Various - 'Brazil Rhodes 4' (Comp. 17)

Hi folks, welcome to 2013 and the latest in a series of seventeen rhodes compilations. As per usual it comes with 70s jazz and brazilian flavours, and plenty of foonky electric piano. Check out the previews below .... 

This compilation is dedicated to the late José Roberto Bertrami, keyboard player from Azymuth, who provides the final track. Thanks as always to my fellow music bloggers. Hope you enjoy this selection, please say hi .... 

Braziliana No. 1 - Manfredo Fest (excerpt) 


Palmeiras - Candeias (excerpt) 


Berimbau - Jayme Marques (excerpt) 


Gafierira Universal - Banda Black Rio (excerpt) 

O Homem - Luis Eca (excerpt) 

TRACKLIST 

01 braziliana no.1 - manfredo fest

02 o homem - luis eca, bebeto, helcio

03 palmeiras- candeias

04 maracatu atomico - gilberto gil

05 route - moacir santos

06 that waltz - hermeto pascoal

07 quero alegria - emilio santiago

08 gafieria universal - banda black rio

09 berimbau - jayme marques

10 guanabara - dom salvador

11 vera cruz - stanley turrentine

12 mais kriola - helio matheus

13 facing east - manfredo fest

14 univac loves you - deodato

15 tema de heloisa - edson frederico

16 avessos - hector costita

17 se todos fossem iguais a voce - jose roberto bertrami

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Please say hi in the comments and chat so that I feel more encouraged to get back into this more regularly. Hope you enjoy the comp!

You can also check out Brazil rhodes compilations 1, 2 and 3

.... or all 17 rhodes compilations here. 

R.I.P José Roberto Bertrami

R.I.P. José Roberto Bertrami (1946-2012)
Keyboardist and leader of Brazilian group Azymuth.

Various - "Brazil Rhodes 3" (comp #13)

 "Bem Vinda" (excerpt)

 "Transamazonica" (excerpt)

 "Brazilian Skies" (excerpt)

 "Viramundo" (excerpt)

 "A Chamada" (excerpt)

"Previsao do Tempo" (excerpt)

Commiserations to our brazilian friends for the football - some consolation here in the form of twenty-three storming rhodes tracks from, or inspired by their great land.

A brief intro from the master, Hermeto Pascoal, leads us into some jazz-fused bangers from Som Imaginario, Antonio Adolfo, Marcos Resende and others.

O Quarteto's clustered vocal tones take us through some live Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77 into the middle section, fusing pop, funk and soul with Marcos Valle, Hyldon, Banda Black Rio and more.

The fusions of Azymuth and Headhunter Bill Summers (check that keyboard solo) leads us back to the atmospherics of Robertinho Silva and the deeper jazz of an uncharacteristically instrumental Ed Motta, before we finish with the beautiful melancholy of instrumental Marcos Valle and the amazing voice of Alaide Costa accompanied by Oscar Castro-Neves.

Enjoy the comp, check the previews above - all tracks @ 320kbps bar one or two - and leave a comment so that I know you're with me on this blogging trip ...

Big everlasting thanks to many blogs and bloggers for feeding my love of various brazilian musics over the last few years - including Quimsy, Ish, Bacoso, Reza, BC, Porco Rosso, Flabbergast, J Thyme, Bruxa, all the Gears crew, and many more, sorry if I've forgotten you ....

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also available :

Brazil Rhodes 1

Brazil Rhodes 2

.... or check all 13 rhodes comps

Ana Mazzotti - 'Ninguém vai me segurar' (1974)

Great 1974 Brazilian album from Ana Mazzotti, featuring Azymuth as backup band with nice keys from José Roberto Bertrami.

Originally ripped for a blog that's disappeared. so here it is in WAV or- MP3 . Enjoy!

Track of The Day : "Ikarus On the Stairs" - Ed Motta (2008)

'Ikarus On the Stairs' - Ed Motta

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I've been following Brazilian singer Ed Motta since I got into his 2001 album "Dwitza". He had a substantial pop career before that, but that's the album where he began to reach back to some classic 70s textures and sounds, at the same time pushing the edges of harmonic language in the way that only writers from Brazil can. "Aystelum" from 2005 is another great album.

There's something about the intimacy of the closing track "Ikarus On the Stairs" on his new album "Chapter Nine" that grabs me. Have a listen on headphones, that voice can get right inside your head ...

Brasil : Samba Bossa MPB (swboy mix)

Swboy used to do some great compilations over at El Reza's blog. In the comments for the Brazil Rhodes compilations here, reader Jur expressed a desire for a brasilian singer mix, and Swboy offered to provide, so here it is, and naturally it's a great one! Over to you swboy :

Swboy says :

Here's a mix of vocal music from Brasil featuring Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira).

