Azymuth ‎- Águia Não Come Mosca

 

Year : 2019/1977

Label : Mr Bongo/Atlantic

Genre : Jazz, Latin

Style : Latin Jazz, Jazz Funk, Samba Funk

The second master stroke by Brazilian Jazz Funk band No. 1 recorded during the golden era of the brazilian funk called "Black Rio", was realeased the same year and on same label as the other classic "Maria Fumaça" by Banda Black Rio. "Agua Nao Come Mosca" was a big success that launched their international career and brought them to join Milestone records for all the following decade. Performed by the magic trio including Alex Malheiros (eb, eg, vo), José Roberto Bertrami (keys, vo) and Ivan “Mamao” Conti (ds, perc, vo), it features also percussionists Ariovaldo Contesini Ganzá (triangle, tamborim), Neném Da Cuica (cuica) and saxophonist Paulo Moura from Bossa Rio. Titles include soulful moods ("Águia Não Come Mosca"), samba-boogie-funk (A Presa), lush soundscapes (Tamborim, Cuíca, Ganzá, Berimbau), floating synths' sounds ("Vôo Sobre O Horizonte", "Tarde"), and the inimitable drum grooves with insane rhythms from Mamao (the crazy batucada "Aguia Negra X Dragao Negro"). A classic !

Marcos Valle - Vontade De Rever Você

Year : 2017/1981
Label : ViNiLiSSSiMO/Som Livre
Genre : Latin Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Boogie Funk, MPB

Recorded at the end of the disco era and during the smooth jazz climax, "Vontade De Rever Você" is the first Marcos Valle's album released after his Californian stay to escape to the Brazilian censorship between 1975-1980. Marcos brought back with him the north american "sound" including boogie-funk and disco music to take a new artistic direction, recruiting R&B songwriter Leon Ware, one Marvin Gaye's collaborator. Other talented musicians surround him, such as the founder members of american jazz-funk collective "Chicago" (Peter Cetera, Walter Parazaider, James Pankow), and a Brazilian stellars crew with saxophonist Oberdan & bassist Jamil Joanes from Banda Black Rio, jazz percussionist Airto Moreira, Robson Jorge on guitar, José Roberto Bertrami from Azymuth on keyboards and accordionist Sivuca. Titles include "Paraiba Nao E Chicago" (his own variation on the Leon Ware's "Baby Don't Stop Me"), "Garimpando", the disco-funk gem cut for the dancefloor "Velhos Surfistas Querendo Voar", the samba interlude "Campina Grande", the sublime latin pop ballad "Sei La" and an up-tempo song "Pecados De Amor", originally composed for Cristina Camargo and previously released as "Mortal Tem Hora" in 1980.

Azymuth - Azimüth

Year : 2015/1975
Label : Far Out Recordings/Som Livre
Genre : Jazz, Latin
Style : MPB, Jazz Funk, Samba, Latin Jazz

One of the best brazilian jazz group whose the name "Azymuth" was inspired by a song from Marcos & Paulo Sérgio Valle, a jazz-funk trio formed in 1973 by Jose Roberto Bertrami (keys), Alex Malheiros (eb, eg) and Ivan Conti (ds, per). The group started as "Conjunto Azimuth" on the soundtrack of brazilian movie "O Fabuloso Fittipaldi" alongside Marcos & Paulo Sergio Valle, and the same year, as backing band for Marcos on his "Previsão Do Tempo" album. The group engaged in the post-tropicalia era with their self-titled debut album in 1975, mixing samba funk & disco beats, influencing in the same time, the nascent Black Rio movement. Always actives today, the band has gained an international audience with "Águia Não Come Mosca" album (released on Atlantic, first record of the band released outside Brazil), a noticeable appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival '77 and by participating to the U.S. tour of Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. Then, they moved to the United States in the early eighties, by signing on Milestone Records in 1979. Titles include their pop hit "Linha Do Horizonte", the songs "Manhã" (remixed by Peanut Butter Wolf in 2007), "Esperando Minha Vez" (sampled by Joey Bada$$ in "Amethyst Rockstar" - 2013) and the killer soul jazz/rock track "Periscópio".

Marcos Valle - Previsão Do Tempo

Year : 1973
Label : Odeon
Genre : Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style : MPB, Jazz Funk, Samba Funk

Marcos Valle leaves behind him the psychedelic rock and to fully immerse into the Jazz Funk style including Samba. Considered as his best album after the iconic "Garra", deeply influenced by the Herbie Hancock's sound from the "Headhunter" era, "Previsão Do Tempo" includes various latin flavours evolving amid the electronic moods where Rhodes and moog synthesizer have a key role. The album introduces his new backing band, the brazilian jazz funk combo "Azymuth" featuring José Roberto Bertrami (keys), Alex Malheiros (eb) and Ivan Conti (ds), all supported by the maestro arrangers Joao Donato, Eumir Deodato, and the Brazilian "Rudy Van Gelder" sound engineer Toninho Barbosa. Titles include the samba-soul "Flamengo Até Morrer" feat. O Terço, the jazz funk nuggets "Nem Paletó, Nem Gravata", "Mentira" & "Não Tem Nada Não".