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Manfredo Fest • Os Sambeatles

 

 



Rare 1966 Brazilian album with a jazz/bossa nova take on songs by the Beatles, all served up with plenty of great keyboard work performed by the very talented Manfredo Fest and his trio - It was originally released right after their classic 1965 RGE album and has a very similar jazz-based sound - Manfredo Fest was part of the gathering of Brazilian musicians of the late-'50s who were developing the bossa nova movement, and he made a number of trio recordings in that vein from 1961 to 1966 - After emigrating to Minneapolis in 1967, Fest moved to Los Angeles where he served as keyboardist and arranger for Bossa Rio and toured with Sergio Mendes.

This recording is all instrumental, strongly jazz-based, with piano as the main solo instrument, soaring over the top of some tight, crackling rhythms! The songs are all played with imaginative scents that really take them from their roots as pop songs and open them up as groovers filled with keyboard improvisations.

A nice slice of how the bossa nova sound was evolving in its homeland as well as the international impact the Beatles were having on countries outside of the U.S., England, Japan, and Germany.
https://www.jazzmessengers.com/es/91421/sambeatles-os/ossambeatles-limitededition-

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Raro álbum brasileño de 1966 con una versión jazz/bossa nova de canciones de los Beatles, todo ello con un gran trabajo de teclados a cargo del talentoso Manfredo Fest y su trío - Se publicó justo después de su clásico álbum RGE de 1965 y tiene un sonido muy similar basado en el jazz - Manfredo Fest formó parte del grupo de músicos brasileños de finales de los años 50 que estaban desarrollando el movimiento de la bossa nova, y realizó varias grabaciones en trío en esa línea entre 1961 y 1966 - Tras emigrar a Minneapolis en 1967, Fest se trasladó a Los Ángeles, donde trabajó como teclista y arreglista para Bossa Rio y realizó giras con Sergio Mendes.

Esta grabación es totalmente instrumental, basada en el jazz, con el piano como principal instrumento solista, que se eleva sobre unos ritmos apretados y crepitantes - Todas las canciones se tocan con un aroma imaginativo que las aleja de sus raíces pop para abrirlas a un groove lleno de improvisaciones al teclado.

Una buena muestra de cómo evolucionaba el sonido de la bossa nova en su tierra natal, así como del impacto internacional que los Beatles estaban teniendo en países fuera de Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Japón y Alemania.
https://www.jazzmessengers.com/es/91421/sambeatles-os/ossambeatles-limitededition-


Tracks:
1 - Can't Buy Me Love
2 - Michelle
3 - A Hard Day's Night
4 - Girl
5 - Ticket To Ride
6 - I Should Have Known Better
7 - Help
8 - Yesterday
9 - All My Loving
10 - And I Love Her
11 - Ask Me Why
12 - If I Fell

Label:    Fermata – FB-150
Format:   
Vinyl, LP
Country:    Brazil
Released:    1966
Genre:    Jazz, Latin
Style:    Bossa Nova






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