Joe Carter

That new Rosa Passos CD is called Amorosa (get it?). It's a tribute to who else? Joao Gilberto, whose classic recording was entitled Amoroso. Rosa's disc has been released "internationally" already but won't be released in the US until the middle of August. I can't figure that one out. Joe C.

It seems a lot has happened with brazilian guitarists this week. This was posted on another list about the guitarist Helio Delimiro: Drama familiar O grande violonista Hélio Delmiro está num presídio em Santos por falta de pagamento de pensão alimentícia. Seus amigos estão pedindo ajuda para pagar a dívida de R$ 11 mil e tirá-lo da cadeia. Family Drama The great guitarist Hélio Delmiro is in a prison in Santos for failure to pay child support. His friends are asking for help in paying off the R$11,000 to get him out of jail. (Jim, I assume if I ever wind up in jail, you would contribute heavily to my fund. No, you cannot have my 1953 Gibson ES-175.) Helio was another one of those "in between" guitarists, younger than the old guys and older than the new guys. He was the guitarist on the classic Elis & Tom recording. Among his many recordings is one entitled Emotiva, where he tackles Monk's Epistrophy and he also does Body and Soul. Joe C.

It could be gotten :-) Today I was listening to her work on the Bud Shank & Friends double CD. Do you have that one? ===== I'm not crazy about the mix on this CD. The bass is too boomy. And I'm not sure Billy Drewes was the best choice for this recording. Paulo Moura or Paulo Levi would have sounded more in sync with what's happening, IMO of course. And, of course, Paulinho Braga can make (almost) anything sound great. I saw Rosa at Joe's Pub (great place for music) in NYC a few years back (Pete, were you there?) with just a bassist, who, I kid you not, also did "mouth" percussion. She was excellent. She has a new CD coming out soon. Apparently when she did the recent recording with Yo yo-Ma she was offered a record deal from Sony. I suspect she'll get a lot of promotion when it's released. I think one of Rosa's strengths is her ability to interpret tunes with a new twist. She did a tribute to Jobim recording where she's singing every other tune and Vania Bastos is singing the others. Everytime I listen to this disc I program Vania's songs out and just listen to Rosa's. It's like listening to Bill Evans playing Jazz standards. Joe C.

Here's the blurb for that recording: The first album by Brazilian guitarist Rosinha Da Valencia -- and a beautiful one at that! The album features Rosinha playing solo guitar with percussion backing, very much in the style of Baden Powell's early work, especially his own albums for the Elenco label -- and as the set progresses, occasional other instrumentation comes into play, like flute or piano, and Rosinha sings on just a few numbers. The album's a killer -- bossa groovy all the way through, and an essential gem from the long out of print Elenco catalog! Titles include "Tema Do Boneco De Palha", "Ela E Carioca", "Com Que Roupa", "Atirei O Pau No Gato", "Estrada Do Nada", and "Ate Londres". Joe C.

After twelve years in a coma, the great guitarist Rosinha de Valença died at dawn today, 10 June, in Valença, Rio de Janeiro. She was 62 years old. At the risk of sounding like a sexist, she swung as hard as Baden Powell. My favorite recording of hers was her first, Apresentando (Presenting), on the Elenco label, from 1964. R.I.P. Rosinha. Today is also the birthday of two guitar legends. João Gilberto is 73. Guinga is 54. Joe C.

[i . Oh no, more pressure :-) Joe, I used to hawk your lps. Hi Chuck. Is this where we all end up? Thanks, White Lightning. Thanks, Joe G. Ah, one of the brethren. Now if I can only come up with something... JC

Joe Carter here. Thanks so much for all the welcomes. I'm starting to feel the pressure that I have to post something worthwhile. I'll try to do my best. I hope to get into some of the threads and post my two cents. Jim: very funny link to the "Joe Carter page at AMG". JC

There's an article here on the release on the JazzTimes website entitled, Gilberto's Big in Japan: http://jazztimes.com/ The article is written by Emily Zemler, who is one letter away from the great guitarist, Emily Remler, who was once married to Monty Alexander, who I just saw at a festival in France... OK, that's all I got. Joe C.

After I put out $35 for the japanese release, Verve has released Joao Gilberto In Tokyo, minus one song (and I hope with an inferior sound). I highly recommend it. The Master is in fine form. Joe C.

A-ha! So this is where Pete C. and Jim R. are when they're not at JC. Very nice thread. I'd like to add something but at the moment I can't think of anything EXCEPT another great Brazilian Jazz recording is Baden Powell's Tempo Feliz, his most jazz-like recording. It's a 1966 guitar-bass-drums-harmonica (yes, harmonica!) session that features my sometimes musical partner, Mauricio Einhorn (the composer of a lot of the tunes on the recordings Jim R. mentioned), on harmonica. Joe C.