Os 3 do Nordeste - 20 Super Successos

Here's a respite from all the eggheadedness overflowing here lately. I posted some forro before, and the description in that album's title is still the best: "Music for maids and taxi drivers." Many styles make up the rich, intoxicating bouquet of Brazilian music, and forro adds to it a strong sniff of glue. For an hour of primitive, repetitive, hard-driven accordion music, grab this one!
The songs are rather uneven; many of the tunes I liked turned out to be covers of songs by Antonio Barros - É proibido cochilar, Forró do poeirão, Homem com H (this was a big hit in Brazil). Da boca pra fora is a great tune, so is Pra virar Lobisomem.


Os 3 do Nordeste - 20 Super Successos
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1. É proibido cochilar
2. Voltar Pra Bahia
3. Pra virar Lobisomem
4. Forró do Poeirão
5. A Vendinha da Feira
6. Homem com H
7. Forró de Tamanco
8. Estourei no Norte
9. Brasil Expresso
10. Por debaixo dos panos
11. Da boca pra fora
12. Forró Casamenteiro
13. Ta Faltando Alguém
14. Elas por elas
15. O Melhor do Forró
16. Forró sem frescura
17. Amor Sobrando
18. Vamos todos festejar
19. Eu era feliz
20. Minha Fogueira

Possibly the closest musical project in spirit, if not in style, from the other side of the globe:

Zé da Velha & Silvério Pontes - Só Pixinguinha (2006)

Choro is one of my favorite Brazilian music styles. The stuff I posted here before (1, 2) is all original, historical choro from the early XXth century. But the style - now over a century old - is still going strong. The modern performers have the same problem as the jazz musicians in US - how do you stay true to the spirit of the music without falling into cliches? There is a modern duo that does so successfully: Zé da Velha (trombone) and Silvério Pontes (trumpet/flugelhorn). They found the right balance between respect for tradition - after all, this album is all out of Pixinguinha's songbook - and bringing jazz and samba elements to the mix.


Zé da Velha & Silvério Pontes - Só Pixinguinha (2006)
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1. Já te Digo
2. Carinhoso
3. Diplomata
4. Chorei
5. Sensível
6. Cascatinha
7. Desprezado
8. Ainda Me Recordo
9. Ingênuo
10. Trombone Atrevido
11. Os Oito Batutas
12. Sedutor

Edison Machado É Samba Novo (1964)

until today the single most important Brazilian instrumental music album ever released.

This one is widely available elsewhere on the web, but it seems to only be known among brasileiros. I believe it deserves wider recognition.
Firstly, the all-star cast. Edison Machado, the drummer and bandleader, is truly a towering figure of the Brazilian musical scene; he played with everyone and then some, defined the whole bossa drumming style etc.etc. Meirelles on the winds, a composer and leader of seminal samba-jazz band Meirelles e os Copa 5; he wrote five tracks on this album. Raulzinho - trombonist, composer and future bandleader, "the Hendrix of trombone". Tenorio Jr., the legendary piano player. But the magic touch that turned this into gold came from Moacir Santos, of whom I was raving before; he was the mastermind, arranger and producer on these sessions and there are three of his tunes on here.
Secondly, the tunes are really strong - ALL of them. There's not a single weak track; not only the solos are rippin', but the writing is very melodic and catchy and the arrangements are inventive - unlike a lot of post-50s jazz.
Finally, the album came in that brief moment when the musicians were ready to make Great Art, but the record execs still wanted pop music. So while their North American contemporaries were putting out album-long epics, here the Art is pressure-packed in two-and-a-half minute bits that explode with intensity. The whole album is one second short of half an hour, which is just the right length to leave you wanting more... Whenever I put it on, I usually listen to the whole thing straight through - and it happens often! I've had it for about three years, and it's showing no signs of getting old.


Edison Machado É Samba Novo (1964)
Edison Machado - drums
Tenorio Jr - piano
Sebastião Neto - bass
Paulo Moura - alto sax
Pedro Paulo - trumpet
Edson Maciel - slide trombone
Raul de Souza - valve trombone
J. T. Meirelles - tenor sax

55mb on depositfiles
Large back cover scan with liner notes etc.

01 - Nanã (Moacir Santos / Clóvis Mello)
02 - Só Por Amor (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Aboio (J. T. Meirelles)
04 - Tristeza Vai Embora (Baden Powell / Mário Telles)
05 - Miragem (J. T. Meirelles)
06 - Quintessência (J. T. Meirelles)
07 - Se Você Disser Que Sim (Moacir Santos / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Coisa Nº 1 (Moacir Santos / Clóvis Mello)
09 - Solo (J. T. Meirelles)
10 - Você (Rildo Hora / Clóvis Mello)
11 - Menino Travesso (Moacir Santos / Vinicius de Moraes)

Moacir Santos - Coisas

This one is probably well-known to anyone who knowns anything at all about brazilian music beyond a "Best Of Bossa" compilation, but to me it came as a wonderful discovery. A samba/jazz album of breathtaking beauty, the most likely contender to my "Discovery of the Year". People who trust my musical taste at all must go and hear it right now.
You can read an excellent overview of this album at The New York Times Essential Library of Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings on GoogleBooks; I will also put three scans from the book below.



