Renato Braz – (Living Music, 2015) Saudade is a collection of beautiful, poetic songs composed by some of Brazil’s greatest songwriters and performed by the remarkable voice of Renato Braz. The album combines Brazilian melodies and rhythms with Paul Winter’s global jazz sound as well as world music elements from Russia and other cultures. Renato Braz has been an essential member of the Paul Winter Consort family in recent years. Even though he has made recordings in Brazil, Saudade is first release in the United States. The lineup is quite impressive. His band includes the Paul Winter Consort, the Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, Dori Caymmi, and Ivan Lins. Saudade is beautifully packaged, featuring an extensive booklet with photos, lyrics and descriptions of the songs. Antonio Carlos Jobim Antonio Carlos Jobim was born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Tia Surica canta Lama (Mauro Duarte). DIOGO NOGUEIRA,SURURU NA RODA, TERESA. Jul 24, 2011 Sesc Nova Friburgo. Festival Sesc Rio 2011. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. He was also called Tom Jobim. Jobim was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and perhaps the greatest legend of bossa nova. Jobim’s compositions, many performed by Joao Gilberto, gave birth to the genre in the early 1960s. Antonio Carlos Jobim’s roots were planted firmly in the works of Pixinguinha, a legendary musician and composer who, in the 1930s, began the development of modern Brazilian music. He was also influenced by the music of French composer Claude Debussy and by jazz. Jobim found prominence when he teamed up with writer and poet Vinicius de Moraes in providing part of the music for the play Orfeu de Carnaval (1956), that later gained wide recognition in the film Black Orpheus. The lyrics for his most popular songs were written by de Moraes. One of his best known works was the classic Elis & Tom album. After having commemorated 10 years with Jorge Ben and Jair Rodrigues as part of the cast of artists in 1973, the director of Philips Brazil, Andre Midani, verified that the following year Elis Regina would be celebrating 10 years with the label. Having had massive success with such songs as ‘Casa no Campo’ and ‘Aguas de Marco’ over the previous years, Midani asked Elis if there was anything she really wanted. ‘Record an album of music by Tom Jobim with Tom Jobim’. The inspiration for the project was an LP of songs by Tom and Vinicius de Moraes, released in 1959 on the Festa label ‘ ‘Por Toda a Minha Vida’, performed by Lenita Bruno (1926-1987), which featured arrangements by her husband Leo Peracchi (1911-1993), ex-professor of Tom. The arranger Cesar Camargo Mariano (married to Elis at the time) and Elis herself were both big fans of this record. In January of 1974, Antonio Carlos Jobim received a telephone call from Andre Midani, president of Phonogram (Phillips), proposing the recording of a record with Elis Regina. Tom accepted the invite. Philips invited Aloysio de Oliveira (1914-1995) to be producer of the project he was already a friend of all involved. The original budget didn’t allow for sending everybody to the US, where Tom had been living for some years. It would be cheaper to record in Brazil, but for some motive Tom couldn’t travel. So, on the 20th of February, Elis Regina and her husband Cesar Camargo Mariano went to Los Angeles, accompanied by Aloysio de Oliveira and Joao Marcello (son of Elis and Ronaldo Bescoli), as well as members of Cesar’s band: Helio Delmiro (guitar), Luisao (bass) and Paulinho Braga (drums). They were followed a few days later by Roberto de Oliveira, Elis’ manager and responsible for the idea of the whole project along with the mission of recording a documentary for television. At the airport in Los Angeles they were received by Tom Jobim, who had a flower for Elis, and invited them to go firstly to his house for a chat, before heading on to the Sunset Marquis Hotel. There was already tension in the air, not least due to the age difference between the couple and Tom (Elis was 29, Tom 47). Arriving at the house, Tom asked Aloysio who’d be doing the arrangements on the recording, and wasn’t pleased when he discovered it would be Cesar Camargo Mariano. Studioprompter 4 serial. Tom tried ringing Claus Ogerman and Dave Grusin but couldn’t get them. Neither was he pleased to hear that some musicians would be arriving from Brazil the next day. ‘//It doesn’t make sense. We already have excellent musicians here!//’ The following day Cesar began working on the arrangements, while Elis brought Joao Marcello to Disneyland. His work was constantly interrupted by Tom, asking if everything was going OK and the interruptions continued until he delivered the final mix to Tom. The recording sessions were delayed while Cesar worked out the arrangements. Bill Hitchcock had been contracted to direct the string quartet (because of local laws, Cesar couldn’t do so).
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