- Maestro (Moacir Santos album)
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Maestro Studio album by Moacir Santos Released 1972 Recorded September 29 and October 10 & 18, 1972 Genre Jazz Label Blue Note Producer George Butler Moacir Santos chronology Opus 3, No. 1
(1968)Maestro
(1972)Saudade
(1973)Maestro is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 3½ stars stating "For his Blue Note debut, Maestro, Brazilian composer Moacir Santos assiduously avoids his homeland's familiar bossa nova and samba rhythms, instead reinventing lesser-known idioms like baião and frevo to create his own complex yet pulsating signatures and cadences".[2] The All About Jazz review by C. Andrew Hovan said "Without a doubt, Maestro established Santos as an artist to be reckoned with and while the record probably skirted just below the radar of the average jazz listener, two more Blue Notes would be in the offing".[3]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Moacir Santos except as indicated
- "Nanã" (Santos, Mario Telles. M. Kott)
- "Bluishmen"
- "Luanne" (Santos, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
- "Astral Whine (An Elegy to Any War)"
- "Mother Iracema"
- "Kermis"
- "April Child" (Santos, Livingston, Evans)
- "The Mirror's Mirror"
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- Recorded at A&R Studios in Los Angeles, California on September 29 and October 10 & 18, 1972
Personnel
- Moacir Santos - baritone saxophone, vocals, percussion, arranger
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet
- Frank Rosolino - trombone
- David Duke - french horn
- Ray Pizzi - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Don Menza - tenor saxophone, flute
- Hymie Lewak - piano
- Clare Fischer - organ
- Bill Henderson - electric piano
- Joe Pass - guitar
- John Heard - bass
- Sheila Wilkinson - vocals
- Reggie Andrews - arranger (track 1)
- Unknown drums and percussion
References
- ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed January 18, 2011
- ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed January 18, 2011
- ^ Hovan, C. A. All About Jazz review accessed January 18, 2011
Categories:- Blue Note Records albums
- Moacir Santos albums
- 1972 albums
- Albums produced by George Butler
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