Bakishinba <Bakishinba@gmail.com> wrote in
news:IgkyeE6xA4x7IwwyZWRD_26o27@JBinUp.local:
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> 1. Deve ser amor
> 2. Coisa No.1
> 3. Rosa Flor
> 4. Tema No.1
> 5. Encontro com a saudade *
> 6. Manequim 46
> 7. Samba de uma nota so
> 8. Coisa No.2
> 9. Nao e bem assim
> 10. Cancao do amor sem Fim
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> Musicians: Baden Powell (git)
> Jorge "Jorginho" Ferreira da Silva, Copinha (fl)
> Moacir Santos (sax, vcl)
> Sandoval (cl)
> Sergio Barroso (b)
> Jimmy Pratt (dr)
> Rubem Bassini (perc)
> unknown piano player
> Label: Elenco / Universal Music
> Country: Brazil
> Media: LP / CD
> LP number: ME 04
> CD number: 73145280452
> Year of performance: End-1962
> Year of LP release: 1 May 1963 (2nd release: 1 May 1967)
> Year of CD release: 1995 (Brazil)
> 25 June 2003 (Brazil)
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> Guitar Model: Author 3 by luthier Reinaldo DiGiorgio
> Also issued as: Developments (LP, 1970)
> O Mestre do Violao Brasileiro (CD-Box, 2003)
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> Flabbergasted Vinyl Transfer Specs:
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> Original Elenco (ME-4) pressing -> Pro-Ject RM-5SE turntable / Sumiko
> Blue Point 2 cartridge / Pro-Ject Speedbox power supply -> Creek
> OBH-18 MM Phono Preamp -> M-Audio Audiophile 2496 soundcard. Recorded
> at 24-bit / 96 khz resolution to Audacity. Click Repair on very light
> settings to remove some clicks and popsm, some manual click removal
> using Audition. Track splitting in Adobe Audition 3.0. Dithered to
> 16-bit using iZotope M-Bit noise-shaping. Converted to FLAC and mp3
> using DbPoweramp. ID tags done with Foobar2000.
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> I don't know anything about Jimmy Pratt other than he plays the skins
> on a whole bunch of jazz records from the 40s and 50s, having done
> sessions with Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Oscar Pettiford,
> Bud Shank, and Anita O'Day. Busy guy. But this record may be one of
> the most famous he played on. Partly because he essentially receives
> co-billing on the marquee with Baden. But also he was, in a way, in
> the right place at the right time to really connect with the Bossa
> Nova explosion. This is apparently the first release on Aloysio de
> Oliveira`s Elenco label. From the back cover:
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> "When the drummer Jimmy Pratt was in Brazil accompanying Caterina
> Valente, he heard Baden play guitar like everyone that was exposed to
> Baden's art, he was profoundly enthusiastic. The enthusiasm provoked
> the idea for this recording. And from the recording was also born a
> friendship and mutual admiration between the two artists. 'Baden
> Powell Swings with Jimmy Pratt' is a tribute from Baden to his friend
> and American colleague." - Aloysio de Oliveira
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> Production: Aloysio de Oliveira
> Direction: Jimmy Pratt
> Production Manager: Peter Keller
> Studio: Philips of Brasil
> Sound Engineer: Norman Sternberg
> Recording Technician: Celio Martins
> Cover Layout: Cesar G. Villela
> Photos: Francisco Pereira
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> The observent among might notice Mr. Pratt apparently did not make the
> photo session for the album or else closely guards his image against
> in the recording studio, unless we are looking at the back of his head
> in the shot where Vinicius de Moraes appears for no particular reason
> -- it's an instrumental record bereft of his lovely lyrics, he didn't
> play anything, and he only has a writing credit on the very first
> tune, 'Deve Ser Amor.' Anyway, I find it amusing.
>
> In the photo to the right of this we see Baden playing into a Neumann
> U-87 microphone, and looking like he wants to walk into the control
> room and slap somebody. I'm not sure why because it's a
> great-sounding recording.
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> Fantastic playing from everyone involved, including Moacir Santos who
> contributes his own compositions, Coisas No.1 and Coisas No.2. It`s
> the clarinet, however, that really slays me on this record: while
> doing the vinyl transfer and processing, I swear I listened to Coisas
> No.1 about ten times in a row at one point. When you hear it you will
> know why. There is nothing groovier on earth. Attachment decoded:
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thank you for your work and enthusiam in sharing this fine music with us.
bzzz
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