Brazilian Big Bands: Dancing Days 1904-1954

Sivuca | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
• ASIN: B000AIM0EQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Urubú Malandrrio

2. Frevo das Cassourinhas Nº 1

3. Bicho Danado [Frevo]

4. Brejeiro [Tango Brasileiro]

5. Bandinha Do Guedes [Frevo]

6. Nenê [Choro]

7. Molengo [Choro]

8. Sururú Na Cidade [Chorinho]

9. Lágrimas de Amor [Valsa]

10. Saudoso Adeus [Valsa]

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Disc: 2

1. Um Chorinho Delicioso [Choro]

2. Teimoso [Choro]

3. Primavera de Beijos [Valsa]

4. Beijos Divinais [Valsa]

5. Mimasinha [Valsa]

6. Através da Vidraça

7. Atraente [Choro]

8. Se Ela Não Jurou

9. Já Te Digo

10. Tico-Tico No Fubà [Choro]

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Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable collection of early Brazilian jazz, October 2, 2007

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This review is from: Brazilian Big Bands: Dancing Days 1904-1954 (Audio CD)

Gafieira music, the lively, big band-influenced dance jazz of the pre-bossa nova nightclubs, is one of Brazil's least well-known styles, eclipsed by the suave glamour of the bossa crowd and the various waves of rock and samba crossovers that followed. Gafieiras were dancehalls, homes to dancers and dance bands, and the music fused samba and other early styles such as frevo and choro with sizzling, North American big band swing. This 2-CD set includes some of the era's best bandleaders, such as Severino Araujo, Radames Gnattali and Zacharias, along with several tracks from the Orquestra Victor Brasileira in the 1930s, when samba songs hit the mainstream. Intelligently assembled and well documented, this collection fills a major gap in the hidden history of one of the world's most fertile musical cultures. Recommended!