Deodato - Deodato 2

Year : 1973
Label : CTI
Genre : Jazz, Latin
Style : Jazz Rock, Fusion

"Deodato 2" is a jazz-rock masterpiece by Brazilian jazz pianist and arranger Eumir Deodato. It features iconic musicians from the american fusion scene including John Tropea on electric guitar, Stanley Clarke on bass, Billy Cobham on drums and Brazilian percussionist Rubens Bassini, surrounded by solid horn section with Hubert Laws (flute), John Faddis (trumpet) or Wayne Andre (trombone) among others. The album opens of amazing variation on progressive rock standard "Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues, including an insane guitar solo by John Tropea at his top of his game. Other titles include the Deodato's classics "Skyscrapers" (with the virtuoso bass line by Stanley Clarke) & "Super Strut", a funky version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue", and the wistful song "Pavane For A Dead Princess" from french classical composer Maurice Ravel. 

Deodato - Prelude

Year : 1973
Label : CTI
Genre : Jazz, Latin
Style : Jazz Rock, Smooth Jazz

Originally recorded in 1972, "Prelude" is the first of three jazz rock albums (including a recording live) released on CTI by brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato. The album is best known for the iconic track "Also Sprach Zarathustra", an arrangement of the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey", it-self first part of Richard Strauss' tone poem (Also Sprach Zarathustra op.30). "Prelude" is the most successful recording for Deodato and CTI Records, a great source of inspiration for many future jazz fusion musicians in particular in the latin funk style. It features best of the best CTI session musicians such as Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Airto Moreira, Ray Barretto, John Tropea and Hubert Laws. Titles also include "Baubles, Bangles And Beats" exctract from the B'Way Show Kismet, "Prelude To Afternoon Of A Faun" by orchestral music french composer Claude Debussy and "September 13" by Cobham & Deodato.

Deodato - Whirlwinds

Year : 1974

Label : MCA

Genre : Jazz, Latin

Style : Jazz Funk, Latin Jazz

Eumir Deodato is a brazilian jazz pianist, popular producer and arranger since the 1960s, as well as in Jazz, Pop and R&B, collaborating with the greatest worldwide artists including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Marcos Valle, Astrud Gilberto, Wes Montgomery, Kool & The Gang or more recently Björk. "Whirlwinds" is his first recording for MCA after the critically acclaimed albums "Prelude" and "Deodato 2" both released on CTI records, featuring Billy Cobham (ds), John Tropea (eg), John Faddis (tp) and Ruben Bassini (percussion). The album is on the same Jazz Funk line than his previous albums, revisiting classical music (Ave Maria),  jazz standard (Moonlight Serenade) and rock "Do It Again" but also offers original compositions including the tropical funk "Havana Strut", "West 42nd Street" and "Whirlwinds" also known as "Tropea" spotlighting the guitarist.