Brazilian Native Music CD-R

[Ron]

Daniella,

Thanks for the heads-up regarding this great historical artifact. Mr. Stumpf and co. did a wonderful job with the digital encoding, liner notes, graphics, etc.

Re: "Bambo Do Bambu" - Incredible - wow, up to now, I only knew Ney Matogrosso's pop version from the early 1980's.

It's wonderful to hear guitarist Laurindo De Almeida playing here, it's amazing to realize this is the same guitarist who was making some great jazz albums in Los Angeles in the 70's and 80's.
 

Ron
http://www.geocities.com/jazzmaniacs_2000
 
 

Daniella Thompson wrote:

> Some of you may have read about the legendary 'Native Brazilian Music'
> recordings with Pixinguinha, Donga, João da Baiana, Cartola, Zé Espinguela,
> Jararaca & Ratinho, Luiz Americano, et al.  They were made in Rio on the ship
> Uruguay under the personal supervision of Leopold Stokowski and released in two
> Columbia 78-rpm albums in 1940.  The only time the 16 recordings had seen the
> light of day since the original release was in a limited-edition LP issued by
> Museu Villa-Lobos of Rio in 1987.
>
> The Leopold Stokowski Society of America has now produced 50 copies of 'NBM' in
> a beautiful, privately made CD-R edition.  There's some surface noise (the CD is
> a copy of the LP), but the track list is accurate and informative (copied
> verbatim from my Stokowski article in Brazzil magazine), and the CD comes with
> an English translation of the LP's extensive Portuguese liner notes plus a
> glossary.

[Daniella Thompson]

Ron wrote:

> Re: "Bambo do Bambu" - Incredible - wow, up to now, I only knew Ney

> Matogrosso's pop version from the early 1980's.

Ney Matogrosso singing a pop embolada? I can't even imagine it. What
album was that on?

DT

[Ron]

Daniella Thompson wrote:

I'm not familiar with Ney Matogrosso's catalog, but I have the tune on a
1984 compilation CD on the Phillips label called 'Brasil'. The cover
shows a map of South America with Brazil highlighted in green and yellow.
It seems to be a compilation of big MPB hits of the early 1980's - it
also includes 'Fulgás' from Marina, 'Coração de Estudante' from Milton,
Nação from João Bosco, 'Anunciação' from Alceu Valença, and others.

Ron
http://www.geocities.com/jazzmaniacs_2000

[Ron]

Daniella Thompson wrote:

Just looked at my CD, and found this info: The tune is on Ney
Matogrosso's 1983 LP called "Pois é".

Ron
http://www.geocities.com/jazzmaniacs_2000

[Egidio Leitao]

On 1/10/01 6:01 PM, in article 3A5CF7CA...@jps.net, "Daniella
Thompson" <da...@jps.net> wrote:

> Ney Matogrosso singing a pop embolada? I can't even imagine it. What
> album was that on?

You'd be surprised -- then maybe not -- at Ney's likes, including Carmen
Miranda, Angela Maria and other great performers and music such as "Bambo do
Bambu." Incidentally, on Ney's CD, the title was listed as "Bambo de Bambu"
and attributed to Almirante and Valdo Abreu instead of Donga. However, the
arrangement is very true to the original embolada.

--
Egídio

Coisa que eu mais adoro é saber que eu moro em seu coração. (Fátima Guedes)

[Ashok]

In article <3A5CF7CA...@jps.net>, da...@jps.net says...

What is an "embolada"?

Ashok

[Kimson Plaut]

Ashok wrote:
<< What is an "embolada"? >>

Embolada is a song form from Northeastern Brazil, often involving two dueling
vocalists, who attempt to better each other in terms of rapid-fire
improvisation, creative & bizarre insults, and tongue-twisting prowess.
accompaniment can be with violas (steel-stringed guitars) or pandeiros.

- kimson

[Daniella Thompson]

Ashok wrote:

> What is an "embolada"?

Embolada: northeastern song & dance characterized by rapid,
perpetual-motion melody, frequent refrains, and alliterative, sometimes
improvised lyrics with comic, satiric, or descriptive content. The danced
form is known as coco de embolada.