Sunday, July 01, 2007

Radames Gnattali e Sexteto - Radames na Europa com Seu Sexteto (1960)

This is the kind of album that does not need introduction. Radames Gnattali Sexteto, featuring Edu da Gaita, Ze Menezes, Chiquinho do Acordeon and others. Self-explanatory. However, this album has much of Humberto Teixeira, composer, author of Asa Branca, he was a politician in the late 60's and created a law to enable international promotion of the music from Brazil though international performances sponsored by Brazilian government. Several artists got the benefits such as: Poly, Waldir Azevedo, Leonel do Trombone, Orlando Silveira, Sivuca, Leo Peracchi and Radames Gnattali.

This is Radames Gnattali e Sexteto - Radames na Europa com Seu Sexteto (1960), for Odeon. I don't know if there are others albums based on Lei Humberto Teixeira, since this one is really amazing, Radames Gnattali has the accompaniment of a Brazilian artists constellation and the music you will hear is really above the average. Do not miss. Tracks include:

Personnel

Radames Gnattali
Edu da Gaita
Chiquinho do Acordeon
Luiz Bandeira
Ze Menezes
Vidal
Luciano Perrone
Aida Gnattali

Track List

01 - Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso)
02 - Seu Ataulfo (Radamés Gnattali)
03 - "Capricho Nortista" Baião (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) Asa Branca (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) No Meu Pé de Serra (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) Mangaratiba (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) Juazeiro (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga) Siridó (Humberto Teixeira / Luis Gonzaga)
04 - A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Primeiro Amor (Hernâni Silva)
06 - O Apito no Samba (Luis Bandeira / Luis Antônio)
07 - Batuque (Edu da Gaita)
08 - Foi a Noite (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
09 - Catete (Humberto Teixeira)
10 - "Na Cadência do Baião" Não Interessa (Luis Bittencourt / José Menezes) Baião da Garoa (Luis Gonzaga / Hervé Cordovil)
11 - Alvorada (Jacob do Bandolim)

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