That statement was actually about Jorge Ben and the degree to which his music has not been regarded as “culturally significant” art as has someone like Veloso, but the ensuing comment thread turned into something completely different. This is not true but is a direct result of my “trolling” the public, and particularly the gringo public, by saying that I in general I would rather reach for a Jorge Ben record, any day of the week, over most Caetano records. Long-time readers of this blog may be surprised to see this post, because there seems to be a mistaken assumption that I somehow strongly dislike work of Caetano Veloso. Recorded by Mazola at the Teatro Carlos Gomes, Rio de Janeiro, 1978 Producedy by Caetano Veloso and Banda Black Rio. Tags done with Foobar 2000 and Tag and Rename.Īll resolutions of FLAC: 16/44.1, 24/96, 24/192 Converted to FLAC in either Trader’s Little Helper or dBPoweramp.
LINEAGE: 2020 Real Gone Music / Sony vinyl Pro-Ject RM-5SE with Audio Tecnica Signet TK7E cartridge Speedbox power supply Creek Audio OBH-15 Audioquest Black Mamba and Pangea Premier interconnect cables M-Audio Audiophile 192 Soundcard Adobe Audition at 32-bit float 192khz clicks and pops removed manually with Adobe Audition 3.0 resampled and dithered using iZotope RX Advanced. Written By, Flute, Piano – Hermeto Pascoalī2 O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree)Īcoustic Guitar, Accordion – Severino De Oliveiraī3 O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree) Part IIĪrt Direction, Photography By – Sid MaurerĬreative Director – Milton Sincoff Written By, Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Hermeto Pascoal Written By, Harpsichord, Flute – Hermeto PascoalĪcoustic Guitar, Voice, Written-By, Flute – Hermeto PascoalĪcoustic Guitar, Voice – Severino De Oliveira It is also worth noting that Sivuca puts in an appearance on the accordion, and Dom Um Romão on the drums, as well as (honorary Brazilian?) Ron Carter on bass throughout.ī2 – O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree)ī3 – O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree) Part II A young Flora Purim shines here too, and she channels Gal Costa’s tropicalista phase with aplomb on tunes like O Sonho / Moon Dreams, a tune credited to Livingston & Evans of “Que Sera Sera” fame and which is also on Flora’s “Butterfly Dreams” LP on Milestone from a few years after this. At turns moody, deep, and profoundly uplifting, sometimes all at once. But you don’t need such accoutrements to be transported by the music here, it’s truly the stuff of magic. I once had a transcendental shamanic experience with this album while laying in a hammock in the middle of mountain forest. He wrote all but two of the tracks on this one. The first couple albums from Airto Moreira could easily be co-credited to Hermeto Pascoal, since he played such a major role in them. I predict there will be much more Brazilian content on this blog in 2022.
Original release, 1971 Buddah Recordhs / Reissue 2020 Real Gone Music / Sony Recordsĭay 4 of Flabbergasted Vibes’ 12 Days of Christmas finally brings us to Brazil.
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Brazilian, Fusion Airto – Seeds On The Ground / The Natural Sounds of Airto