por entre os sons da música, ao ouvido como a uma porta que ficou entreaberta... (virgilio ferreira)
20071021
20071020
Carlos Carmo - 9 FADOS E 1 CANÇÃO (2002)
Como nunca é demais, aqui temos novamente Carlos do Carmo. Nove fados e uma canção de amor, na voz masculina que é sínónimo do fado em Portugal.0 1 - post by: madala - @
Labels:
fado
20071019
ANTOC - TRAVELIN’ USA Vol.1 (2007)
A Not Too Obvious Collection.Vamos viajar pelos primeiros 19 Estados (ordem alfabética) na companhia de intérpretes de diferentes géneros musicais e espalhados por diversas épocas criativas da música americana.
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01 Teresa Brewer – ALABAMA jubilee
02 Johnny Horton – It’s springtime in ALASKA
03 China Crisis – ARIZONA sky
04 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – ARKANSAS coal
05 Jose Feliciano – CALIFORNIA dreamin’
06 Brook Benton – Aspen, COLORADO
07 Martha Tilton – CONNECTICUT
08 Perry Como – DELAWARE
09 John Wallowich – FLORIDA
10 Crystal Gayle – GEORGIA on my mind
11 Beach Boys – HAWAII
12 Dakota Staton – IDAHO
13 Dan Fogelberg – ILLINOIS
14 Pat Boone – INDIANA holiday
15 Bing Crosby – IOWA
16 Melanie – KANSAS
17 Neil Diamond – KENTUCKY woman
18 Ricky Nelson – LOUISIANNA belle
19 Andy Williams – Spring in MAINE
Labels:
antoc
20071018
Kocani Orkestar - ALONE AT MY WEDDING (2002)
With their new, expanded line-up, mighty Macedonian brass band Koçani Orkestar are wilder than ever, getting the entire audience up on their feet & dancing at every concert. Their music is still based on Gypsy tunes from various parts of the Balkans and on Turkish/Bulgarian rhythms, with a sprinkle of Latin flavour... but this album is particularly devoted to the repertoire played by Gypsy bands during wedding celebrations in Macedonia.0 1 2 - post by: ivan - @
Labels:
gypsy
20071017
Kenny Barron - OTHER PLACES (1993)
Kenny Barron (piano); Ralph Moore (soprano & tenor saxophones); Bobby Hutchinson (vibraphone); Rufus Reid (acoustic bass); Victor Lewis (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion).In the 1990s, Kenny Barron was finally recognized as one of jazz's top pianists, recording a series of top-notch and consistently inventive releases. This CD has seven of Barron's originals in which he is teamed with Ralph Moore (tenor and soprano), vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Rufus Reid, drummer Victor Lewis, and sometimes percussionist Mino Cinelu. These fine performances help to define the modern mainstream of the period. In addition, there are a pair of standards ("For Heaven's Sake" and a lengthy version of "I Should Care") that are played as sensitive duets with Reid. Excellent and often exquisite music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide.
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Labels:
jazz
20071016
20071015
VA - MASTERS OF THE BELLYDANCE MUSIC (2007)
Labels:
arabe
20071013
20071012
ANTOC - POP COUNTRY GO STANDARDS (2007)
A Not Too Obvious Collection
Pop & Country Artists Sing Jazz Standards
Mais tarde ou mais cedo, na carreira da maioria das estrelas da Pop e da Country, o seu repertório começa a incluir standards do American Songbook, em faixas dos seus álbuns correntes ou em trabalhos completos a eles dedicados.
Nesta colectânea incluem-se vinte dessas situações.
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01 Lisa Stansfield – They can’t take that away from me
02 Elton John – Someone to watch over me/Love is here to stay
03 Lana Cantrell – Yes sir, that’s my baby
04 Peter Gabriel – Summertime
05 Sheryl Crow – Good morning heartache
06 Robert Palmer- It could happen to you
07 Kate Bush – The man I love
08 Lou Reed – One for my baby
09 Lari White – An affair to remember
10 Lyle Lovett – Blue skies
11 Laura Nyro – Embraceable you
12 Steve Miller Band – God bless the child
13 Queen Latifah – If I had you
14 Sting – My one and only love
15 Sheena Easton – The nearness of you
16 Willie Nelson – Stardust
17 Sinead O’Connor – You do something to me
18 Saffire – Is you is or is you ain’t my baby
19 Rita Coolidge – Black coffee
20 Suzy Bogguss & Delbert McClinton – Baby it’s cold outside
Pop & Country Artists Sing Jazz Standards
Mais tarde ou mais cedo, na carreira da maioria das estrelas da Pop e da Country, o seu repertório começa a incluir standards do American Songbook, em faixas dos seus álbuns correntes ou em trabalhos completos a eles dedicados.
