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Topic: Bossa Nova and the Olympics |
Barry Blackwood
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Andy Volk
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 11:40 am |
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Hmmm ... I've read Bossa Nova translates as "New Touch." Wikipedia says "New Tendency" ... in the worlds of Marty Feldman, "What hump?"
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 6:14 am
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Significant is the feminine form nova. It can hardly exist without some girl from Ipanema.
I think at the time, it was 'new thing.'
I just discovered Antonio Carlor Jobim's album 'Tide.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgZgxvnjiIA&list=RDzgZgxvnjiIA#t=231
He may have been responsible for the commercialism that occurred in the states in the '70's--not a bad thing.
I see Oscar Peterson had a bossa nova album, Ballads, Blues, and Bossa Novas. Really nice, lush arranging; I love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSX_7ejc5u8 |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 7:11 am
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Oscar, Herbie Mann, Zoot Simms, on and on .... everyone jumped on the Bossa bandwagon with varying degrees of success. Oscar's album is one of the better ones. I always loved Bossa Antiqua ...kind of a hybrid ... Jim Hall's comping and solos are amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO8_NGzO39g
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 7:49 am
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The song in the Olympics closing is Pelo Tempo que Durar (As Long as it Lasts) by Marisa Monte, who also does a respectable version. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTmDGNQO5M&index=1&list=RDCJTmDGNQO5M
This is very much in the vocal tradition, but she is also a more modern diva.
Nothing will remain
The way it is now
I'm thinking of meeting you
I just want to see you
Glaciers will be melting
Stars will be fading away
And here I am, thinking of you
As long as it goes
Things are going to change
And then going to disappear
And here I am, thinking of keeping
As life rushes through you
And I'm thinking of spending
My whole life with you
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It's so good I had to send it to somebody. Even in English you can see the beach, the stars....
Nothing says it like bossa nova. It's not the way you arrange the beats, it's the package. (My records of George Shearing Bossa Nova
and Brubeck's Bossa Nova USA didn't really make the whole package, but everybody got a little shot in the arm from bossa,
and Sergio Mendez did a lot with it. I believe Oscar Peterson's band grasped it.)
There was also a lot of excellent cocktail party music that captured the flow and sway, but there's nothing like samba played in Brazil.
In include this link with Monte to cap the point, Para mais ninguém essentially voice and guitar, as if it's all you need. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 31 Aug 2016 12:35 pm
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| It was Claus Ogerman that Sinatra did his bossa nova album with. Beautiful arrangements, nice sound. Pretty authentic, IMO. |
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Andy Volk
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 6 Sep 2016 4:15 am
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| Those are beautiful. Thanks, Andy. |
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Jerry Gleason
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Posted 7 Sep 2016 2:41 am
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I’m privileged to play in a Bossa Nova group, “Bossanaireâ€, that’s getting quite a bit of airplay on the Brazilian channels on internet radio. It’s kind of a re-creation of the “Brazil 66†sound. A mixture of traditional Bossa Nova, and some contemporary pop done in that style (no steel guitar, of course). Really fun group to play with.
Here’s a few songs from the CD. I play bass on these tracks, and wherever there’s a jazz guitar solo, it’s me. There’s also video from a live show on Youtube that you can find by searching for “Bossanaireâ€.
Agua de Beber
The Girl From Ipanema
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 7 Sep 2016 7:22 am
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That's some good samba, Jerry. I like the recreation of Brasil 66 and so do audiences. You can see their feet and heads bobbing.
These are really good sounding recordings, and the vocals muito simpatico. Good bass sound, authentic.
I think the only gig I'd really want is a sit-down bossa nova gig on bass. That would be heaven. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 7 Sep 2016 10:46 am
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Love the Brasil '66 sound and your group nails it perfectly, Jerry.
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Patrick McHenry
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