26 July 2008
Monica Salmaso { repeat: 1st aired on 9.2.08 }
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In a world over-full of ‘bossa-nova polite’, ‘bossa-lite’ and ‘post-bossa-trendy-and-trite’, Brazil’s Monica Salmaso is especially welcome. Womanly as opposed to girlish, she is comfortably herself, rather than one more pale shadow of someone else or yet another of those who try far too hard to appear ‘different’. Her voice is beautiful, not just pretty, her singing subtle and relaxed, but strong. On Noites de gala, samba na rua, accompanied by the excellent quintet Pau Brasil, Monica celebrates one of Brazil’s greatest songsmiths - Chico Buarque.
Her site, in English as well as Portuguese:
www.monicasalmaso.mus.br
Discover more about Chico Buarque here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Buarque
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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs
’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SAT 26.7.08 ( repeat: 1st aired on Feb 9th this year )
2205
THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )
CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’s flamenco guitars )
2208
CD CUT 7, ÓLHA MARIA’
CHICO BUARQUE, VINICIUS DE MORAES AND TOM JOBIM
BRPUIO700138 CARA NOVA/ MARIOLA EDIÇOES MUSICALS
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
5: 23
( Brazilian, keenly yearning-imploring.. elegantly so, then more dark and dramatic, then poignant. New version of 1971-vintage song, superbly sung by Monica and ditto the ensemble ’Pau Brasil’, whose sax and flute player Teco Cardoso is Monica’s husband, its bassist Rodolfo Stroeter her producer. Nelson Ayres on piano, drummer Ricardo Mosco and one of Brazil’s greatest guitarists - Paulo Bellinati - who’s is here the arranger, too )
SEGUE
2213
CD CUT 13, ’SE ELA PERGUNTAR’ (IF SHE ASKS)
DILERMANDO REIS, ARR
BANDEIRANTE EDITORA MUSICAL LTDA
GSP 1005CD
( no Australian distributor.
Worldwide: www.gspguitar.com )
PAULO BELLINATI - ’SERENATA’
2: 47
(an elegant, lyrical Brazilian waltz played solo and arranged by Bellinati, on classical guitar. Around 1963 - when he was 13 - Bellinati heard one of the composer’s recordings. That inspired him to take up the guitar.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PAULO BELLINATI?
A revealing interview with the ’gentle giant’ of Brazilian guitar is here:
www.brazzil.com/musmay98.htm
AND ABOUT DILERMANDO REIS (1916-1977)?
Go to:
http://lifeofamusician-robinhill.blogspot.com/2007/12/xodo-da-baiana-dilermando-reis.html )
SEGUE
2216
CD CUT 6, ’LOGO EU?
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700137 EDITORIA MUSICAL ARLEQUIM
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
2: 26
( Limber choro-cum-samba, Brazilian song - beautifully/ playfully sung by Ms Salmaso, with her own and Ricardo Mosca’s percussion plus Teco Cardoso’s baritone sax. This new CD explores Chico Buarque’s songbook )
2221
CD CUT 2, ’LABAREDA’ (FLAME)
LYRIC BY VINICIUS DE MORAES, MUSIC BY BADEN POWELL
BMG
GSP RECORDINGS GSP 1015CD
( no Australian distributor.
Worldwide: www.gspguitar.com )
PAULO BELLINATI AND MONICA SALMASO - ’AFRO-SAMBAS’ (BY BADEN POWELL AND VINICIUS DE MORAES)
3: 24
(Monica sings, Paulo plays nylon-stringed ac guitar - both, superbly. A whirling, elegantly-intense song about the sometimes-fatal, irresistible power/danger of love/attraction. This 1995 duo CD {no overdubs} was devoted to the landmark Áfro-Sambas which Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes co-wrote in the 1960s. This album was the first to headline Monica )
SEGUE
2224
CD CUT 8, ’QUEM TU VIU, QUEM TE VÊ’ {WHOEVER SAW YOU, WHOEVER SEES YOU NOW)
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700140 EDITORIA MUSICAL ARLEQUIM
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
5: 13
( Brazilian samba-based song which Buarque wrote in 1966. This new version keeps oscillating to-from ’celebration’ and ’loss’. Superbly sung, arranged and played, with the ensemble ’Pau Brasil’. Flute player Teco Cardoso is Monica’s husband, bassist Rodolfo Stroeter her producer. Nelson Ayres on piano, drummer Ricardo Mosco and one of Brazil’s greatest guitarists - Paulo Bellinati - who, here, is the arranger, too )
2232
CD CUT 5, ’JOANA FRANCESA’
CHICO BUARQUE
EDITORIA MUSICAL ALEQUIM (SACEM/ SDRM)
PRIVATE MUSIC 01005-82101-2
( this may or may not be available, still )
TOOTS THIELEMANS - ’THE BRASIL PROJECT’
2: 54
( tender, bossa-song, sung in by its Brazilian author. This song for a ’French Joanna’ is Chico’s tribute to Jeanne Moreau.
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BRAZILIAN SONG’S FAMOUS FRENCH DEDICATEE?