Nesta colectânea incluem-se vinte dessas situações.
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01 Lisa Stansfield – They can’t take that away from me
02 Elton John – Someone to watch over me/Love is here to stay
03 Lana Cantrell – Yes sir, that’s my baby
04 Peter Gabriel – Summertime
05 Sheryl Crow – Good morning heartache
06 Robert Palmer- It could happen to you
07 Kate Bush – The man I love
08 Lou Reed – One for my baby
09 Lari White – An affair to remember
10 Lyle Lovett – Blue skies
11 Laura Nyro – Embraceable you
12 Steve Miller Band – God bless the child
13 Queen Latifah – If I had you
14 Sting – My one and only love
15 Sheena Easton – The nearness of you
16 Willie Nelson – Stardust
17 Sinead O’Connor – You do something to me
18 Saffire – Is you is or is you ain’t my baby
19 Rita Coolidge – Black coffee
20 Suzy Bogguss & Delbert McClinton – Baby it’s cold outside
Labels:
antoc
20071011
Emir Kusturica & Friends - OH, DANUBE... (2004)
Emir Kusturica feat Fanfare Ciocãrlia, a Roma speed-metal brass band travellin' at a ludicrous speed of 200 bpm, included the album Oh, Danube, Ma Danube!Danube is the longest river in the European Union.Album also features the No Smoking Orchestra, the Belgrade part of Zabranjeno pušenje. The No Smoking Orchestra composed the music for Emir Kusturica's Crna maèka, beli maèor, that is situated on the banks of the Danube river.0 1 2 - post by: ivan - @
Labels:
gypsy
20071010
Herb Ellis & Ray Brown - SOFT SHOE (1974)
This early Concord recording (which is available on CD) is unusual in a couple of ways. Guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown (who are the co-leaders) are joined not only by trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison (who is in colorful form) and drummer Jake Hanna but pianist George Duke in one of his very few mainstream records. Their repertoire includes jazz versions of such unlikely tunes as "Inka-Dinka-Doo," "Easter Parade" and "The Flintstones Theme"; the latter version (which is based on the familiar "I Got Rhythm" chord changes) was the first of many to turn that cartoon melody into jazz. In addition Brown ("Soft Shoe"), Edison and Ellis contribute a song apiece plus there is a brief rendition of "Green Dolphin Street" that is taken as a Brown-Ellis duet. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide.0 1 - post by: fabass - @
Labels:
jazz
20071009
Sonic Youth - DIRTY (1994)
Cinco anos depois de Sister numa evolução segura onde se mistura o rock com o caos das guitarras electricas..0 1 2 - post by: mufana - @
Labels:
rock,
rock alternativo
20071008
VA - EXPERIENCE EGYPT (2007)
O Album retrata mais de 40 anos das melhores gravações egípcias, desde os legendários Umm Kalthoum e Abdul halim até as mais recentes estrelas da cena musical tais como Amr Diab e Shereen.A aquisição desta obra pode revelar-se intressante na medida em que, para além da qualidade da música selecionada, o album traz um pequeno guida prático e muito bem ilustrado que poderá dar jeito aos " aventureiros".
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20071007
20071006
20071005
ANTOC - EVERGREEN (2007)
A Not Too Obvious Collection
Na América chamam “evergreens” às canções que ao longo dos tempos mantêm a sua frescura e continuam a ser gravadas como se tivessem sido acabadas de ser escritas. Para esta colectânea escolhemos dois exemplos e apresentamos versões gravadas em todas as décadas desde que foram compostas nos anos vinte. Variaram as técnicas de gravação e a forma de interpretar, mas St. Louis Blues (faixas ímpares) e It had to be you (faixas pares) continuam “evergreens”.
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01 W. C. Handy (20s)
02 Cliff Edwards
03 Cab Calloway (30s)
04 Benny Goodman
05 Billie Holliday (40s)
06 Betty Hutton
07 Louis Armstrong (50s)
08 Doris Day
09 Ida Cox (60s)
10 Tony Bennett
11 Helen Humes (70s)
12 Anita O’Day
13 Ruth Brown (80s)
14 Harry Connick Jr.
15 Teresa Brewer (90)
16 Liza Minnelli
17 Peter Cincotti (00s)
18 Rod Stewart
Na América chamam “evergreens” às canções que ao longo dos tempos mantêm a sua frescura e continuam a ser gravadas como se tivessem sido acabadas de ser escritas. Para esta colectânea escolhemos dois exemplos e apresentamos versões gravadas em todas as décadas desde que foram compostas nos anos vinte. Variaram as técnicas de gravação e a forma de interpretar, mas St. Louis Blues (faixas ímpares) e It had to be you (faixas pares) continuam “evergreens”.
