Baden Powell - Baden / O Som de Baden Powell (1968)

What else can we say more about Baden Powell, the great master of Brazilian guitar? Everything was said, shown and heard here at Loronix. Baden Powell legacy is fantastic, he recorded several albums, really above the average. Baden Powell appearances on film is also widely available at the Internet, VHS tapes of fans and even documentary made in Brazil, Germany, France, among other countries.

Additionally, Baden Powell is has the best musician website I have ever seen so far, Brazil-on-Guitar.de, which is an honor to have it listed at Loronix a friend website. Don't miss Brazil-on-Guitar, which I ask for help on reviewing another fantastic Baden Powell album.

This is Baden Powell - Baden / O Som de Baden Powell (1968), for Elenco as ME-48. Brazil-on-Guitar says: Baden is an outtake album from the Tristeza on Guitar sessions in July 1966. They are alternative takes with slight variations e.g. in Das Rosas or Round Midnight and unused songs like Canto de Ossanha or Lamento, one title was named differently. They have a very different sound. The SABA recording sound have a stronger bass sound, probably according to the musical taste of producer Joachim E. Berendt. The sound of the Brazilian Elenco pressing sounds more intimate and personal, without the strong bass sound on all instruments.

Thus it is not a simple re-pressing of the famous SABA record, but shows a certain independence, reaching uniqueness. This is emphasised by using rare pictures, Baden Powell ether with Herbie Mann, who did not take part in the recording session, and a less typical PR picture showing Baden doing a chord spanning six frets.

Baden is a well-done outtake album, unfortunately the only in his discography. BOG recommends listening to both recordings, if possible the Japanese CD version of Tristeza on Guitar and the Baden-reissue from 2003 (whose tracklist is wrong, Sarava instead if Samba de Bencao, furthermore there is a graphical mistake in the front cover).

Personnel

Baden Powell
(violao, agogo, surdo)
Copinha
(flute)
Sergio Barroso
(bass)
Alfredo Bessa
(atabaque, cuica)
Amauri Coelho
(pandeiro, atabaque)
Milton Banana
(drums)

Track List

01 - Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo / Niltinho Tristeza)
03 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)
04 - Round About Midnight (C. Williams / Hanighen / Thelonious Monk)
05 - Invenção Em 7 1/2 (Baden Powell)
06 - Canto de Xangô (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
07 - Percussão e Batuque (Baden Powell)
08 - Lamento (Pixinguinha / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Saravá (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
10 - Das Rosas (Dorival Caymmi)

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We have a video sent by the mighty Luiz Harding with Baden Powell renditions to Dorival Caymmi compositions.

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