Good Vibrations 7-8: Political Jazz and Bossa Nova

I'm not the biggest Bossa Nova fan but I'm also not too hot on getting sunstroke which I did today. So there you go.

The pentultimate post from The Vibe!

The Vibe! Vol 7 -- Spiritual Jazz, Free Speech and Political Grooves

Track Listing:

01 Music is The Key [Weldon Irvine]

02 Footprints [Lonnie Liston Smith and The Cosmic Echoes]

03 Everybody Has The Right To Be Free [Bobby Few]

04 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter [Nina Simone]

05 Tupac Amaru [Gato Barbieri]

06 The Vulture [Gil Scott-Heron]

07 Kilimandjaro [Count Basie and His Orchestra]

08 Listen Love [Jon Lucien]

09 Echoes [Leon Thomas]

10 Walk Tall (Baby That's What I Need) [Esther Marrow]

11 Tite Rope [Harold Alexander]

12 Belier [Barney Wilen]

13 Skull Session [Oliver Nelson]

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The Vibe! Vol 8 -- Bossa Nova, Samba Jazz and Brazilian Bop

Track Listing:

01 Amazonas [Joao Donato]

02 Reza [Flora Purim]

03 Consolacao [Trio 3D]

04 Estamos Ai [Raulzinho]

05 Candomble [Mario Castro-Neves and Samba S.A.]

06 Agua de Beber [Jovem Brasa]

07 Nana [Os Cobras]

08 Rosinha's Mood [Rosinha Da Valenca]

09 El Samba Graciela [Enrico Rava]

10 Tamanco Na Samba [O Trio 3D]

11 Boranda [Flora Purim]

12 Voce E Eu [Raulzinho]

13 Mas Que Nada [Jovem Brasa]

14 Samba De La Bendicion (Sarava) [Carlos Lyra]

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Good Vibrations 3-4: Brasilian Grooves and Afro-Cuban Rhythms

Volumes 3 and 4 of The Vibe! collection.  Nothing more to say. Just listen.

The Vibe! Vol 3 -- Samba Funk, MPB and Other Illicit Brasilian Grooves

Track Listing:

01 Glorioso Santo Antonio [Antonio Carlos E Jocafi]

02 Bala Com Bala[Joao Bosco]

03 Bobeira [Edson Frederico]

04 Agua de Beber [Brasil Aquarius y Luiz Antonio]

05 Ou Bola Ou Bolica [Tamba Trio]

06 Dimensions [Gay Vaquer]

07 Demonio De Guarda [Ivan Lins]

08 Trio Cruzado [Miucha and Antonio Carlos Jobim]

09 Berimbao [Jayme Marques]

10 Mirandolina [Burnier and Cartier]

11 Cravo E Canela [Banda Black Rio]

12 Futebol de Bar [Cesar Mariano and CIA]

13 Chica-Chica-Boom-Chic [Les Etoiles]

14 Mestre Bimba [Tamba Trio]

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The Vibe! Vol 4 -- Afro-Cuban Rhythms, Latin Jazz, Mambos and Descargas

Track Listing:

01 Ti Mon Bo [Tito Puente and His Orchestra]

02 Descarga [Cesar 830]

03 Al Vaiven de mi Carreta [Orquestra Aragon]

04 Anabacoa [Perez Prado and His Orchestra]

05 Gypsy Queen [Count Basie and His Orchestra]

06 Mambo Gozon [Tito Puente]

07 Las Mulatas del Cha-Cha-Cha [Cuarteto d'Aida]

08 Maracaibo Oriental [Beny More]

09 Tin Tin Deo [Dizzy Gillespie]

10 La Bamba [Esquivel]

11 Jungoso [Sonny Rollins]

12 Yo Soy El Son Cubano [Conjunto Casino]        

13 Pa' Los Rumberos (For Dancers) [Tito Puente and His Orchestra]

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Beleza Acústica: Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942), better known as Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock music, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.

Gil started to play music as a child and was still a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician, and then grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música Popular Brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to state of Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, as well as working as a politician and environmental advocate. (Wikipedia)

I lived and worked for a little while in Angola where I made a good friend by the name of Joao Neves.  He was married to one of my colleagues and was a gentle man.  Like everyone in Angola, Joao seemed simultaneously committed to and inebriated by the politics that rose from the earth like steam after the summer rain. But also slightly bemused and uncertain of what it all meant.   His way of coping was to laugh and love.

He was the one who recommended Gilberto Gil to me.

Acoustic is undoubtedly the equivalent of Gilberto Gil "Unplugged" -- Gil, his acoustic guitar, and a nonelectric five-piece band recorded live in a studio -- and it is a thoroughly musical triumph as Gil mesmerizes his attentive audience for some 74 minutes. He starts out with the nearly pure reggae of A Novidade, but before long, he establishes himself in a mostly consistent, loping set of intimate grooves thoroughly rooted in Brazil. Gil had a hand in writing all of this tuneful material except Anastacia Dominguinhos,' Tenho Sede, Caetano Veloso's Sampa, and a left-field choice, Stevie Wonder's The Secret Life of Plants, which lends itself very well to Gil's bossa nova approach and pro-environmental position. It is not a complete live portrait of Gil, though; the astounding quickness and flexibility of his voice is fully vented only toward the end of the concert. (allmusic)

Bom dia, Joao!

         Track Listing

01. A Novidade

02. Tenho Sede

03. Refazenda

04. Realce

05. Esoterico

06. Drao

07. A Paz

08. Beira Mar

09. Sampa

10. Parabolicamara

11. The Secret Life of Plants

12. Tempo Rei

13. Expresso 2222

14. Aquele Abraco

15. Palco

16. Toda Menina Baiana

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