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Backgrounder: Eumir Deodato Plays Marcos Valle

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In 1964, Brazil's Equipe label released Impulso!, an album by a 20-year-old studio keyboardist and arranger named Eumir Deodato. Today, Deodato is probably best known for his 1973 album Prelude and his work for producer Creed Taylor and his CTI label in the 1970s.

Back in Brazil in the early 1960s, Deodato played organ in the style of many bossa nova players such as Walter Wanderley. Impulso!, along with Deodato's Inutil Pasisagem (Forma) and Ideias (Odeon) were similar in terms of him playing organ and covering songs by bossa composers. He also arranged the brass and percussion. The albums are still terrific.

In 2002, Irma Records in Rio De Janeiro culled songs from these albums songs written by Marcos Valle and packaged the collection as Eumir Deodato Plays Marcos Valle: Summer Samba. The album is luscious and peppery, and features Marcos's infectious melodies. Marcos, of course, is one of Brazil's greatest singer-songwriters and bossa melodists. Here's the entire Eumir Deodato Plays Marcos Valle: Summer Samba, which feels perfect for the long holiday weekend here in the U.S... .

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This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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A1 Crickets Sing For Anamaria (Os Grilos) A2 Summer Samba (So Nice) A3 Maria's Dream (Sonho De Maria) A4 Even More Beautiful A5 Land Of Nobody A6 Chup, Chup I Got Away (Gente) A7 Love For Nothing B1 Out Of Time B2 Flap B3 The White Puma B4 Summer Samba (Original LP Stereo Mix) B5 Crickets (Original LP Stereo Mix) B6 Crickets (Original Single Mono Mix)

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Title: Eumir Deodato Plays Marcos Valle: Summer Samba [Vinyl] | Year Released: 2002 | Record Label: Jazz Station Records

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