Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Maciel - Maciel Toca, Voce Danca (1960)

Hello, Good Evening! Wooow! Sorry, I could not control my enthusiasm when I opened the new Caetano Rodrigues packaged and found this fantastic album. My first contact was at Caetano's place in Sao Paulo. I look to Caetano and asked: "Can I get someday to Loronix?" and he said "Yes!!". Since then it has been more than a month until the arrival today. I decided to make it first and I hope you get the same good feelings when hearing this fantastic album, like I had this afternoon.

This is Maciel - Maciel Toca, Voce Danca (1960), for Polydor. Maciel cannot be taken as Ed Maciel, which is also a trombonist. Maciel has many years of collaboration to Brazilian music; being also a Classical musician, member of Orquestra Sinfonica do Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Maciel blows great here and several Brazilian Maestros delivers arrangements to Maciel Danca, Voce Toca, as follows: Astor Silva, Moacir Santos (yep!), Severino Filho, K-Ximbinho and Cipo. Personnel listing is not available, but arrangers are associated to each track bellow. Tracks include:

The Arrangers

Astor Silva
"Maciel na Gafieira", "O Que Fazer", "Ginga das Palmas"

Moacir Santos
"Blue Gardenia", "Night and Day"

Severino Filho
"A Felicidade", "Stella by Starlight", "O Nosso Amor", "Tu mi Delirio"

K-Ximbinho
"Gracas a Deus", "Joga a Rede no Mar"

Cipo
"Como e Bom Amar"

Track List

01 - Maciel na Gafieira (Ed Maciel)
02 - Blue Gardênia (B. Russell / L. Lester)
03 - A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
04 - Graças a Deus (Ivan Paulo da Silva "Carioca")
05 - Que Fazer (Jaime Florence "Meira" / Jota Santos)
06 - Stella By Starlight (V. Young / N. Washington)
07 - Night And Day (Cole Porter)
08 - O Nosso Amor (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Tu Mi Delirio (C. Portillo de La Luz)
10 - Ginga das Palmas (Ivan Paulo da Silva "Carioca")
11 - Joga a Rede no Mar (Fernando César / Nazareno de Brito)
12 - Como É Bom Amar (Maciel)