Available From Amazon.com
SACD of the Month - "Carlos Franzetti: The Jazz Kamerata"
Carlos Franzetti: "The Jazz Kamerata" (Chesky SACD287)
Rating: ***** (musical performance & sonic quality)
Produced by Carlos Franzetti & David Chesky
Executive Producer: Norman Chesky
Recorded by Barry Wolifson
Editing & Mastering Engineer: Nicholas Prout
Session Assistants: Arnold Mishkulunig, Milton Ruiz and Aaron Freeman
Production Coordinator: Rick Eckerle
Project Director: Lisa Marks
Production Assistants: Sven Philipp, Lisa Hershfield and Matt Epstein
Liner Notes: Fernando Gonzalez
Photos: Janette Beckman, Marcelo Maia, Barry Burns, Guy Powers, Martin Villa and Joanne Dugan
Arranged by Carlos Franzetti
Featuring: Carlos Franzetti (piano), Lawrence Feldman (soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax), Theresa Norris (flute), Paul Gallo (clarinet), Laura Seaton-Finn (first violin), Leonardo Suarez Paz (second violin), Maurycy Banaszek (viola), Stephanie Cummins (cello) & Jay Leonhart (bass)
Fusion CD of the Month - "Azymuth: Fênix"
Azymuth: "Fênix" (Far Out FARO 194CD)
Rating: **** (musical performance & sonic quality)
Produced by Daniel "Venom" Maunick
Executive Producer: Joe Davis
Recorded @ Castelo Studio (Niteroi, RJ) by Maunick & Carlos Machado
Mixed by Daniel Maunick @ The Viper Pit (London, UK) & Hackney Sound Records (London, UK)
Mastered by Peter Norman @ Finyl Tweek.
Photos: Giovanni Turicao
Sleeve Artwork: Swifty
Brazil's most sucessful fusion group ever, Azymuth strikes again with "Fênix," dedicated -- as printed in the booklet -- "in loving memory to José Roberto Bertrami." It's their first new album after the death of keyboardist/founder Bertrami in 2012 at age 66. And they don't dissapoint their cult following.
Bertrami was Azymuth's soul. Period. But co-founders bassist Alex Malheiros and drummer Ivan Conti (aka Mamão) are first-rate soulmates, extraordinary artists who rank about the best musicians of the world.
When Bertrami left the group for some years in the latel 80s/early 90s, he was replaced by two great keyboardists (at first Jota Moraes, and later Marinho Boffa) who, despite their big talents, didn't fit with the group's aesthetics on their recordings with the trio. They did nice albums but that didn't sound like Azymuth.
Kiko Continentino, who does his official debut as Azymuth's new keyboardist, is another story. Although his own man (famous for collaborations with Milton Nascimento, Djavan and Gilberto Gil, among dozens of others Brazilian pop stars), on "Fênix" he plays very much in the style of Bertrami and, surprise! (or miracle) the group sounds once again like the Azymuth of their glorious days.
Continentino adds his own personality, but didn't try to change Azymuth's unmistakable sonority and happy "crazy samba" style. One of the main proofs is that one of the album highlights, "Orange Clouds," written by the new keyboardist in dedication to the original trio incarnation, evokes memories of Bertrami while, at the same times, injects new blood to the band. The perfect mix between respect and innovation, with Continentino playing his ass off on Rhodes, Hammond organ and synthesizers.
Other highlights: two takes of the radio-friendly tune "Villa Mariana" (written at six hands by Continentino, Malheiros and Conti, also heard on wordless vocals), the title track "Fênix" (co-written by Malheiros and his son-in-law Daniel Maunick, with Continentiono using the Vocoder that was one of Bertrami's trademarks), "Neptunians," "Papa Samba" and Malheiros' enchanting lyricism of "Rio Doce," the album equivalent to other Malheiros' typical subtle tunes like "Cascade of the Seven Waterfalls," "Somewhere In Brazil" and "The Textile Factory," three meditative bossa-oriented tunes from their Milestone years.
As usual on Azymuth sessions, the trio is augmented by such special guests as percussionist Robertinho Silva (replacing their most often percussion contributor, Sidinho Moreira) and additional keyboardist & producer Daniel Maunick (the very talented son of Incognito's boss Bluey), who also engineered the album in an impeccable way with Carlos Machado.
The "market" knows that Bertrami left a still unreleased last album with Azymuth, that still remains unreleased but can be out in a near future. The world needs to listen to it. But, for now, we can keep listening over and over again to "Fênix."
