Brazilian Jazz Piano Time! BBR #93, Featuring Manfredo Fest Airs Today!

On today's Bem Brasil Radio , we'll give the singers a rest and open the floor to some of the most talented instrumentalists Brazil has to offer! To lead the charge, we'll dedicate the first hour to the amazing piano stylings of Bossa Nova pioneer Manfredo Fest!  

I the second hour, we will feature more great instrumentalists, like  Hermeto Pascoal and Antonio Adolfo. Whether you tune in live or download the program (heck, why not do both?), This is a show you will not want to miss!


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Track List

Hour#1

1) Brazilian Dorian Dream
2) Fettucine Manfredo
3) Dig This Samba
4) Summertime
5) Somewhere Over The Rainbow
6) Fascinating Rhythm
7) Berimbau
8) Seresta
9) Jungle Cat
10) Brazilian Divertimento #2

Hour #2 - Variety

1) O Morro Nao Tem Vez - Leandro Braga
2) Meu Amigo Tom Jobim - Radames Gnattali Sexteto
3) Samba do Aviao - Baden Powell
4) Garota de Ipanema - Orquestra Tabajara
5) Manha de Carnaval - Bola Sete
6) Hermeto - Manfredo Fest
7) Suite Norte-Sul-Leste-Oeste - Paulo Sergio Santos
8) Musica das Nuvens e do Chao - Hermeto Pascoal
9) Chorinho Nervoso Para o Hermeto Pascoal - Rildo Hora
10) Ponteio - Quarteto Novo
11) Cancao Pra Marisa - Sebastiao Tapajos
12) Decarissimo - Sergio & Odair Assad
13) Cancao Piazzolada - Sivuca
14) So Xotinho - Olmir Stocker

15) Blues Baiano - Yuri Popoff

 

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YouTube Pick of the Week #7: Jovino Santos Neto - The Rhythmic Language of Brazilian Music

This week's pick may be of particular interest to musicians, but I think that non-musicians will find it equally compelling: It is a 90-minute lecture by Jovino Santos Neto, who played piano and flute with Hermeto Pascoal for almost 30 years.

The lecture takes place in Boston's Berklee College of Music in 2007 and, with sidemen Oscar Stagnaro on Bass and Mark Walker on Drums, Jovino takes his audience in a trip around Brazil, talking about the common thread between Bossa Nova and Samba, as well as other regional rhythms, such as Forro, Xaxado, Coco, Arrasta-Pe and their origins as part of the middle eastern diaspora, brought to Brazil during the colonial times.  He Also talks about his experiences working with Hermeto, and the significance of the Quarteto Novo, The seminal Brazilian group which included Airto Moreira, Heraldo do Monte and Theo de Barros. 

Jovino's voice is a little low throughout, but the instrumental sections sound great. It might be a good idea to use headphones for this one. 

To hear  Choice tracks from Quarteto Novo, check out Show #6. Show link: http://www.fccfreeradio.com/archive/bem%20brasil/brasil_previous_2012-08-19_15-58-04.mp3

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Bem Brasil #42, Featuring Radamés Gnattali: All Instrumental, All Awesome! Originally Aired 04/28/13

Gnattali at the Piano with Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1991.

It was April's last show and as usual,  the entire show was  presented in Portuguese! 

On this installment of Bem Brasil with will Crawford, we gave the singers a rest and enjoyed some amazing grooves from some of Brazil's most amazing instrumentalists!

Today's featured artist is none other than the highly influential composer and arranger Radamés Gnattali, focusing on his album Sexteto from 1975. We rounded out the hour with Gnattali's Popular Symphony #1. 

During the second hour, we'll hear various other instrumental artists, including  Orquestra Tabajara , Tamba 4, Raphael Rabello, Canhoto da Paraiba, Azymuth, Sansa Trio, Arthur Verocai, Sivuca,  Hermeto Pascoal, Rosinha de Valença and many others. 

To hear this show, please click on the following link (show starts at 1'30"): http://www.fccfreeradio.com/archive/bem%20brasil/brasil_previous_2013-05-05_19-58-06.mp3

Program List:

Hour# 1 - Radames Gnattali Sexteto

01 - 1x0
02 - Cochichando
03 - Urubu Malandro
04 - Sofres Porque Queres
05 - Meu Amigo Tom Jobim
06 - Nova Ilusão
07 - Por um Beijo
08 - Divertimento para Seis Instrumentos: 

1º Movimento / 2º Movimento / 3º Movimento

Additional Material:

Radamés Gnattali's Sinfonia Popular #1
Performed by the Londrina State University Orchestra, Directed by Norton Morozowicz

I - Allegro Moderato
II - Expressivo com Fantasia (6'25")
III - Com Espirito (Baiao) (13'09")
IV - Allegro (18'31") 

Hour#2: Variety

01 - Wave - Orquestra Tabajara
02 - Bala com Bala - Carlos Malta
03 - Sambidu - Sansa Trio
04 - Canto de Ossanha - Tamba 4
05 - Bonfabuloso - Luiz Bonfa
06 - A Furiosa - Paulo Bellinati
07 - Memorias de Sebastiao Malta - Canhoto da Paraiba
08 - Percussorongando -  Sebastiao Tapajos, Pegro Sorongo and Djalma Correa
09 - So Sabor - Olmir Stocker
10 - Passaredo - Raphael Rabello
11- Em Guarda - Clara Sverner
12 - Vaidoso #1 - Artur Moreira Lima
13 - Catope - Yuri Poppoff
14 - Vassourinhas - Antonio Adolfo
15 - Quando Me Lembro - Sivuca
16 - Karina (Domingo no Grajau) - Arthur Verocai
17 - Bebe - Airto Moreira

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