Label : Mr Bongo/Barclay
Genre : Jazz, Latin
Style : Jazz Samba, Bossa Nova
Brazilian gem recorded in France at studio Barclay in 1972, including killer song "Balanca Pema" sampled by Madlib for "Flight To Brazil" in 2010. Originally released as "Brésil 72", this album was also known as "Bossa Explosiva" and now reissued by Mr Bongo simply titled "Ronald Mesquita". Ronald Mesquita was best-known as the second drummer in Luis Carlos Vinhas's trio Bossa Três ("Os Reis Do Rítmo", "Em Forma", 1966), member of Bossa Rio produced by Sergio Mendes, and also sideman for Bola Sete, Tenório Jr. or Osmar Milito. "Brésil 72" echoes to famous Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 who contributed to popularize Bossa Nova in US or "Aquarius", another brazilian group perfectly cut for the jazz dancefloors. Ronald Mesquita & his Central Do Brazil take over songs from the masters of Bossa Nova featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (Águas De Marco), Toquinho & Vinicius De Moraes (Tarde Em Itapôa), Edu Lobo (Zanzibar) or from the brazilian new wave of Samba among Gilberto Gil (Fechado Prá Balanço) or Jorge Ben (Balança Pema). The group is formed by Ronald Mesquita (ds, perc) featuring Marily Tavares (vo), Ricardo Do Canto (b), Rolando Faria (per, eg, vo), Gilson Peranzzetta (keys, perc, eg), Ricardo Pontes (fl, perc, as), supported by french sound engineers duo, Joachim Roy & Charles Rochko (active in music library and french pop music, working for Janko Nilovic, Ben & The Platano Group or Baden Powell).