Moacir Santos - Coisas, 1965
REUP 11/11/14: zippyshare or uloz.to
1. Coisa n° 4 (Nanã)
2. Coisa n° 10
3. Coisa n° 5
4. Coisa n° 3
5. Coisa n° 2
6. Coisa n° 9
7. Coisa n° 6
8. Coisa n° 7 (Quem é Que Não Chora)
9. Coisa n° 1
10. Coisa n° 8 (Navegação)

Choro 1906-1947

Choro 1906-1947
REUP 2/13/2014: 200mb on 4shared
CD1: high VBR, 100mb on sharebee
1. Jacob Do Bandolim - Flamengo
2. Benedito Lacerda - Jurity
3. Luís Americano - Tocando Pra Você
4. Pixinguinha - André De Sapato Novo
5. Pixinguinha - A Vida É Um Buraco
6. Araci de Almeida - Flauta, Cavaquinho E Violão
7. Patápio Silva - Primeiro Amor
8. Ernesto Nazareth - Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho
9. Ernesto Nazareth - Escovado
10. Custódio Mesquita - Brejeiro
11. Benedito Lacerda - Myrthes
12. Benedito Lacerda - Mistura E Manda
13. Benedito Lacerda - Minha Flauta De Prata
14. Pixinguinha - Segura Ele
15. Choro Carioca - São João Debaixo D'Aguá
16. Pixinguinha - Rosa
17. Pixinguinha - Os Oito Batutas
18. Chiquinha Gonzaga - Falena

CD2: high VBR, 96mb on sharebee
1. Benedicto Lacerda/Pixinguinha - 1XO
2. João Pernambuco - Interrogando
3. João Pernambuco - Sonho De Magia
4. Luperce Miranda - Naquele Tempo
5. Jacob do Bandolim - Glória
6. Garoto - Rato-Rato
7. Canhoto - Abismo De Rosas
8. Oito Batutas - Graúna
9. Jacob do Bandolim - Treme-Treme
10. Araci De Almeida - Engomadinho
11. Orlando Silva - Caprichos Do Destino
12. Orlando Silva - Página De Dor
13. Benedito Lacerda/Pixinguinha - Ingênuo
14. Benedito Lacerda/Pixinguinha - Vou Vivendo
15. Benedito Lacerda/Pixinguinha - Ainda Me Recordo
16. Benedito Lacerda/Pixinguinha - Sofres Porque Queres
17. Ademilde Fonseca - Tico-Tico No Fubá
18. Jacob Do Bandolim - Remeleixo

Jorge Veiga - O Caricaturista Do Samba

Another one from Jorge Veiga. The title refers to his witty, sarcastic lyrics; gotta speak portugese to appreciate...


Jorge Veiga - O Caricaturista Do Samba, 1955
VBR, 37mb on sharebee
1. Última Barbada
2. Recado que a Maria Mandou
3. Na Pensão de dona Laura
4. Paletó Vermelho
5. Rei do Samba
6. Coração também esquece
7. Faustina
8. Representante da Fome
9. Coração de Leilão
10. A Fonte do Pecado
11. Fenômeno
12. Sambista no Céu

Jorge Veiga - Raizes Do Samba

I am gradually making my way through Os Grandes Sambas compilation, and find that, even without knowing who is playing, I tend to pick out the same people.

Example 1: Jacob do Bandolim was one of the great players I noticed from the choro compilations. Then, on Os Grandes Sambas I heard a song (Barracao) with a mandolin solo of breathtaking beauty, and sure enough, it was Jacob do Bandolim playing. I won't post any of his stuff, but instead forward you to the excellent Loronix blog that has many of his albums; I specifically recommend his recordings with Eliseth Cardoso and his solo records (one, two).

Example 2: I really liked the songs Acertei no milhar, Que Bate-Fundo e´ Esse, and Cafe Socaite, and then realized they are all sung by the same person - Jorge Veiga. I don't know who he is, I just know that his music pushes my buttons.
This album is from a retrospective series on samba titled Raizes do Samba (Roots of samba). There are comps wth the same title, but from different artists, kinda like "The So-and-so's finest hour" series on Verve.

