(This is going to be the last show for a couple of weeks as Avolta Jr is moving office and that means getting the wonderful Terra to move the broadband and you know these things take time, but don't worry the shows will be back as soon I can get connected.) Brazil Black Rio! The movement that grew out of the nightclub sambalanco roots of people like Ed Lincoln and along the way picked up some attitude and sounds from the US soul and funk movement. Mona Lisa starts us from Serginho Meriti a Zona Norte singer songwriter who had a few tracks covered by Copa 7 and some great albums under his own name. Then perhaps the best known band from the genre, Banda Black Rio - made up of studio session aces and led by arranger sax player Oberdan Magalhaes who cut his teeth in the Abolicao band with Dom Salvador, Banda Black Rio played weekends on the Morro de Urca in the 70s, the hill next to Pao de Acucar and also backed a lot of artists in the Black Rio period - Vidigal is a classic homage to the favela of the same name. Copa 7 are no less influential, but a much rawer band who rarely left their Zona Norte roots and can still be found playing today in the same Rio suburbs - here they play the band's theme song. Gerson King Combo prided himself on being called the Brazilian James Brown by the man himself but can be a little too 'shouty' for some tastes. Manito's version of the standard Na Baixa do Sapateiro is cult club classic and Som Orlando Silva's Kohoutec (phonetic for Kojak!) is from a stunning funk album the maestro recorded in between sessions for well known pop stars. Cassiano was one of the founders of the Black Rio sound along with Tim Maia and Hyldon (heard here with Azimuth backing) and his disco club track Onda is a killer groove. Marcia Maria brings her hip version of the Leci Brandao underground hit Amigo Branco, and Copa 7 return for their only single Sabada. Finally we finish on the earliest example of the Black Rio sound from 1968, Dom Salvador's heavy attitude Abolicao named after a Zona Norte suburb and also meaning abolition in the end of slavery sense. The title says it all "Som, Sangue e Raca" - Sound, Blood and Race - Brazil Black Rio! 1. Serginho Meriti - Mona Lisa 2. Banda Black Rio - Vidigal 3. Copa 7 - Copa 7 No Samba 4. Gerson King Combo - Uma Chance 5. Manito - Na Baixa do Sapateiro 6. Som Orlando Silva (SOS) - Kohoutec 7. Cassiano - Onda 8. Hyldon - Sabado e Domingo 9. Marcia Maria - Amigo Branco 10. Copa 7 - Sabada 11. Som, Sangue e Raca

[ Mon, 01 May 2006 13:22:47 +0100 ]

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