This show is a dig back into some of the more 'obvious' classics of brazilian music - some of them we may have re-discovered so long ago that they become tracks we know and love but never get around to playing out anymore. Sometimes it's just great to go through these things and
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listen to them again for what they are - pearls of brazilian music history that deserve to be heard again and re-discovered by the next generation- especially in our home country where so many young people don't know anything about the music from this period! Brazil Old School Classics!
Edu Lobo's genius scat track Casa Forte kicks off, followed by Elis' wonderful big band rock version of the 50's Jobim classic Estrada do Sol. Jorge Ben is joined by Meireles & Copa 5 for the anthemic Que Pena, Elza Soares joined by master drummer Wilson das Neves on club classic Deixa Isso Pra La. Joao Gilberto whilst living in Mexico recruited his old flat mate Donato to arrange a version of The Frog (O Sapo) (named after Stan Getz's appearance when one too many under the influence!), Marcos Valle's rare single version of his seminal Os Grilos features backing by Eumir Deodato, Mario Telles recording of Berimbau is amongst the first, Donato and his trio stopped over in Brasil from the US for 2 weeks in 1963 and recorded Villa Grazia (later to become Bananeira), Leny Andrade made Durval Ferreira's Estamos Ai her own on her first LP, pre-bossa diva Maysa used Luiz Carlos Vinhas proto Bossa 3 on Carlos Lyra's Voce e Eu. Milton Nascimento's much covered Vera Cruz is followed by Quarteto Em Cy's killer version of Lo Borges' Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser and we end on Sergio Mendes and Brasil 77's version of another Edu Lobo scat bossa classic - the awesome Zanzibar!
Brazil Old School Classics!.
1. Edu Lobo - Casa Forte
2. Elis Regina - Estrada do Sol
3. Jorge Ben - Que Pena
4. Elza Soares - Deixa Isso Pra La
5. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi - Voce Abusou
6. Joao Gilberto - O Sapo
7. Marcos Valle - Os Grilos (7" version)
8. Mario Telles - Berimbau
9. Joao Donato e Seu Trio - Villa Grazia
10. Leny Andrade - Estamos Ai
11. Maysa - Voce e Eu
12. Milton Nascimento - Vera Cruz
13.Quarteto em Cy - Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser
14. Sergio Mendes & Brazil 77 - Zanzibar
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