Agora

Paulinho Da Costa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YTO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,706 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Simbora

2. Terra

3. Toledo Bagel

4. Berimbau Variations

5. Belisco

6. Ritmo Number One

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brazilian Master Percussionist's Best Solo Album, March 18, 2000

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Johan Reijenga (Groningen, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Agora (Audio CD)

Paulinho da Costa. His name can be found on the back of literally hundreds of album covers. He has accompanied the crop of Brazilian and American musicians on their recording sessions and during live concerts.

In 1977, four years after his arrival in the US, this album was released. An almost forgotten classic, featuring Lee Ritenour on guitar and Greg Phillinganes on keyboards. The rhythm section is entirely Brazilian, as your body will immediately sense when you play this CD. Producer Claudio Slon on bass, Octavio Bailly, Jr. on Drums and Paulinho da Costa on Percussion.

Simbora, the opening track, kicks off with a lot of energy and vigour. "Let's Go" is what it means and what it conveys to the listener as well. Jazz/Samba fusion at its best.

The last track, Ritmo Number One, is a pulsating Samba Batucada, Brazil's polyrhythmic accompaniment to its famous Carnival parades. A dancefloor killer for the right crowd!

In between there are four more songs ranging from traditional Afro-Brazilian folk call-and-response to sophisticated Latin Jazz and Jazz/Samba.

A good, varied, and interesting album if you like rhythm. Ingenious big band horn arrangements, and beautiful solos over driving grooves. Buy it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1976, but a precursor to much of what you heard today, July 31, 2005

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21and12 "21and12" (Vestavia Hills, AL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Agora (Audio CD)

I found this title listed on Lee Ritenour's website under his discography section. I can't add much to what the other poster said, but this is one of those albums that makes you say, "This kinda sounds like..." This is a minefield for groups like Theivery Corporation to remix.

A great find!

4.0 out of 5 stars a percussion master!, January 5, 2010

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Jazz B. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Agora (Audio CD)

Now don't get me wrong. This is 1 great album by Paulinho! Then why the 4 stars? The only thing I don't like about this product isn't the product its self. It is the fact that when I type in "Pailinho Da Costa Agora," I don't get the CD. I have to search for it. Enough about that. Get the CD!

Some other percussion masters you might enjoy: Armando Marcal: Lado a Lado (please note, this album is all in portuguese,) Rubens Bassini: Ritmo Fantastico, Pablo Batista: Ancestral Call, Luis Conte: Marimbula (you can buy this on his website: [...].)