Jorge Veiga - Raizes Do Samba
320kbps, two separate archives of ~64mb on sharebee: one, two.
1. Faustina (encrencas de família)
2. Acertei No Milhar
3. Café soçaite
4. Conversa De Botequim
5. Rosa
6. Fenómeno
7. Que Culpa Tenho Eu
8. Estatutos Da Gafieira
9. Coração em leilão
10. Última Barbada
11. Rei Do Samba
12. Izabel
13. Paletó vermelho
14. Baile Da Piedade
15. Mulher Malandra
16. Boate trá lá lá
17. Labariri (tudo lembra você)
18. Quando o divórcio chegar
19. Quem Sou Eu?
20. Em boi morto até eu bato

Gente de Choro + Choro é Isto

My policy of downloading and listening to random stuff paid off once again. I recently dicovered choro - a delicate, sublime style of instrumental music that is sometimes called Brazilian Dixieland. It was popular in the late XIXth - early-to-mid XXth century, and later developed into samba and other modern brazilian styles. It also had a resurgence in popularity since 70s. Choro is played by a small combo with saxophone and/or flute, guitar, cavaquinho (small ukulele-like instrument), bandolim (Brazilian mandolin), and percussion.
Two excellent articles on choro could be found at Marilynn Mair's website: History of Choro and What is Choro?


Gente do Choro
192kbps, 50mb on zshare or rapidshare
1. Waldir Azevedo - Brasileirinho
2. Paulinho da Viola - Cinco Companheiros
3. Deo Rian - Mistura e Manda
4. Abel Ferreira - Saxofone Porque Choras
5. Paulinho da Viola - Segura Ele
6. Abel Ferreira - Doce Mentira
7. Os Choroes - Pe na Tabua
8. Deo Rian - Noites Cariocas
9. Waldir Azevedo - Chorinho Antigo
10. Abel Ferreira - Chorando Baixinho
11. Paulinho da Viola - Beliscando
12. Waldir Azevedo - Atrevido
13. Waldir Azevedo - Lamento
14. Os Choroes - Bentevi Atrevido


Choro é Isto
REUP: 24 mb at sharebee.
96kbps (yes I know, but the music is worth it)
01. Carinhoso - Manezinho da Flauta
02. Sai da Frente - Abel Ferreira
03. Na Glória - Raul de Barros
04. Apanhei-te Cavaquinho - Arthur Moreira Lima
05. Diplomata/Altamiro Carrilho - Carlos Poyares
06. Meu Sabiá - Carlos Poyares
07. Ingênuo - Evandro do Bandolim e Seu Regional
08. André de Sapato Novo - Abel Ferreira / Raul de Barros
09. Picadinho à Baiana - Luperce Miranda
10. Sempre - Quinteto Villa-Lobos
11. Tua Imagem - Canhoto da Paraíba
12. Brejeiro - Evandro do Bandolim e Seu Regional

Brazil: Forro - Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers

Accordion-triangle-drum trios from rural Brazil play primitive barnburning asskicking dance music, 90 seconds apiece. If you ever wondered what would the Ramones sound like with a squeezebox instead of the guitars, pick up this CD and find out. And with the title like that, you know you can't go wrong!


Brazil: Forro - Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers
REUP 2/18/2014: zippyshare
68mb, 256kbps
1 Balanço da Canoa / Toinho de Alagoas (Rock the Boat) 2:13
2 De Pernambuco Ao Maranhão / Duda Da Passira (From Pernambuco to Maranhao) 2:13
3 Eu Também Quero Beijar / José Orlando (I Want To Kiss, Too) 2:55
4 Bicho da Cara Preta / Toinho de Alagoas (Black-Faced Ghoul-A Folkloric Figure) 1:53
5 Comeco de Verão / Heleno Dos Oito Baixos (Start of Summer) 2:53
6 Peça Licenca P'ra Falar de Alagoas / Toinho de Alagoas (Ask If You Can Speak of Alagoas) 1:49
7 Recordação da Passira / Duda Da Passira (Remembering Passira) 2:36
8 Agricultor P'ra Frente / José Orlando (Modern Agriculture) 2:57
9 Entra E Sai / Heleno Dos Oito Baixos (In and Out) 2:09
10 Linda Menina / José Orlando (Pretty Girl) 3:00
11 Casa de Tauba / Duda Da Passira (Wooden House) 1:44
12 Morena da Palmeira / José Orlando (The Brunette of Palmeira) 2:39
13 Caráter Duro / Toinho de Alagaos (Hard Character) 1:31
14 Minha Zezé / José Orlando (My Zezé) 2:07
15 Sonho de Amor / Toinho de Alagoas (Dream of Love) 1:44
16 Namoro No Escuro / Toinho de Alagoas (Dating in the Dark) 1:52
17 Forró da Minha Terra / Duda Da Passira (Forró of My Land) 1:45

Os Grandes Sambas da Historia

These are two samba compilations I grabbed from a blog which is now, unfortunately, deceased, so I re-upped them. A nice historical cross-section of the style, the tracks range from 1930 to late 70s.
As I was going to post this, I found that there are more volumes posted here, so I included them, as well.
Bitrate is 128kbps for all volumes.

