Monday, April 30, 2007

Orquestra Pan American - Star Dust (1959) with Os Cariocas

Here we go on another amazing Caetano Rodrigues contribution to Loronix. This is essentially an instrumental orchestra album with a choir using voice as and instrument. Taken this introduction and the cover artwork that alone worth the admission, I would be willing to check it out. However, the choir is the legendary Coral Oito Vozes, which is Os Cariocas, plus three Severino Araujo sisters and Odaléa.

This is Orquestra Pan American - Star Dust (1959), for Musidisc. Nilo Sergio - Musidisc owner - demonstrates once again that he was a little bit ahead of time, gathering Os Cariocas under the name of Orquestra Pan American to release this album. Musicians on the set are not credited but the eight voices choir worth to be listed apart, just before tracks. Tracks include:

Personnel

Os Cariocas
Severino Filho
Badeco
Quartera
Luiz Roberto

Hortencia
Jurema
Gloria
Odaléa

Track List

01 - Paradise (G. Clifford / N. H. Brown)
02 - I'm In The Mood For Love (J. McHugh / D. Fields)
03 - Brigas Nunca Mais (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Temptation (N. H. Brown / A. Freed)
05 - Pode Implorar (Nilo Sergio / Sebastião Fonseca)
06 - I Cried For You (A. Freed / G. Arnheim / A. Lyman)
07 - Again (L. Newman / D. Cochran)
08 - Piove (Modugno / Verde)
09 - Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
10 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Star Dust (H. Carmichael / M. Porick)
12 - That Old Black Magic (J. Mercer / H. Arlem)