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Monday, September 6, 2021

VA • Bossa Jazz The Birth Of Hard Bossa, Samba Jazz And The Evolution Of Brazilian Fusion 1962-73



Review by John Bush
Elenco wasn't notable only for the packaging and design of its album covers -- a strident black-and-white color scheme, leavened only by occasional reds and grays. The label also produced most of the best Brazilian music of the mid-'60s, that fertile time just after the bossa craze had kicked off worldwide and before psychedelia and fascism were about to force the unlikely birth of tropicalia. This two-disc reissue of all things Elenco is a treasure for fans of Brazilian music; for the record, Bossa Jazz has a companion volume called Brazil Bossa Beat!, but the crossover between jazz and beat is liberal. Here are many, if not most, of the figures who were in the process of making Brazilian jazz one of the most potent and fertile scenes in post-bop jazz, with Airto Moreira, Eumir Deodato, Sergio Mendes, Baden Powell, João Donato, Tamba 4, and of course, Antonio Carlos Jobim. (Even the artists less familiar to those outside the Brazilian sphere, such as Zimbo Trio and Sambalanço Trio, produced top-flight work.) Soul Jazz has done many favors to Brazilian music, but this labor of love belongs near the top.
 
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Reseña de John Bush
Elenco no sólo destacó por el embalaje y el diseño de las portadas de sus discos, con una estridente combinación de colores en blanco y negro, suavizada sólo por ocasionales rojos y grises. El sello también produjo la mayor parte de la mejor música brasileña de mediados de los años 60, esa época fértil justo después de que la moda de la bossa se desatara en todo el mundo y antes de que la psicodelia y el fascismo estuvieran a punto de forzar el improbable nacimiento de la tropicalia. Esta reedición de dos discos de Elenco es un tesoro para los aficionados a la música brasileña; que conste que el Bossa Jazz tiene un volumen complementario llamado Brazil Bossa Beat, pero el cruce entre el jazz y el beat es liberal. Aquí están muchas, si no la mayoría, de las figuras que estuvieron en el proceso de hacer del jazz brasileño una de las escenas más potentes y fértiles del jazz post-bop, con Airto Moreira, Eumir Deodato, Sergio Mendes, Baden Powell, João Donato, Tamba 4 y, por supuesto, Antonio Carlos Jobim. (Incluso los artistas menos conocidos para los que no pertenecen al ámbito brasileño, como Zimbo Trio y Sambalanço Trio, produjeron trabajos de primera categoría). El Soul Jazz ha hecho muchos favores a la música brasileña, pero este trabajo de amor pertenece a la cima.



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11 comments:

  1. Always fine this combination of Folk and Jazz, so thanks for this nice collection!

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  2. Muchas gracias por compartirlo. Es un disco difícil de encontrar aquí en Brasil.

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  3. this compilation looks great, what is the pasw please?

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  5. Many thanks for this one. Great site as well, take care.

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  6. Hi!

    Thanx for this one. LUV Bossa Nova. Some "new" artists here = "new" hears here.

    Cheers!
    Ciao! For now.
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