REUP: http://lix.in/27dc0f - all 5 volumes in one archive, 160 mb



Vol.1
1 Pelo telefone - Almirante, Pixinguinha e Grupo Velha Guarda (1955)
2 Batuque na cozinha - Martinho da Vila (1972)
3 Cabritada mal sucedida - Geraldo Pereira (1953)
4 Feitio de oracao - Maria Bethania (1965)
5 Se voce jurar / Para me livrar do mal - Ismael Silva (1973)
6 Abre a janela - Orlando Silva (1938)
7 Patrao, prenda o seu gado - Martinho da Vila (1974)
8 Acertei no milhar - Jorge Veiga (1971)
9 Palpite infeliz - Aracy de Almeida (1935)
10 Se acaso voce chegasse - Cyro Monteiro (1938)
11 Eu gosto da minha terra - Carmen Miranda (1930)
12 Canta Brasil - Cauby Peixoto e Angela Maria (1992)

Vol.2
1. Gosto que me enrosco - Carlos Galhardo (1968)
2. Burucuntum - Carmen Miranda (1930)
3. Al al - Carmen Miranda e Mario Reis (1933)
4. Faceira - Silvio Caldas (1931)
5. Na virada da montanha - Francisco Alves (1935)
6. Alegria - Orlando Silva (1937)
7. Pisei num despacho - Jackson do Pandeiro (1947)
8. Mulata assanhada - Elizeth Cardoso, Jacob do Bandolim e Conjunto poca de Ouro (1968)
9. Da cor do pecado - Silvio Caldas (1939)
10. Pra chatear - Sambistas do Asfalto (1967)
11. Escurinha - Cartola (1977)
12. Brasil pandeiro - Anjos do Inferno (1971)



Vol.3
http://rapidshare.com/files/12674150/os_grandes_sambas_da_hist_ria_03.rar.html
01. Ze Keti - A Voz Do Morro (1973)
02. Elizeth Cardoso, Jacob do Bandolim e Conjunto Epoca de Ouro - Barracao (1968)
03. Cyro Monteiro - Falsa Baiana (1944)
04. Mario Reis e Conjunto Gente do Morro - Estas no meu Caderno (1934)
05. Carmen Miranda - Minha Embaixada Chegou (1934)
06. Almirante - O Orvalho Vem Caindo (1933)
07. Ismael Silva - Antonico (1973)
08. Diabos do Ceu e Mario Reis - Agora e´ Cinza (1933)
09. Aracy de Almeida - Tenha Pena De Mim (1937)
10. Jorge Veiga - Que Bate-Fundo e´ Esse (1973)
11. Synval Silva - Adeus Batucada (1973)
12. Moreira da Silva - Amigo Urso (1941)

Vol.4
http://rapidshare.com/files/12676647/os_grandes_sambas_da_hist_ria_04.rar.html
01. Mario Reis e Diabos Do Ceu - Doutor Em Samba (1933)
02. Aracy De Almeida - Seculo do Progresso (1937)
03. Linda Batista - Me Deixa Em Paz (1951)
04. Christina - Quantas Lagrimas (1974)
05. Titulares Do Ritmo - Onde O Ceu e´ Mais Azul (1972)
06. Silvio Caldas - Aquarela Do Brasil (1939)
07. Maria Bethania - Mora Na Filosofia (1965)
08. Orlando Silva - Chora Cavaquinho (1935)
09. Martinho Da Vila e Originais do Samba - La em Mangueira (1971)
10. Vassourinha - Seu Liborio (1941)
11. Linda Batista - Nega Maluca (1949)
12. Francisco Alves - Foi Ela (1934)

Vol.5
http://rapidshare.com/files/12671565/os_grandes_sambas_da_hist_ria_05.rar.html
01. Orlando Silva - Pela Primeira Vez (1936)
02. Jorge Veiga - Na Cadencia do Samba (1962)
03. Nelson Cavaquinho - A Flor e o Espinho (1972)
04. Orlando Silva - Meu Pranto Ninguem Ve (1938)
05. Cyro Monteiro - Tive Sim (1968)
06. Beth Carvalho - O Mundo e´ um Moinho (1977)
07. Ataulfo Alves - Deixa Essa Mulher Pra La (1952)
08. Cyro Monteiro - Boogie-Woogie na Favela (1945)
09. Aracy de Almeida - Fez Bobagem (1942)
10. Cartola com o Conjunto de Jose de Menezes e Canhoto - Preconceito (1970)
11. Jorge Veiga e Cyro Monteiro - Cafe Socaite (1955)
12. Emilinha Borba e Cesar de Almeida - Os Quindins de Ya Ya (1954)