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01 W. C. Handy (20s)
02 Cliff Edwards
03 Cab Calloway (30s)
04 Benny Goodman
05 Billie Holliday (40s)
06 Betty Hutton
07 Louis Armstrong (50s)
08 Doris Day
09 Ida Cox (60s)
10 Tony Bennett
11 Helen Humes (70s)
12 Anita O’Day
13 Ruth Brown (80s)
14 Harry Connick Jr.
15 Teresa Brewer (90)
16 Liza Minnelli
17 Peter Cincotti (00s)
18 Rod Stewart
Labels:
antoc
20071004
VA - THE GYPSY CAMP VANISHES INTO...(1976)
Based on early stories by Maxim Gorky, this movie won the grand prize at the 1976 San Sebastian Film Festival. The flamboyant and rugged lifestyle of gypsies living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire early in the 20th century is beautifully screened in this story about the love between a young horse thief and a rebellious young gypsy girl and their tragic deaths during their marriage ceremony0 1 2 - post by: ivan - @
Labels:
gypsy
20071003
Carla Bley - ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL (1971)
The late '60s and early '70s played a great role in the development of youth culture and politics, but it was also a heady age for jazz, where the great changes of funk, rock, and counterculture seeped into improvised music and changed it forever. Not only were the established movers and shakers of jazz creating a stir, but also several new voices were greatly affecting what jazz could and would be. One of the most eclectic and brilliant of these was Carla Bley.
Bley in many ways can be seen as one of the few great jazz composers of the post bop era. The pianist is often regarded more for her work as a composer than for her chops. For an early example, on her then-husband Paul Bley's amazing ESP release Closer shows off some of Carla fine work as a composer. During this period, she became one of the founders of the Jazz Composer's Guild Orchestra before becoming a cult icon in the world of avant-garde jazz. In 1967 vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded her genius song cycle A Genuine Tong Funeral, where she was also featured as a pianist. This record first gave her public attention and led to her composing and arranging one of jazz's finest anti-war records, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. But the record that brought her into the full realm of jazz was Escalator Over the Hill.
Escalator Over the Hill is a huge, expansive, and all-encircling work that was originally released on a three-LP set. Even today, that seems a bit extreme for a debut release, but it's even more remarkable given that jazz at the time was experiencing a severe decline in popularity. But what is even more interesting is that the record works on the premise of being a conceptual opus. Though it has often been described as a jazz opera, that description fails on many levels. An opera, no matter how abstract, tells some sort of a story. Nowhere on this set are there any lyrics written by Paul Haines that really suggest a cohesive narrative.
The work by Haines, who is classified as a "jazz poet," consists of equal parts rambling beat poetry and interesting yet nonsensical lyrics that work more in the context of Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica than inside a unified story structure. Yet his bits are interesting and reflect the "far out" surrealism and dadaism that was a big part of this period. Although the lyrics are bit crazy, they appeal the free chaos of the record and even flesh out the overall ideas projected on the album. The album does work as a concept record, much in the same way as the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Mothers of Invention's Freak Out!, or Ornette Coleman's orchestral masterpiece Skies of America. Working from track to track with bits of poetry and vocals, the record comes alive in a variety of ways.
Throughout the record Bley’s piano works in the background and allows her skills as a composer come to the forefront. As well, she shows a determination to work from traditional elements to all other extremes of music. Her combinations, ranging from bop to Kurt Weill's pre-WWII cabaret music to the sort of pure, raw aggression that could easily fit onto an early Anthony Braxton record, make this one of most interesting works in the canon of avant-garde jazz. Between the thirteen-minute cut-up opening piece "Hotel Overture" and the all-encompassing, Zappaesque 27-minute closing epic "...And it's Again," there's nothing left to the imagination.
Much like discs by the aforementioned Frank Zappa, the record utilizes rock at a variety of points that display aggression. Unlike Zappa's music, the rock doesn't really sound or grasp the conventions of rock music; here it seems merely like a tool, rather than a wholehearted expression, unlike the use of world music and jazz on the album. Unfortunately, at times the use of rock mixed with vocals sounds a bit too much like it might fit into the rock musical Hair. Being the first of its kind, Hair sounded like what New York theater composers and playwrights thought rock music and youth culture should sound like. But Hair was a product of its period as is this record. Musicians like Zappa and Steely Dan would find the perfect alchemy of rock and jazz.
Not to say that this set does not work. This opus is truly one of the most unique recordings that has ever graced modern music. Due to Bley's unrelenting fearlessness in surrounding her compositions with influences from around the world, this results are all the richer. Interestingly enough, the record features vocals from a young Linda Ronstadt on "Why," some clarion trumpet from Don Cherry, and a trio composed of John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, and Paul Motian. As well, Carla gets started with early experimental big band pieces here. Overall this now two-CD set may seem a bit dated and grandiose, but nostalgic expanse is one of the great features of Escalator. It sounds unlike any other jazz recording ever. The genius of Carla Bley and the amazing ideas she incorporates into this record (and its followup, Tropic Appetites) make it worth searching out.
