Finally Avolta Jr office is back online and this show is a special on Joao Donato who Avolta Jr spent a week with in London, England, the first that JD had been there since 1965 with Astrud Gilberto! Donato's career and influence have been so long and varied that it's impossible to distill the essence in one show so maybe there'll be more soon? We start with a couple of tracks from boy genius sanfonista - this choppy accordion style mixed with 'modern' stan kenton chords became the basis for bossa nova, as played by Donato's best pal Joao Gilberto. But Donato had no idea what the bossa nova was - he was living in the USA, but finally got work playing Brasilian music thanks to the sound he helped create in the 50s! Early days in the US had Donato playing with Mongo Santamaria when he left Cal Tjader to go out on his own. A super rare treat from the Osaka Expo 70 Lp with Sergio Mendes created Bossa Rio features here alongside other rarities like Moco Menino with Lisa Ono, Amazon River with Paulo Andre Barata, Eu Quero Um Samba with early 50s group Os Namorados, an early sign of his arranging genius from a 1962 Tito Puente group and a killer Black Rio sound version of Desafinado with Erasmo Carlos, and the hard to find Mulher de 15 Metros instrumental track! More shows very soon! Enjoy Brazil by Donato! 1. Os Namorados - Eu Quero Um Samba 2. Bossa Rio - Quem Diz Que Sabe 3. Joao Donato - The Frog 4. Joao Donato e Seu Conjunto - Comigo e Assim 5. Paulo Andre - Amazon River 6. Joao Donato - Pretty Dolly 7. Erasmo Carlos - Deasfinado 8. Fabio Fonseca & Joao Donato - Mulher de 15 Metros 9. Joao Donato - Ahie 10. Joao Donato, Bud Shank & Rosinha da Valenca - Sausalito 11. Sexto Sentido & Joao Donato - Vento no Canavial 12. Tito Puente - Sambaroco 13. Mongo Santamaria - Lucy Cha

[ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:25:27 +0100 ]

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