Edu Lobo - Vento Bravo

Real Musica Popular Brasileira from Edu Lobo. Atmospheric, as you might expect considering he had spent most of his time working on film scores before this album.

Edu Lobo - Vento Bravo - Missa Breve - 1972

Caralho Que Bom

Flora Purim - Sarara

George Duke produced and featuring Prince's Sheila E, here's Flora Purim's version of the Gilberto Gil song with some great mewing at the end.

Flora Purim - Sarara - Carry On - 1979

Gal Costa - Aquarela Do Brasil

Why don't I have a swimming pool?

Gal Costa - Aquarela Do Brasil - Aquarela Do Brasil - 1984

Chick Corea & Return To Forever - You're Everything

This whole album has an interesting sound with tempos that don't normally sit with the kinds of instruments and tunes featured. It's a great line up. Stanley Clarke on bass, Joe Farrell on reeds, Airto on percussion and the instantly recognisable Flora Purim singing. The song I've chosen is the opener. Don't get too lulled by the opening - it starts to take off after 2 minutes and there's a mad rush to the finish.

Chick Corea & Return To Forever - You're Everything - Light As A Feather - 1972

Oscar Brown Jr. & Sivuca - Nothing But A Fool

Released on RCA in 1970, this Luiz Reis & Haroldo Barbosa song comes from Oscar Brown Jr.'s score for the muscial Joy. It is the first, and very probably the last track I'll ever post from a muscial. Oscar of course was a great jazz singer, but he also wrote the show with his wife Jean Pace, presented TV shows and was very socially active. An all rounder. The show was performed first in 1966 and then in 1969 for over a year in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. It had a significant contribution from Sivuca, the Brazilan accordianist who worked with Harry Belafonte, Baden Powell and Miriam Makeba in his time. Enjoy.

Oscar Brown Jr. & Sivuca - Nothing But A Fool - Joy - 1970

The Real Thing

You don't need me to tell you that Stevie Wonder is a genius. And a Stevie Wonder song performed by Sergio Mendes is a match made in heaven - and that's what you get with The Real Thing - just a great tune. So great, in fact, that Mateo & Matos plundered it not once, but twice - using a killer riff as the base of In The Mood following their more straight forward vocal house cover.

Sergio Mendes - The Real Thing - Sergio Mendes & The New Brazil '77 - 1977
Mateo & Matos - In The Mood - New York Rhythms Volume Two - 1998
Mateo & Matos - The Real Thing - The Many Shades Of... - 1999

George Duke - Brazilian Love Affair

Nursing a killer hangover that even a disgusting big mac and fries has not been able to fix. It seems a wonderful thing that the Dolphin stays open late the night before. The morning after it does not. So today, following on from the previous post, we have the super smooth palliative that is the title cut from George Duke's 1979 Brazilian Love Affair.

George Duke - Brazilian Love Affair - Brazilian Love Affair - 1979

Paulinho Da Costa

For those of you that didn't check out Loronix for some Paulinho Da Costa as I suggested, here's something nice I found there. Driving bass, plenty of brass and alternating keys, guitar and sax solos all given plenty of pace by the percussion.

Paulinho Da Costa - Simbora - Agora - 1976

Tim Maia

A selection of very decent Brazilian funk from Tim Maia from across a number of his albums. The first smoking, the second sunny, the third swaggering yet sweet and the fourth just consumate soul.

Tim Maia - No Camino do Bem

Tim Maia - Festo Do Santo Reis
Tim Maia - O Que Voce Quer Apostrar
Tim Maia - Imunizaco Racional Que Beleza