Samba (sung by Clara Nunes and Beth Carvalho here) has its roots in the early 20th century. It features vocal chorus call and response, percussion, and African, Native Indian, and Portugese influences, most famous now as carnival music. An earlier form, Choro, can be heard in Marisa Monte's track "Onde Andaras". The sound of a Brasilian tamborine (pandeiro) is often very present in Samba and Choro.

Bossa Nova, a "new wave" extension of Samba is best known from the early 1960s hit ''Girl from Ipanema'' by Tom Jobim. Bossa is represented in this collection by Jobim, Elis Regina and Rosa Passos, and often has a gentle jazz flavor. The softer and romantic sounds of 'Samba-Cancao' from the 1940s and 50s are the precursor to Bossa Nova.

The most recent music here is MPB (Brasilian popular music), a mix of styles influenced by the Beatles and other pop and rock music. Most of the MPB in this mix looks toward Bossa and Samba traditions, but the songs by Gilberto Gil, Margareth Menezes and Djavan have more overt Rock and R&B elements.

Enjoy!

TRACKLIST

01 Clara Nunes - Tristeza Pe No Chao
02 Beth Carvalho - Traco De Uniao
03 Gal Costa - São Salvador
04 Caetano Veloso - Guarde Seu Conselho
05 Gilberto Gil - Maracatu Atômico
06 João Bosco - Coisa Feita
07 Virginia Rodriguez - Ojú Obá
08 Beth Carvalho - Goiabada Cascão
09 Luiz Caldas - Badauê
10 Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - Brigas Nunca Mais
11 Margareth Menezes - Até Rir O Mar
12 Marisa Monte - Onde Andaras
13 Simone - Reis e Rainhas do Maracatu
14 Fafa De Belem - Sem Companhia
15 Alcione - Ai, Paixão
16 Caetano Veloso - Qual E Baiana
17 Clara Nunes - Senhora das Candeias
18 BR6 - O Morro Não Tem Vez
19 Rosa Passos - Sorriu Para Mim
20 Djavan - Luz
21 Agepe - Deixa Eu Te Amar

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never enough rhodes - comp #8 (brazil)

We're back to Brazil again for this eighth compilation in the rhodes series. Some jazz, some funk, a bit of samba and some amazing orchestration .. I'll let the previews talk for me today, but take my word for it that this one is hot, so give it a try!

.... and leave a comment - you know that we bloggers go crazy unless you do :) Even if just to say "Your cover design's improving a little".

Anyway, enjoy it.

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never enough rhodes - In Brazil (comp #3)

'Nao Tem Nada Nao' - Marcos Valle

'Coisas Naturais' - Ed Motta

01 'Nao Tem Nada Nao' - Marcos Valle
02 'Estatutos De Gafieira' - Cravo & Canela
03 'Amazonas' (Keep Talking) - Joao Donato
04 'so-lucios' - Copa 7
05 'Iboru Iboya' - Cravo & Canela
06 'Onde anda o meu amor' – Orlandivo
07 'Meu Balanco' - Waltel Branco
08 'Manha' – Azymuth
09 'Rosa Morena' - Nana Caymmi
10 'A ra' - Joao Donato
11 'Bananeira' - Emilio Santiago
12 'jogo da vida' - Tamba Trio
13 'Ponteio' - Astrid Gilberto
14 'Essa Mare' - Ivan Lins
15 'Nana Das agua' - Joao Donato
16 'Algo No Ar' - Marcelo
17 'Coisas Naturais' - Ed Motta
18 'Mae Cambina' – Airto
19 'Coisa nº 2' - Moacir Santos
20 'Quadros' - Luis Eca
21 'Asa Branca' - Hermeto Pascoal
22 'Ponta Negra' - Danilo Caymmi
23 'Flor do Amor' - Hermeto Pascoal

This a collection of mainly 70s Brazilian funk, jazz and some bossa, with all tracks featuring a Fender Rhodes electric piano somewhere in the mix.

Joao Donato is the star here, of course – apart from his three tracks, we’ve got also got Marcos Valle and Emilio Santiago covering his songs, and he’s all over the Orlandivo track with his funky keyboards and production.

I’m a total sucker for the ‘beautiful melancholy’ of some brazilian orchestrators, so we’ve also got the dark beauty of works by Hermeto Pascoal. Luis Eca and Moacir Santos running through their own tracks and others. Listen to Airto's beautiful take on Hermeto's 'Mae Cambina' . Finally, “special contemporary guest” for this edition of the Rhodes series is Ed Motta with ‘Coisas Naturais’ from the fantastic “Dwitza” album.

Give me a shout there if you’re in love with a particular track and curious about what album it comes from. Enjoy!

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*STOP PRESS : Those of you feeling the Hermeto orchestrations really also need to grab this album

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