Marty Paich Quartet with Joe Mandragon, Larry Bunker and Howard Roberts “Hot Piano” Sonet Records “I’ll Remember April” b/w “Jump For Me” and “What’s New” Scandinavia pressing from Tampa Records. Cover photo by Dave Pell (!)
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Vicente Celestino “Alma e Coracao” RCA Victor (1960) Born in Rio de Janeiro, he started out singing for neighbors and friends. Enrico Caruso was a big idol of his. At age 20, Celestino debuted at the Teatro São José, soloing on the waltz “Flor do Mal” (S.Coelho/D.Correia), a big hit. That recording, from 1916, was his first to sell thousands of copies, a phenomenon, at the time. Vicente sang the operetta “Juriti”, written by Chiquinha Gonzaga, and in 1920 he lined-up his own operetta company. But he did not abandon the carnival music, which granted him hits like “Urubu Subiu”. Celestino was one of the first Brazilian artists to use the electric recording system. He released hits like “Santa” (Freire Junior) and “Noite Cheia de Estrelas” (Ãndio). In the 1930s, he started writing music. The song that would make him known for generations to come was “O Ébrio”, turned into a motion picture and box-office hit by director and Celestino’s wife, Gilda de Abreu in 1946. The songs “Ouvindo-te”, “Coração Materno”, “Patativa” and “Porta Aberta” were also written by him. Having always performed in Brazil, he was an idol of different generations. During the tropicalist wave, Caetano Veloso “Coração Materno”. The singer died in 1968, just before a ceremony where the Tropicalists were going to do him homage, in São Paulo.
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“Guitarra Maravilhosa” Esperanto RGE Records
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“La Lengua Verde de Colombia” Nena Records
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Renato de Oliveira e sua Orquestra Copacabana Hi-Fi
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Here’s a cool one courtesy of Lp cover lover Wolf-Rdiger Sommer. Jimmy Bryant, guitar virtuoso. “The Fastest Guitar in the Country” Imperial Records
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“Angel Eyes” Duke Pearson, pianist, arranger, producer and Blue Note A&R man though most of the sixties is one of those great under-recognized Jazz musicians that always delivers. Here’s the original 1968 UK Polydor label release. Recorded in New York on August the 1st, 1961 with Thomas Howard [bass] and Lex Humphries [drums] and with Bob Cranshaw [bass] and Walter Perkins [drums] on January the 12th, 1962. Oh and this is pretty cool cover too! Includes the Pearson-penned jazz standard “Jeannine,” “Angel Eyes” and I’m An Old Cowhand / Say You’re Mine / Le Carrousel / Exodus / Bags’ Groove / Say You’re Mine.
This one is hard to get right now, but if you don’t already have them, get “Wahoo,” “Sweet Honey Bee,” “Honey Buns” and “Sweet Prairie Dog” and check out his work on sessions for Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and most of the Blue Note roster of hard boppers. Here’s the “other Duke’s” DISCOGRAPHY
(42 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Here’s my copy of Esquerita! (1959) Capitol Records Esquerita was an obvious influence on Little Richard. Like Richard, a flaming, shrieking, piano-pounding rock and roll originator. Amazing that he was on Capitol records with label mates like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee. I put this one in a nice wood frame I found in a Berkeley record shop.
Tracks include: Hey Miss Lucy / She Left Me Crying / Hole In My Heart / Believe Me When I Say Rock ‘n’ Roll / I Need You / Why Did It Take You So Long / Get Back Baby / I’m Batty over Hattie / Gettin’ Plenty of Lovin’
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