Start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau )
SEGUE
2235
CD CUT 11, ’PARTIDO ALTO’
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700143 MAROLA EDICOES MUSICAIS
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
4: 07
(Brazilian, perky-lively, playful-edgy. Named for {and an example of } a type of samba to which improvisatory, ’disputatious’- real-or-pretend - exchanges are integral. Monica’s new version of a ’blasphemous’ song from 1972. It was in fact a slyly-dissenting, ’freedom song’. The Generals who then ruled Brazil may or may not have grasped that they were the song’s real target. Maybe, they simply objected to its ’taking God’s name in vain.’ One of many Chico Buarque songs which were banned or had their lyrics censored.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SONG’S SUBTEXT AND ABOUT GOD’ EXPRESSIONS IN PORTUGUESE?
Go to:
www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=1919
When translated into English, these are the song’s opening lines:
Say it was possible, tell me it is
Say God will make it so
I won’t doubt it, my babe
And if God doesn’t
How will it be, my babe?)
AND:
YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SAMBA FORM, PARTIDO ALTO?
Start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Alto
2242
CD CUT 9, ’TAKE FIVE’
PAUL DESMOND
FRANKDON MUSIC
NEWMARKET NEW 3180.2
( www.newmarketmusic.com )
GRAEME LYALL MEETS THE JOE CHINDAMO TRIO - ’SMOKING GUN’
4: 41
(AUSTRAL PERF: ’new tango’-fied! At first unrecognisable, then unmistakable. Throughout, a very different treatment of the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s greatest hit. Joe’s accordion, alone, then with Graeme’s luscious alto sax, Phil Rex’s ac bass and drummer David Beck)
SEGUE
2247
CD CUT 2, ’EDGE OF TODAY’
ROB BURKE
CONTROL
JAZZHEAD HEAD059
( www.jazzhead.com )
ROB BURKE - ’THE EDGE OF TODAY. A MAPPING OF THE MELBOURNE SOUND’
6: 24
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: a richly-textured tango on which the composer plays bass clarinet and flute as well as tenor sax. Solos from Slava Grigoryan on classical guitar and Doug De Vries’ elec guitar, plus the electric guitars of Stephen Magnusson, Geoff Hughes and Peter Petrucci. Tony Floyd on drums and Nick Haywood’s ac bass )
2254
CD CUT 3, ’CASTLE ROCK’
SEARS/ SHIRL/ DRAKE
PUBLISHER NOT SPEC
NEWMARKET MUSIC NEW3210.2
(www.newmarketmusic.com )
PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO - ’MONTH OF MONDAYS - THE BLUES’
5: 00
(AUSTRAL PERF: a romp with wonderful exuberance, ’live’. The leader’s tenor sax, Tim Neal’s Hammond, Michael Jordan’s drums and the elec guitar of their special guest - Doug De Vries )
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2305
CD CUT 13, ’BOM TEMPO’
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700140 EDITORIA MUSICAL ARLEQUIM
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
3: 54
( Celebratory, Brazilian samba-based song which Buarque wrote in 1968. The title means ’good weather’. Superbly sung, arranged and played, with the ensemble ’Pau Brasil’ - intricate and subtle, but direct and up-dancing, too. Monica’s voice and tamborine, Teco Cardoso {Monica’s husband} on flute, piccolo and baritone sax {he’s the arranger, here} , with bassist and producer Rodolfo Stroeter, Nelson Ayres on piano, drummer-percussionist Ricardo Mosco and one of Brazil’s greatest acoustic guitarists - Paulo Bellinati - who also plays the uke-like vavaquinho )
2311
CD CUT 3, ’PRELUDIO E TOCCATINA’(FINAL MOVEMENT OF ÁQUARELLE’)
SERGIO ASSAD
EDITIONS HENRI LEMOINE {ALL SERGIO ASSAD COMPOSITIONS ON THIS DISC ARE AVAILABLE IN PRINT FROM GSP}
GSP RECORDINGS GSP 1027CD
( no Australian distributor.
readily available, worldwide: www.gspguitar.com )
ALIÉKSEY VIANNA - ’PLAYS SERGIO ASSAD’ (SOLO GUITAR WORKS)
2: 59
(Solo classical guitar, initially pensive-delicate, then extrovert, fleet, rhythmic and overtly Brazilian )
SEGUE
2314
CD CUT 10, ’MORENA DOS OLHOS D’ÁGUA’
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700141
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
5: 03
(Begins with spare, electric bass, alone, played by Rodolfo Stroeter. Then enter the singer and pianist Nelson Ayres on a new, unusual, spacious, beautiful, intimate version of a song addressed to ’a dark-haired woman {i.e. ’morena’} with eyes like water’ - that’s the English for its title. Buarque wrote and originally sang it in 1966 - four years before Monica was born.
YOU WISH TO SEE A GOOD ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE LYRIC?
