BOB BALDWIN - THE BRAZILIAN-AMERICAN SOUNDTRACK
The Bob Baldwin love affair with Brazil began with his love
of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Sergio Mendes as a child. His love
elevated when he witnessed the marriage of American Funk/Jazz and the
Samba/Bossa Nova sound, which was later explored by the likes of Djavan, Ivan
Lins, Elaine Elias, George Duke, Maurice White, and Pat Metheny. Fast forward,
Baldwin follows up his experimental Brazil Chill (2004) disc with more flavors
from Rio, with covers by the aforementioned Djavan, Jobim and Lins. The result
is a 20-song plus soundtrack through the eyes of this American…musically
celebrating the year of the 2016 Summer Olympics, in beautiful Brazil. Tracks
include: Funky Rio; Ipanema Fusion (f/Cafe Da Silva); Teardrop (f/Ragan
Whiteside); Caipirinha (f/Torcuato Mariano); Corcovado (f/Torcuato Mariano); Greatest
Lover (f/Zoiea); Boa Noite; Lookin' At Me (f/Gigi); Anjo De Mim: Island (f/Leo
Gandelman); Eu Te Devoro; Oasis; Love Dance/May I Have This Dance; Children of
The Sun; Home From Work; The Sound of His Voice; My Soul (f/Marion Meadows); For
You; Summer Madness (f/James "Crab" Robinson); Yesterday; South of
the Border (f/Emedin Rivera); Mobile & Global (f/Gabriel Mark Hasselbach); Summer's
Over; I Need the Air You Breathe; State of Mind; and The Message (A Maurice
White Tribute).
AZYMUTH - OUTUBRO
We hear that Azymuth are back in the studio recording a
brand new album. In anticipation, Far Out is reissuing the band’s seminal 1980
album Outubro: mixed and mastered from the original tapes and pressed onto 180g
vinyl (also available on CD and digitally). Outubro began Azymuth’s run of
prolific output for Milestone Records throughout the 80's. Typifying the
consummate craftsmanship of the three members’ performances - each with such
distinct personality and together so perfectly balanced - together they colour
the expressionist fusion of samba rhythm, jazz progression, funk attitude and
psychedelic electronics. From Alex Malheiros’ earth-shaking slap-bass on ‘Dear
Limmertz’, which was to become a hit on London’s underground disco and
jazz-dance club scenes alike, to the late maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami’s genial
melodic Rhodes excursions on the vocoder laden, samba-jazz masterpiece ‘Un
Amigo’, while Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti’s signature swing on ‘Maracana’ exemplifies
the root of Azymuth’s ‘samba doidoi’ (crazy samba) philosophy. Azymuth will be
playing at Dekmantel Festival Amsterdam on 4-7th August alongside a star
studded line up that includes Tony Allen, Theo Parrish and Jeff Mills. We're
also very excited to announce that the guys will embark on a European tour in
October/ November 2016 to support the release of their new and unheard
forthcoming album release.
JOYCE – VISIONS OF DAWN
Visions of Dawn by Joyce is the stunning ‘lost’ Brazilian
acid-folk album recorded in Paris in 1976. The previously unreleased project by
three Brazilian musical greats has since been rescued from the lost tapes. Led
by Joyce's gorgeous vocals, sharp lyrics and delicate tones on the guitar, the
trio is completed by the expert musicianship of her close friends, the late
legendary percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro (electric bass,
vocals, guitar and producer). These beautiful, hazy and understated recordings,
which took place among the charming artistic 1970s Paris scene, offer a unique
chance to sit in on the original jamming sessions of tracks that later became
Brazilian cult classics.
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