Aqua do Brasil
Well-Known Member
Dear Forum members,
The Jorge Ben penned song ZAZUEIRA although owned by Sergio‘s music publishing company RODRA was never released on an album by Sergio and his Brasil groups.
I‘m aware of 3 version of the songs (their must be more!)
1) LA transit by DeNovo from 1985
2) Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine -1970
3) The Bossa Rio, Alegria - 1970
I never heard the Bossa Rio version, but I heared the DeNovo version with Yutaka and Tom Scott as leaders with some members of the Sergio Mendes and Brasil 88 group (without Sergio) at that time: Gracinha, Kate Markowitz and Carol Rogers on vocals with Alex Acuna and John Robinson on drums/percussion and the help from Oscar Castro Neves and Paul Jackson on guitars and Alphonso Johnson on bass. Nice track, very Mendes orientated especiallly in the harmony vocals.
The Astrud Gilberto/Turrentine version is simple, romantic joyful, witty and direct with the great Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax(I have two fine albums with Turrentine and Claus Ogerman).
The Gilberto/Turrentine on CTI was arranged by Deodato on keyboards and in the diver seats Dom Um Romao and Joao Palma with Airto on percussion, the great Brazilian guitar/accordion player Sivuca on guitar together with legendary New York studio guitarist Bob Mann (The Sound of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel) and current touring member in James Taylor‘s band, with Toots Thielemans on harmonica and Ron Carter on bass.
Also a nice instrumental versionof s Milton Nascimento‘s Vera Cruz, and a fine version of Edu Lobo‘s PONTEIO.
All the best,
Aqua do Brasil
The Jorge Ben penned song ZAZUEIRA although owned by Sergio‘s music publishing company RODRA was never released on an album by Sergio and his Brasil groups.
I‘m aware of 3 version of the songs (their must be more!)
1) LA transit by DeNovo from 1985
2) Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine -1970
3) The Bossa Rio, Alegria - 1970
I never heard the Bossa Rio version, but I heared the DeNovo version with Yutaka and Tom Scott as leaders with some members of the Sergio Mendes and Brasil 88 group (without Sergio) at that time: Gracinha, Kate Markowitz and Carol Rogers on vocals with Alex Acuna and John Robinson on drums/percussion and the help from Oscar Castro Neves and Paul Jackson on guitars and Alphonso Johnson on bass. Nice track, very Mendes orientated especiallly in the harmony vocals.
The Astrud Gilberto/Turrentine version is simple, romantic joyful, witty and direct with the great Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax(I have two fine albums with Turrentine and Claus Ogerman).
The Gilberto/Turrentine on CTI was arranged by Deodato on keyboards and in the diver seats Dom Um Romao and Joao Palma with Airto on percussion, the great Brazilian guitar/accordion player Sivuca on guitar together with legendary New York studio guitarist Bob Mann (The Sound of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel) and current touring member in James Taylor‘s band, with Toots Thielemans on harmonica and Ron Carter on bass.
Also a nice instrumental versionof s Milton Nascimento‘s Vera Cruz, and a fine version of Edu Lobo‘s PONTEIO.
All the best,
Aqua do Brasil