O Grupo E Coisa E Tal (1971)

Copacabana CLP 11640

O Grupo for the first time on Parallel Realities.

The group consist of:

Quartin: Órgão, Piano, Vocal
Renato: Baixo, Vocal
Roberto: Bateria, Vocal
Márcio: Saxofone, Flauta, Clarinete
Carlinhos: Guitarra, Vocal
Jaime e Maurício: Ritmo, Vocal

Arranjos Instrumentais: Alberto Arantes

Coordenador de produção: Moacyr Silva

O Grupo (in this formation at least) has only this one album and one compacto in their discography but there were three other groups in Brazil with the same name, out of which one O Grupo with their only album released in 1968 for Odeon could, maybe be the initial O Grupo, consisting of 4 musicians) which got transformed and became another O Grupo with a different cast. The fact that leads to that conclusion is that a Jaime and a Maurício can be found in both O Grupos (rhythm and vocal).
Plus, the sond of both O Grupos is similar.

You may read more about O Grupo and their music on both covers of this LP inside a text about them, written by Sergio Bittencourt.

The remaining two O Grupos I will not mention further as the confusion is confusing enough as it is.

Enjoy:

01. Socorro (Fred Falcão / Arnoldo Medeiros)
02. Vera Verinha (Maurício Duboc / Carlos Colla)
03. Yarabela (Toninho Horta)
04. Lá Vai Ela (Eduardo Souto Neto / Sérgio Bittencourt)
05. Canção Para Inglês Ver (Lamartine Babo)
06. Vogue (Renato Amorim)
07. Não Te Conheço Não (Fred Falcão / Arnoldo Medeiros)
08. Senhores do Mundo (Roberto Quartin)
09. Matilda (Harry Thomas)
10. Bloco da Solidão (Jair Amorim / Evaldo Gouveia)
11. O Problema Dela (José Luis Amalio / Reinaldo Pimenta)
12. E Coisa e Tal (Eduardo Souto Neto / Sérgio Bittencourt)

GRUPO O GRUPO

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Jacob do Bandolim – Primas e Bordoes (1962)

RCA Victor BBL 1190

Similar to the previous post: Zeca‘s text about this release may be found on  Órfãos do Loronix.

The musicians accompanying Jacob:

César Faria e Carlinhos (Violão)
Dino (7 cordas)
Marinho (Contrabaixo)
Jonas (Cavaquinho)
Gilberto, Jaime, Pedro dos Santos e Plínio (Percussão)

The compositions:

01. Teu Beijo (Mário Alves)
02. Falta-me Você (Jacob do Bandolim)
03. Araponga (Luiz Gonzaga)
04. Minha Gente (Pixinguinha)
05. Meu Chorinho (Jonas Pereira da Silva)
06. Glória (Pixinguinha)
07. Um Bandolim na Escola (Jacob do Bandolim)
08. Naquele Tempo (Pixinguinha / Benedito Lacerda)
09. A Ginga do Mané (Jacob do Bandolim) Solo de Violinha
10. Gorgulho (Benedito Lacerda / Valdemar)
11. Negrinha (Joubert de Carvalho)
12. O Vôo da Mosca (Jacob do Bandolim)

UM BANDOLIM NA ESCOLA

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Mancini e Os Dez de Ouro – Baile Jovem Vol.2 (1968)

Passarela/Rozenblit LP 60.002

Second volume of Mancini‘s Baile Jovem series.

With:

Zezinho Mancini (Sax baritono)
Wanderley Mancini (Crooner)
Arthur (Sax tenor)
Altair (Trombone)
Zezito (Piston)
Marcos (Guitarra)
Augustinho (Baixo)
Tiquinho (Bateria)
Bonuti (Órgão)
Jaime e Hércules (Ritmo)
Dó Menor (Crooner)

On:

01. The Last Dance (H. Ithier / L. Reed)
02. Aranjuez Mon Amour (Joaquin Rodrigo Vidre)
03. Tributo a Martin Luther King (Wilson Simonal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
04. Pra Nunca Mais Chorar (Carlos Imperial / Eduardo Araújo)
05. Uno Como e Noi (Bertero / Marini / Martucci)
06. L’Ultima Cosa (Luciano Beretta / Umberto Balsamo)
07. Carolina (Chico Buarque)
08. Roda Viva (Chico Buarque)
09. The World We Knew (Over And Over) (Bert Kaempfert / Herbert Rehbein / Carl Sigman)
10. When Summer Is Gone (Sonny Curtis)
11. Israel (B. Zambrini / R. Cini / F. Migliacci)
12. Suck Un Up (Kui Lee)

Special guest star:

MARTIN LUTHER KING

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Mancini e Os Dez de Ouro – Baile Jovem (1967)

Mocambo LP 40369

Sax baritono and Vibrafone player Zezinho Mancini has his premiere on Parallel Realities together with his Golden Ten.

Luckily he is presented on his recording with his full name, as otherwise the already existing confusion about which Zezinho is which Zezinho would be unbearable.

Anyway, the sounds on this album are quite in accordance with the front cover: Pure para dançar at it’s best, mostly consisting of international hits of the period.

Luckily, also the back cover offers a nice text about this Zezinho and his music, written by Julietta Jorge Saade.

Here is the list of the golden eleven:

Zezinho Mancini (Sax baritono, Vibrafone)
Wanderley Mancini (Guitarra, Crooner)
Antônio Bonutti (Órgão)
Altair (Trombone)
Artur (Sax tenor)
Zezito (Piston)
Agostinho (Contrabaixo)
Tiquinho (Bateria, Crooner)
Do Menor (Crooner)
Hércules e Jaime (Ritmo)

Presenting eleven hits:

01. Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
02. Noites de Moscou (Vassily Solovyov-Sedoy)
03. Ciao Amore Ciao (Luigi Tenco)
04. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster)
05. The More I See You (Harry Warren / Mack Gordon)
06. Na Ginga do Samba (Carioca)
07. Music To Watch Girls By (Sid Ramin)
08. Coração de Papel (Sérgio Reis)
09. Black Is Black (Tony Hayes / Steve Wadey / Michelle Grainger)
10. Tiro no Escuro (Henry Mancini)
11. Amor Demais (Agostinho de Mello)

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TEN

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