CD Compilation of the Month - "Esther Phillips: A Beautiful Friendship / The Kudu Anthology"
Esther Phillips: "A Beautiful Friendship / The Kudu Anthology 1971-1976" (Kudu/Soul Music)
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Original sessions produced by Creed Taylor and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Licensed from Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Remastered @ Sound Mastering
Marketed & Distributed by Cherry Red Records Ltd.
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and at Hollywood Bowl
Artwork & Design: Roger Williams
Reissue Producer: David Nathan
Remastered by Nick Robbins
Arranged & Conducted by David Matthews, Don Sebesky, Jack Wilson, Joe Beck, Pee Wee Ellis
Featuring: Esther Phillips (vocals), Ron Carter (acoustic bass), Bernard Purdie and Billy Cobham (drums), Airto Moreira and Ralph MacDonald (percussion), Joe Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Cornell Dupree & Eric Gale (guitar), Dave Liebman (flute), Harold Vick (tenor sax)
Classical CD of the Month - "Quarteto Carioca de Violões: Danças Brasileiras / Brazilian Dances"
Classical CD of the Month
Quarteto Carioca de Violões / Rio de Janeiro Guitar Quartet: "Danças Brasileiras / Brazilian Dances"Works by Guerra-Peixe, Arthur Verocai, Roberto Gnatalli, Edino Krieger, Francisco Mignone and Nicanor Teixeira
Rating: ***** (musical performance & sonic quality)
Featuring: Nicolas de Souza Barros, Marco Lima, Vinicius de Freitas Perez (8-string guitar) and Felipe Rodrigues (6-string guitar)
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Alexandre Mello
Art Direction: dudesign@terra.com.br
Liner Photos: Silvana Marques
It's a guitar quartet, but, due to the highly inventive arrangements and the unusual instrumentation that uses three 8-string guitars + one 6-string guitar, this group really sounds like a guitar orchestra. Achieving an unbelievable richness of textures and contrapontual effects, the Rio de Janeiro Guitar Quartet is one of the best guitar ensembles that ever existed.
This wondrous CD -- which includes three pieces by Arthur Verocai ("Nordestina," "Fantasia No. 1" and "Na Correnteza"), three others by Nicanor Teixeira ("João Benta No Forró," "Procissão" and "Mariquinha Duas-Covas"), two by Edino Krieger ("Suite Para Cordas," "Serenata Para Quatro Violões"), two by Roberto Gnatalli ("Valsa A Ti," "Baião"), one by Francisco Mignone ("Maracatu do Chico-Rei"), one by Guerra-Peixe ("Mourão") -- was originally conceived to celebrate the XXVIII IAU General Assembly that took place in Rio de Janeiro in 2009. But it's a timeless masterpiece.
*****
Fundado em 1986 por Nicolas de Souza Barros, o Quarteto Carioca de Violões foi naquela década um dos mais relevantes conjuntos violonísticos do cenário nacional. Restabelecido em 2006, o Quarteto está fundamentado na experiência de Souza Barros e no talento de três jovens violonistas premiados em dezenas de certames nacionais: Marco Lima, Felipe Rodrigues e Vinícius Perez (formação do conjunto na época de gravação do CD) .
Uma singularidade do conjunto está na sua utilização de dois violões de oito cordas, com uma corda mais aguda e outra mais grave do que o violão tradicional de seis cordas, assim aumentando de forma expressiva o registro dos seus arranjos. Com um repertório diversificado que vai desde o Barroco até o presente, o Quarteto encanta pelo esmerado trabalho camerístico e pela sonoridade rica, explorando todo o potencial tímbrico do violão. O conjunto se apresentou em importantes séries do Rio, São Paulo e Minas Gerais.
Com obras de Krieger, Mignone, Guerra-Peixe, Nicanor Teixeira, Roberto Gnattali e Arthur Verocai, "Danças Brasileiras", foi concebido em comemoração à XXVII Assembleia Geral da União Astronômica Internacional, realizada em agosto 2009 no Centro de Convenções Sul América.
Fusion CD Reissue of the Month - "Deodato/Airto: In Concert"
Fusion CD Reissue of the Month
Deodato/Airto: "In Concert" (CTI/Music On CD) 1974/2017
Release Date: July 08, 2017
Produced by Creed Taylor
Recorded by Frank Hubach @ Madison Square Garden Center (New York, NY) on April 20, 1973
Mixed by Rudy Van Gelder @ Van Gelder Studios (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) in 1974
Cover Photo: Pete Turner
Liner Photo (Airto): Frederico Mendes
Original album design: Bob Ciano
In April 1973, after having scored the monster hit and million-selling single "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (2001), Deodato recorded his second album for CTI. Despite its excellence, "Deodato 2" (40930) did not achieve the commercial success of Prelude. This ruined the relations between Creed Taylor and Deodato, and led to the artist’s departure from CTI to sign with MCA in late 1973. Creed never got over the loss.
