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Instrument: Guitar and vocals
Antonio Carlos Jobim et al: Focus On Bossa Nova
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among its universe. Bossa nova ranges from the cool/introspective/airy sounds patented by Joao Gilberto in the late Fifties, to a strong/vigorous/hard-bop influenced samba-jazz that reigned in the mid-Sixties. But both streams are equally sophisticated in harmonic terms, mixing beautiful melodies with captivating grooves. So, ...
Continue ReadingVinicius Cantuaria: Psychedelic Rio
by Katchie Cartwright
Formed in Rio in 1968 when he was 17 and Brazil was under military rule, O Terço (The Third/Rosary) was singer-songwriter and guitarist Vinicius Cantuária's first working band. He played drums with the trio, which was, as he put it, “under the influence" of Crosby Stills & Nash. One can hear other psychedelic-folk-rock influences as well. With their first release in 1970 (O Terço, Forma), the group quickly became popular, but--after two successful albums--he left them for greener pastures, joining ...
Continue ReadingVinícius Cantuária, Sam Fribush, Haroldo Bontempo, Natalie Cressman & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The mighty organ trio of Sam Fribush opens a set mostly devoted to post-bossa nova Brazilian projects. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sam Fribush “Supper / Make Me a Plate" People Please (Flybird) 0:16 Host talks 5:23 Ricardo Dias Gomes “Morrerei Por Isso" Muito Sol (Hive Mind) 7:14 Host talks 10:31 Haroldo Bontempo “Sobe e desce" Indie Hippie Retrô Brasileiro (YB) 12:10 Amaro Freitas feat. ...
Continue ReadingVinicius Cantuaria: Vinicius Canta Jobim
by Maurizio Zerbo
Quello di Antonio Carlos Jobim è uno dei songbook più popolari del '900 musicale, qui rivisitato con indubbio estro dal conterraneo Vinicius Cantuaria. Ne discende un Brasile del tutto diverso dai calligrafici omaggi alla bossa nova resi finora. Non mancano però le tracce più aderenti alla più canonica tradizione, con chitarra e strumentazione acustica. L'aura dominante è invece una rischiosa trasposizione musicale, che a seconda dei gusti può lasciare perplessi gli ascoltatori. In primo piano chitarre elettriche ...
Continue ReadingVinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto at Celebrate Brooklyn
by Ernest Barteldes
Vinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto Brasil Summerfest at Celebrate Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York July 18, 2014 On the opening night of the third edition of the city-wide Brasil Summerfest, guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria took the stage with his quintet. He played a semi-acoustic guitar and started with a syncopated instrumental interlude that led into Gilberto Gil's “Procissão," a tune whose irony-filled lyrics wax critical against the blind faith of religious communities in Brazil. ...
Continue ReadingVinicius Cantuaria - Bill Frisell: Lagrimas Mexicanas
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non è certo nuova la collaborazione tra Vinicius Cantuaria e Bill Frisell, musicisti che si sono spesso incrociati [il chitarrista americano è stato spesso ospite dei dischi del collega brasiliano, ricambiato nel progetto “The Intercontinentals"], ma trova in questo nuovo Lagrimas Mexicanas una sintesi semplice e efficace. Soli con le proprie chitarre e la voce, i due evocano nelle dieci tracce del disco un mondo latinoamericano immaginario e reale al tempo stesso, che abbatte frontiere e permette così alla cachaça ...
Continue ReadingVinicius Cantuaria: Silva
by Ernest Barteldes
Back in the '80s, Vinicius Cantuaria wrote the lullaby-like “Leaozinho, which became a major hit for Caetano Veloso and prompted him to embark on a solo career as a sophisticated pop musician. Although the gamble didn't quite work in Brazil, he found an audience here for his bossa nova-inflected tunes. Today, like many other of his fellow expatriate musicians (Bebel Gilberto and Flora Purim come to mind), his talents are more recognized abroad than in his native land.
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