Sunday, July 27, 2014

Big Band Virtuosity: BBR #101, Featuring Orquestra Tabajara Airs Today!


Here it is, our 101st Show! We got a new logo (check below!) and a new job at the station, but BBR's winning formula will never change: All the great music we can pack into two hours!

For this show, we will dedicate our first hour to a real Brazilian institution: The Orquestra Tabajara!


Founded in 1934 in the state of Paraiba, the band relocated to Rio de Janeiro in 1945 and has been based there since. In the following decades, the band was hired by many major Television and Radio stations and solo artists for musical support. The band also released several recordings under its own name. We'll hear some of those today!


In the second hour, we will hear many other groups. Be sure to tune into Studio 1A from 6-8 PST to hear this show and be sure to download our podcast!


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Track List:

Hour #1: Orquestra Tabajara

1) Aquarela do Brasil 2) Um Chorinho Desconcertante 3) Asa Branca 4) Atraente 5) Retrato em Branco e Preto 6) Garota de Ipanema 7) Espinha de Bacalhau 8) O Trenzinho do Caipira 9) As Rosas Nao Falam
10) Tico Tico no Fuba 11) Travessia 12) Dora 13) O Guarani 14) Comecaria Tudo Outra Vez 15) Chega de Saudade

Hour #2: Variety

1) La Cumparsita - Pilantrocracia 2) Cosa #6 - Moacir Santos 3) Urubu Malandro - Banda Mantiqueira 4) Pelas Sonbras - Arthur Verocai 5) Fuga Pro Nordeste - Sivuca 6) Rio Sem Voce - Dom Mita & Black Rio 7) Loro - Quarteto Maogani 8) 1X0 - Dino Sete Cordas & Raphael Rabello 9) Escorregando - Arthur Moreira Lima 10)Atraente - Antonio Adolfo 11) Medusa - Ponto de Fusao 12) A Presa - Azymuth 13) Julinho - Cama de Gato 14)Santa Morena - Orquestra de Cordas Brasileiras 15) Lamento - Waldir Azevedo 16) Choro #7 Cesar Camargo Mariano & Romero Lubambo

 

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

It's Finally Here! BBR #100! Three Albums in Two Hours and More!

Well, here it is, finally, our 100th Show! To celebrate, your host will share with you three - count 'em - THREE of his favorite albums of all time, two of which are extremely rare, straight from Will's record collection!


We'll start with the best known album of the three, the great Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencisa 1968 collaboration album by artists including Gilberto GilCaetano Veloso,Tom ZéOs Mutantes and Gal Costa. Considered an important record in the history of Brazilian music, it features arrangements by Rogerio Duprat and lyrical contributions from Torquato NetoIt is considered to be the manifesto of the Tropicalismo movement and is number 2 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.

Track List:

1.Miserere nóbis
2.Coração materno
3.Panis et circencis
4.Lindonéia
5.Parque industrial
6.Geléia geral
7.Baby
8. Três caravelas (Las Tres Carabelas)
9. Enquanto seu lobo não vem
10. Mamãe, coragem
11. Bat macumba
12. Hino ao Senhor do Bonfim



Next, we will hear the long out-of print self-titled debut album of the highly esteemed Grupo Medusa.  Active for only a short period of time in the early 1980's this group is a direct descendant of the legendary Quarteto Novo, not only through its music, which could be considered an evolution of the style, but also through the presence of the great Quarteto Novo member Heraldo do Monte in its lineup!

For more info on this group, check out the Grupo Medusa Facebook Page

Track List:

1. Baiana
2. Zeby
3. Caminhos
4. Medusa)
5. Pé no Chão
6. Asa Delta
7. Uma Viagem
8. Ponto de Fusão

Our last full album will be the extremely rare Patíbulo, the second LP by Singer/Songwriter/Author Rogério Do Maranhão. Released in 1980 through a small independent label, its awful cover can hardly hint at the beauty of the music contained therein.  

Track List:


1. Patíbulo
2. Acauã, Ave Agoureira
3. Alcãntara
4. Sacoã
5. Girasol De Prata
6. Sinhá Madona
7. Filosofia, Paixão Ou Problema De Berço
8. Urubuê
9. Canto Primeiro

10. Canto Livre




 

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

BBR #99 Featuring Sivuca! Airs Today 6-8 PM/1A!

For our 99th show, we'll treat ourselves to the many musical talents of the great Sivuca !  A great Brazilian Multi-Instrumentalist, Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Orchestrator, and Singer.
His compositions span various styles, including choro, frevo, forró, baião, classical, blues, jazz, and others. His successful international career included performances with Baden PowellToots ThielemansRadamés GnattaliRosinha de ValençaWaldir AzevedoHarry Belafonte, and Miriam Makeba, among others. 

In the second hour, we will hear many artists associated with Sivuca, Including Chico Buarque, Raimundo Fagner, Clara Nunes and others. Whether you tune in live from 6-8 PM in Studio 1A or download the show, this is a show you will not want to miss!

Track List: 

Hour #1: Sivuca Special

1- One Note Samba
2- Fala, Amor
3- Maria Ninguem
4- Rosinha
5-Sempre
6- Rapaz de Bem
7- Adeus Maria Fulo
8- Ain't no Sunshine
9- Ponteio
10- Energia
11- No Tempo dos Quintais (Feat. Raimundo Fagner)
12- Estrela Guia
13- Cabelo de Milho
14- Subindo ao Ceu
15- Nosso Encontro
16- Feira de Mangaio

Hour #2 - Variety
1- Bala com Bala - Joao Bosco
2- Joao e Maria - Quarteto em Cy
3- Agora Falando Serio - Chico Buarque
4- Qui nem Jilo - Luiz Gonzaga
5- Sina de Cantador - Artist TBA
6- Epigrama #9 - Raimundo Fagner
7- Indecisao - Di Melo
8- To Berando - Dominguinhos
9- Na Asa do Vento - Luiz Vieira
10- Qualquer Coisa - Caetano Veloso
11- Wave- Elis Regina, Feat. Toots Thielemans
12- Pilula de Alho - Gilberto Gil
13- A Secretaria do Diabo - Teca Calazans & Heraldo do Monte
14- Casinha Pequenina - Artist TBA
15- Cravo e Canela - Milton Nascimento
16 - Corredeiras da Paixao - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Bossa Nova Time...Again! BBR# 98, Featuring Maysa (No, not that one, the Brazilian one!) Airs today!

Here we are, doing our 98th (!) Bem Brasil Radio Show, and we have still barely scratched the surface of the almost infinite list of talent that Brazil has produced in the past few generations. To drive the point home, today's show will feature "the Janis Joplin of Bossa Nova", Maysa Matarazzo
Starting in music at a young age, her recording career began in 1956, at the beginning of the  Bossa nova movement with many interpretations of songs from the great Bossa composers of the day, such as Antonio Carlos JobimCarlos LyraRoberto MenescalVinicius de Moraes, and
 Oscar Castro-Neves, as well as her own compositions, which were enveloped in a cradle of sophisticated musical arrangements by musical luminaries such as Eumir Deodato. Her career had its ups and downs, but she was a successful performer throughout, until her untimely death in a car crash at age 40 in 1977.

In the second hour, we will hear many other Bossa Nova and Samba Singers. Tune in from 6-8 in Studio 1A and don't forget to download the podcast!

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