In trying to capitalize on his former protege’s success, and possibly get additional mileage from his forthcoming MCA debut, Creed went back to the tapes of a concert Deodato and the CTI All Stars had given at the Felt Forum of Madison Square Garden in New York. To his surprise (and delight!), he found that the tunes performed at the concert included two that also were on the MCA release, the one posteriously chosen as the title track, “Whirlwinds”, and another intended as the first single, “Do It Again.”
Creed also selected another tune performed at the concert, “Spirit of Summer,” added two selections played by percussionist Airto Moreira (who had opened for Deodato at the Felt Forum), and rush-released "Deodato/Airto In Concert," which strongly diminished the impact of Deodato’s first album for MCA. In so doing, Creed also helped promote Airto, simply by not mentioning on the album cover that the two artists had played separately at the concert.
For 15 years, all the other tracks recorded at the Felt Forum remained unreleased till I was invited to work on "Deodato In Concert - Live At Felt Forum," released on CD in 1988 with the complete concert.
But, to add some extra confusion on the market, Sony decided to reissue "Deodato/Airto In Concert" in 2003, as the album appeared on vinyl, BUT adding 2 more tracks from Deodato's performance, with new remixes.
I have suggested that a 2-CD set with the complete concerts of Deodato and Airto should be released, but nobody seems to care.
Now, in July 2017, the Holland-based label Music On CD is reissuing in Europe the 2003 CD. The original vinyl (3 tracks by Deodato + 2 tracks by Airto plus 2 bonus tracks by Deodato)...What a mess!
Anyway, the musical content is great. The highly energetic repertoire performed that night included tunes which originally appeared on the "Prelude" album, and others that the arranger was still preparing to record for "Deodato 2."
Deodato's band was singularly skilled, the lineup consisting of John Tropea on guitar, John Giulino on bass, Rick Marotta on drums, Rubens Bassini and Gilmore Degap on congas/percussion, Burt Collins and Joe Shepley on trumpets, Garnett Brown on trombone and Joe Temperley on baritone sax.
A master on grooves, Deodato displays his dexterity to make the horn section swing along over funky, strong rhythms. In fact, it is interesting to note that the horn riffs on “Baubles, Bangles And Beads” are more reminiscent of R&B recordings than of jazz dates.
As a keyboardist, Deodato is equally capable of intense, very personal statements. Not only does he perform notable solos on “Do It Again” (an irresistible version of Steely Dan’s hit) and “Spirit of Summer” (a Deodato original in a haunting arrangement full of luminous orchestral textures, in which his keyboard work reveals a provocative harmonic imagination, with an exemplary use of dissonant chords).
Creed Taylor originally had no title for “Whirlwinds”, since that tune was untitled at the time of the Felt Forum concert, but because it showcased John Tropea’s powerful approach he called it “Tropea” (in a review of Deodato 2, DownBeat called Tropea “a master of pithy guitar…the most forthright new guitarist since Mahavishnu John McLaughlin”). The other musician featured on “Whirlwinds” is Brazilian Rubens Bassini, an incredibly underrated percussionist who worked with Deodato from 1973 to 1979, before joining Dave Grusin with whom he played up until his death in 1985.
After performing the best conga solo I have ever heard on a contemporary jazz recording, Bassini returns to the front line for a fiery interplay with Degap and Marotta on the frenetic “Skyscraper”, which also includes an exciting Garnett Brown solo, that had been shortned for the 1988 CD.
Airto's tracks are fabulous: "Paraná," featuring the composer Hugo Fattoruso whistling in unison during his Fender Rhodes solo, and "Branches," a duet between Airto and Flora Purim, who plays acoustic guitar and sings this gentle melody gifted with a folk quality. "Branches" is credited to P. Divina (sic), a big mistake, since its composers are Hermeto Pascoal's parents, Pascoal José da Costa and Divina Eulália Oliveira.
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Anna Mjoll All Star Quintet @ The Baked Potato, next week!
THIS Friday at The Baked Potato, the Anna Mjoll All Star Quintet - two shows 9:30 and 11:30
Featuring: Randy Waldman, Carlitos Del Puerto, Dave Tull, Larry Koonse
The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd, Studio City 91604
Click here for tickets: http://www.thebakedpotato.com/GiftShopPages/GiftShopAdvSalesAnnaMjoll.html
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