Sealed LP: Egberto Gismonti: Dança Das Cabeças

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Egberto Gismonti: Dança Das Cabeças FACTORY SEALED LP Format: Sealed LP Record Company/Release Number: ECM: ECM 1089 Bar Code: NONE Original release date: 1976 Country: U.S.A. Condition of the cover: Mint Condition of the record: Sealed - Assumed Mint Shipping Weight: 1 pounds, 1 ounces Inventory number: 209335 Notes: - - - Please contact me if you have any difficulty viewing the photos. Songs: Pt. 1: Quarto Mundo #1/Danca das Cabecas/Luminosas Aguas/Celebracao de Pt. 2: Tango/Bambuzal/Fe Cega Faca Amolada/Danca Solitaria Credits: Lajos Keresztes: Photography, Cover Photo Dieter Bonhorst: Artwork, Layout Design S. Delhomme: Photography Egberto Gismonti: Guitar, Piano, Wood Flute, Vocals, Voices, Main Performer, Flute (Wood), Guitar (8 String), Performer Manfred Eicher: Producer Jan Erik Kongshaug: Engineer Naná Vasconcelos: Percussion, Vocals, Performer, Berimbas, Voices Album Review: This reissue of the album recorded in 1977 is a landmark of the careers of Gismonti and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, his only accompanist Recorded in only three days, the album's concept is based on the history shared by both musicians, according to Gismonti: two boys wandering through a dense, humid forest, full of insects and animals, keeping a 18-feet distance from each other. The album received several international awards, in England, U.S., Germany, and Brazil. It also, changed both artist's lives: Naná immediately became a disputed international artist, touring worldwide; Egberto returned to Brazil, decided to research Amazon folklore, which would be reflected in his later work. The music is pure and sensitive, challenging and sophisticated, with a broad dynamic range going from haunting, mysterious melodies to full-impact, energetic percussive sounds reminiscent of Brazilian Indians' batuque. Attention for the re-creation of "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" (Milton Nascimento/Ronaldo Bastos), foretold with a motif several minutes before the presentation of the integral piece. ~ Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide Biography: biography by Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide Egberto Gismonti is world-renowned as a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was profoundly influenced by Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos, his works reflecting the musical diversity of Brazil. From the Amazon Indians' batuque to the Carioca samba and choro, through the Northeastern frevo, baião, and forró, Gismonti captures the true essence of the Brazilian soul in a way that is primitive, yet sophisticated, and reflects it through his personal vision, elaborated by years of classic training and literacy in a wealth of musical languages in which jazz plays a significant role. From a musical family, in which his grandfather and his uncle Edgar were bandleaders, he started to take piano and theory classes at five. At that time, he also started to learn the flute and the clarinet, eventually taking the violão (acoustic guitar) in his teens. Following the piano classical tradition because of his father, he embraced the guitar to please his Italian mother, who was very fond of serenatas. Trying to transpose the piano's polyphonic quality for the guitar, he ended several years later with three custom-made instruments (ten-, 12-, and 14-stringed) and a personally developed two-hand technique. At eight, he started to study piano with Brazilian masters Jacques Klein and Aurélio Silveira for a 15-year apprenticeship. Establishing himself in Nova Friburgo, a small town near Rio, for one year and four months, he attended the Nova Friburgo Music Conservatory. Awarded with a scholarship to study classical music in Vienna, Austria, at 20, he refused it in order to delve deeper in the popular side. In October 1968, his composition "O Sonho," arranged by him for a 100-piece orchestra, was presented at the third International Song Festival (FIC), promoted by TV Globo, Rio, by the group Os Três Morais. This song, with its uncanny orchestration, provoked enthusiasm around and was recorded 18 different times by several international artis... read more

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