Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 31:08
Size: 71.3 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Latin jazz
Year: 1969/2006
Art: Front
[4:29] 1. Asa Branca
[2:38] 2. L'amore Dice Ciao
[2:43] 3. Penha
[3:07] 4. One Of The Nicer Things
[2:43] 5. Proton, Electron, Neutron
[3:39] 6. 5 30 Plane
[3:04] 7. Soulful Strut
[2:28] 8. Moondreams
[3:30] 9. Jackie
[2:42] 10. Mirror Of Love
Wanderley's second album during Creed Taylor's A&M residency opens with a bang, a fantastic rendition of the old Northern Brazilian standard "Asa Branca" that evokes the exhilaration of a street carnival. Midway through, the tempo kicks up, the band settles into a two-chord vamp, and the performance lifts into orbit; even the normally mild-mannered Wanderley dances wildly on organ and electric harpsichord.
Nothing else here, even the provocatively titled "Proton, Electron, Neutron," approaches "Asa Branca"'s energy. Yet on the whole, this is a somewhat better album than its predecessor on A&M; the sound is more open and less confined. The selection remains predominantly Brazilian, with an occasional American ringer like "Soulful Strut" and another Jimmy Webb tune, "5:30 Plane." The female voices (one of whom is Flora Purim) return on a few tracks; so do Hubert Laws and Romeo Penque on flutes. Eumir Deodato is in charge of the mauve-colored charts for flutes, trumpets and violas, and Airto Moreira makes an early impression pumping up the percussion section. ~Richard S. Ginell
Bass – George Duvivier, Jose Marino, Richard Davis; Drums – Joao Palma; Flugelhorn – Bernie Glow, Marvin Stamm; Flute – Danny Bank, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo, Romeo Penque; Organ, Harpsichord [Electric] – Walter Wanderley; Percussion – Airto Moreira, Lulu Ferreira; Trumpet – Bernie Glow; Viola – Archie Levin, David Mankovitz, Emanuel Vardi, Harold Coletta, Harry Zaratzian, Richard Dickler, Theodore Israel, Warren Tekula; Vocals – Flora Purim, Linda November, Stella Stevens, Susan Manchester .
Nothing else here, even the provocatively titled "Proton, Electron, Neutron," approaches "Asa Branca"'s energy. Yet on the whole, this is a somewhat better album than its predecessor on A&M; the sound is more open and less confined. The selection remains predominantly Brazilian, with an occasional American ringer like "Soulful Strut" and another Jimmy Webb tune, "5:30 Plane." The female voices (one of whom is Flora Purim) return on a few tracks; so do Hubert Laws and Romeo Penque on flutes. Eumir Deodato is in charge of the mauve-colored charts for flutes, trumpets and violas, and Airto Moreira makes an early impression pumping up the percussion section. ~Richard S. Ginell
Bass – George Duvivier, Jose Marino, Richard Davis; Drums – Joao Palma; Flugelhorn – Bernie Glow, Marvin Stamm; Flute – Danny Bank, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo, Romeo Penque; Organ, Harpsichord [Electric] – Walter Wanderley; Percussion – Airto Moreira, Lulu Ferreira; Trumpet – Bernie Glow; Viola – Archie Levin, David Mankovitz, Emanuel Vardi, Harold Coletta, Harry Zaratzian, Richard Dickler, Theodore Israel, Warren Tekula; Vocals – Flora Purim, Linda November, Stella Stevens, Susan Manchester .
Moondreams