There is one at the bottom of an interesting article about Buarque, here:
www.brazzil.com/cvrmar99.htm )
SEGUE
2319
CD CUT 7, ’JARDIM ABANDONADO’ ( ABANDONED GARDEN)
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
CORCOVADO MUSIC (ASCAP)
NONESUCH 7559-79971-0
( in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
SERGIO AND ODAIR ASSAD - ’JARDIN ABANDONADO’
2: 34
( Hushed-delicate classical guitar duet, played by compatriots of its late-great Brazilian composer. He preferred to be known as ’Tom Jobim’)
SEGUE
2322
CD CUT 8, ’MILAGRES E PALHAÇOS’ (MIRACLES AND CLOWNS)
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
CORCOVADO MUSIC (ASCAP)
NONESUCH 7559-79971-0
( in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
SERGIO AND ODAIR ASSAD - ’JARDIN ABANDONADO’
1: 48
( as previous cut, but this is more mobile. Very elegant and quietly dramatic )
2326
CD CUT 12, ’MACK THE KNIFE’
KURT WEILL, EUGEN BERTOLT BRECHT, MARC BLITZSTEIN
EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS CORP (ASCAP)
WINDCHARGER MUSIC/ ROUNDER 11661-3173-2
( in Australia through Shock www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.rounder.com )
JIMMIE DALE GILMORE - ’ONE ENDLESS NIGHT’
6: 16
(one of the unlikeliest - and one of the best - versions. Texan twangeroso male voice with slow-drag-raggish ac guitar, tolling drum, pealing steel guitar, bass, organ-simmer, elec guitar and a real grip of the lyric)
SEGUE
2332
CD CUT 1, Á VOLTA DO MALANDRO’ (THE SCOUNDREL’S RETURN)
CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700140 EDITORIA MUSICAL ARLEQUIM
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
3: 58
( New version of a song from (the 1985 film version] of Buarque’s Ópera do Malandro’{ ’the street hustler’s opera} - a landmark 1978 stage production, set in the meaner streets of Rio. Buarque’s opera is keenly aware of ’The Threepenny Opera’- and {as were Brecht and Weill} of John Gay’s 1728-vintage work, ’The Beggar’s Opera’. Female voice in Portuguese with piano, elec. bass, flute, percussion and nylon-stringed ac guitar .
YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE OPERA WHENCE CAME THIS SONG - AND THE BRECHT-BUARQUE CONNECTION?
Go to:
www.brazzil.com/content/view/9845/1 )
2339
CD CUT 10, ’JONGO’
PAULO BELLINATI, ARR OGDEN TANNER
PUB NOT SPEC
CP 6701
( self-issued, via www.ogdentanner.com )
OGDENTANNER ( CRAIG OGDEN AND PAUL TANNER) - ’SONGS FROM THE FOREST’
5: 45
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Afro-Brazilian, rhythmic piece as a duo for Ogden classical guitar and Tanner’s percussion. The title refers to an African-derived dance/ritual which is one of the roots of Brazilian samba. This piece’s author plays on Ms Salmaso’s album. Bellinati is one of the greats of Brazilian guitar )
SEGUE
2345
CD CUT 14, ’BEATRIZ’
MUSIC BY EDU LOBO, LYRIC BY CHICO BUARQUE
BRPU10700145 LOBO MUSIC/ MAROLA EDIÇOES MUSICAIS
BISCOITO FINO BF683
(no Australian distributor.
Readily available from major online suppliers
www.biscoitofino.com.br )
MÔNICA SALMASO - ’NOITES DE GAITA, SAMBA NA RUA’
4: 45
(Brazilian female singer and pianist Nelson Ayres, only : tender-yearning, spacious. The original was on ’O Grande Circo Místico’ - a landmark 1982 album by Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque )
2352
CD CUT 11, ’CORDÃO DE OURO’/ ’BERIMBAU’
(RESP) PAULO BELLINATI/ LYRIC BY VINICIUS DE MORAES, MUSIC BY BADEN POWELL
BMG
GSP RECORDINGS GSP 1015CD
( no Australian distributor.
Worldwide: www.gspguitar.com )
PAULO BELLINATI AND MONICA SALMASO - ’AFRO-SAMBAS’ (BY BADEN POWELL AND VINICIUS DE MORAES)
4: 24
(Monica sings. Paulo plays nylon-stringed ac guitar and he composed the instrumental prelude, which translates as ’golden threads’ or ’strings of gold.’ The song is connected to capoeira and to notions of honour, love and fate. This 1995 duo CD {no overdubs, released in 1997} was devoted to the landmark Áfro-Sambas which Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes co-wrote in the 1960s. This album was the first to headline Monica.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL LYRIC AND AN ATTEMPT TO TRANSLATE IT INTO ENGLISH?
Go to:
http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showpost.php?p=122495&postcount=7 )
2358
CD CUT 3, ’LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING’’
JEROME KERN AND BUD DE SYLVA
PUBLIC DOMAIN
NEWMARKET NEW 3180.2
( www.newmarketmusic.com )
GRAEME LYALL MEETS THE JOE CHINDAMO TRIO - ’SMOKING GUN’
1: 10 (excerpt)
(AUSTRAL PERF: Sweetly perky, insouciant swinger for Graeme’s alto sax, Phil Rex’s ac bass, drummer David Beck and pianist Joe Chindamo )
Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer
