MARCOS VALLE - ESTATICA

Valle’s fourth original recording for Far Out – features standout compositions including the instant classic ‘Vamos Sambar’, the infectious jazz of ‘Baião Maracatú’, and the stunning duets and brass of ‘Papo De Maluco’. Valle’s soft scatting on the floaty ‘Arranca Toco’; cinematic orchestral ‘Novo Acorde’; and rich psych incidentals show that Valle is as creatively inspired – by Rio, music, and a lifetime of travel touring the globe – as he ever was as the original Ipanema beach poet. Produced by Daniel Maunick (son of Bluey, Incognito); recorded, mixed, and co- produced by David Brinkworth (Harmonic 33); and with Marcos’ unparalleled arrangements, aided by horn and string arrangements by Jesse Sedoc Vocals, Valle is brought back with a widescreen bang.

One of the second-wave of early bossa nova composers, following in the footsteps of Gilberto and Jobim, he is “the man who punched Marlon Brando and made millions”. Responsible for the bossa classic ‘Summer Samba (So Nice)’, written by the 21-year-old Valle as a tribute to the joys of life as a Rio surfer, it is the one bossa nova tune apart from "The Girl from Ipanema" that everyone knows. Made into a hit by Walter Wanderley in 1967, the song has been covered by hundreds of artists. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, Marcos began writing songs with his brother Paulo Sergio (who wrote lyrics to two tracks on ‘Estática’). As his reputation grew, he released his debut album 'Samba Demais' for EMI Brazil. It was his first release on Verve however that brought him well-deserved fame, 'Samba '68' becoming a Brazilian musical landmark thanks to tracks such as 'Batucada' and 'Crickets Sing for Anamaria'. The early-seventies spawned two Valle masterpiece’s, ‘Garra’ and ‘Vento’, which combined the “cosmic expansion of Pink Floyd with the orchestral sweep of Ennio Morricone” MOJO. From there Valle has written brilliant album after another and was even commissioned to provide the equivalent of the USA Moss/OZ magic for the Brazilian edition of Sesame Street.

Marcos Valle is first of all a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer and without doubt one of the major songwriters of MPB (Brazilian Popular Music). As well he is the author of more than three hundred songs, with music that has been recorded by artists like Sarah Vaugahn, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Astrud Gilberto, Sergio Mendes and many, many more. Marcos Valle is furthermore a composer from the so-called "second wave" of bossa nova musicians. His swingy, dance-driven style, supported by inventive grooves, easily fit the European dance floors, where his music became hip in the 90s, in the midst of the drum’n’bass fever, helping create a new style: the drum’n’bossa. And even today his Live Show´s are a must see“

Marcos Valle European Tour Dates:
JULY 03: La Bellevilloise, Paris, France
JULY 04: Jazz a Viene, Vienne, Austria
JULY 05: Worldwide Festival, Sete, France
JULY 06: Mojo Club, Hamburg, Germany
JULY 07: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
JULY 08: CBE, Cologne, Germany
JULY 09: Njlaya, Bari, Italy
JULY 10: Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
JULY 12: Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany
JULY 13: North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Holland

~ Far Out