Before the ubiquitous status of the acoustic guitar in bossa nova, there was only one instrument that everyone wanted to play - the sanfona! Related to the european accordion and the argentinean bandoneon the sanfona was the featured instrument in musica regional, a kind of
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folk-cowboy music from the interior of both north and south brasil. Bossa Nova swept the sanfona away almost overnight except for the few practitioners featured in this show, that took the instrument to new jazzy and funky heights.
Multi-instrumentalist Sivuca developed his inimitable sanfona and scat vocal style and used it to great effect on many albums - here with Luiz Henrique. This is followed by the young pretender Dominguinhos backing Doris Monteiro on his hit Eu So Quero Um Xodo, then back to roots for forro genius Jackson do Pandeiro's catchy Sebastiana. Joao Donato's odd piano style and rhythm grew out of his first playing accordion and here at 17 years old he leads Os Namorados and then still 16 duets with Luiz Bonfa on Minha Saudade from 1953. Sivuca returns backing Heraldo do Monte (later part of Quarteto Novo with Sivuca doppelganger Hermeto Pascoal) on Orlann Divo's Samba Blim, then on his own Swedish album form 1969. Dominguinhos moved away from tradition to a kind of funk forro fusion and Sivuca plays for Antonio Carlos & Jocafi on Chuculatera, then backs up Marcos Valle on his funky Campina Grande from the album he made with Leon Ware, followed by a super catcht track with Nara Leao on Edu Lobo on Lobo's Repente. Sivuca scatting once more from 1969 on Deodato's Razao de Viver (By the Way) and then back to Dominguinhos for the outro funky number Eu Vou de Banda. Os sanfoneiros add their magic touch to the huge pallette that is brasilian music!
1. Luiz Henrique (w/ Sivuca) - A Trip to Brazil
2. Doris Monteiro (w/ Dominguinhos) - Eu So Quero Um Xodo
3. Jackson do Pandeiro - Sebastiana
4. Os Namorados (w/Donato)- Eu Quero Um Samba
5. Luiz Bonfa (w/ Donato)
6. Heraldo e Seu Conjunto (w/ Sivuca) - Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim)
7. Sivuca - Guriata de Coqueiro
8. Dominguinhos - Forro em Lagoa de Canoa
9. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (w/ Sivuca) - Chuculatera
10. Marcos Valle (w/ Sivuca) - Campina Grande
11. Nara Leao, Edu Lobo (w/ Sivuca) - Repente
12. Sivuca - By the Way
13. Dominguinhos - Eu Vou De Banda
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