By Trevor MacLaren from All About Jazz
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BIENVENIDO FABASS
Bley in many ways can be seen as one of the few great jazz composers of the post bop era. The pianist is often regarded more for her work as a composer than for her chops. For an early example, on her then-husband Paul Bley's amazing ESP release Closer shows off some of Carla fine work as a composer. During this period, she became one of the founders of the Jazz Composer's Guild Orchestra before becoming a cult icon in the world of avant-garde jazz. In 1967 vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded her genius song cycle A Genuine Tong Funeral, where she was also featured as a pianist. This record first gave her public attention and led to her composing and arranging one of jazz's finest anti-war records, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. But the record that brought her into the full realm of jazz was Escalator Over the Hill.
Escalator Over the Hill is a huge, expansive, and all-encircling work that was originally released on a three-LP set. Even today, that seems a bit extreme for a debut release, but it's even more remarkable given that jazz at the time was experiencing a severe decline in popularity. But what is even more interesting is that the record works on the premise of being a conceptual opus. Though it has often been described as a jazz opera, that description fails on many levels. An opera, no matter how abstract, tells some sort of a story. Nowhere on this set are there any lyrics written by Paul Haines that really suggest a cohesive narrative.
The work by Haines, who is classified as a "jazz poet," consists of equal parts rambling beat poetry and interesting yet nonsensical lyrics that work more in the context of Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica than inside a unified story structure. Yet his bits are interesting and reflect the "far out" surrealism and dadaism that was a big part of this period. Although the lyrics are bit crazy, they appeal the free chaos of the record and even flesh out the overall ideas projected on the album. The album does work as a concept record, much in the same way as the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Mothers of Invention's Freak Out!, or Ornette Coleman's orchestral masterpiece Skies of America. Working from track to track with bits of poetry and vocals, the record comes alive in a variety of ways.
Throughout the record Bley’s piano works in the background and allows her skills as a composer come to the forefront. As well, she shows a determination to work from traditional elements to all other extremes of music. Her combinations, ranging from bop to Kurt Weill's pre-WWII cabaret music to the sort of pure, raw aggression that could easily fit onto an early Anthony Braxton record, make this one of most interesting works in the canon of avant-garde jazz. Between the thirteen-minute cut-up opening piece "Hotel Overture" and the all-encompassing, Zappaesque 27-minute closing epic "...And it's Again," there's nothing left to the imagination.
Much like discs by the aforementioned Frank Zappa, the record utilizes rock at a variety of points that display aggression. Unlike Zappa's music, the rock doesn't really sound or grasp the conventions of rock music; here it seems merely like a tool, rather than a wholehearted expression, unlike the use of world music and jazz on the album. Unfortunately, at times the use of rock mixed with vocals sounds a bit too much like it might fit into the rock musical Hair. Being the first of its kind, Hair sounded like what New York theater composers and playwrights thought rock music and youth culture should sound like. But Hair was a product of its period as is this record. Musicians like Zappa and Steely Dan would find the perfect alchemy of rock and jazz.
Not to say that this set does not work. This opus is truly one of the most unique recordings that has ever graced modern music. Due to Bley's unrelenting fearlessness in surrounding her compositions with influences from around the world, this results are all the richer. Interestingly enough, the record features vocals from a young Linda Ronstadt on "Why," some clarion trumpet from Don Cherry, and a trio composed of John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, and Paul Motian. As well, Carla gets started with early experimental big band pieces here. Overall this now two-CD set may seem a bit dated and grandiose, but nostalgic expanse is one of the great features of Escalator. It sounds unlike any other jazz recording ever. The genius of Carla Bley and the amazing ideas she incorporates into this record (and its followup, Tropic Appetites) make it worth searching out.
By Trevor MacLaren from All About Jazz
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BIENVENIDO FABASS
Labels:
jazz
20071002
20071001
Rashid Taha - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (2007)
Nascido em 1958, em Orão (Argélia). Aos 12 anos, Rachid mudou-se para a França, onde o seu pai já estava instalado. A sua origem argelina e a vida em França fizeram com que o arista se tornasse culturalmente "mestiço". A sua música é bastante marcada pelo Rai, Rock, techno e Punk. Rachid Taha aparece na cena musical através do seu grupo "Carte de Sejour", em 1983. A partir de 1989, o cantor seguiu a sua carreira em solo. Considerado como um artista "engagé", Rachid sempre defendeu a democracia e a tolerência contra o racismo, a discriminação e o fundamentalismo.
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