Astrud Gilberto - Windy

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 27:46
Size: 65,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:02)  1. Dreamy
(2:05)  2. Chup Chup I Got Away
(2:50)  3. Never My Love
(3:23)  4. Lonely Afternoon
(2:41)  5. On My Mind
(2:34)  6. The Bare Necessities
(2:48)  7. Windy
(2:09)  8. Sing Me A Rainbow
(2:26)  9. In My Life
(1:33) 10. Crickets Sing For Anamaria (Os Grillos)
(3:12) 11. Where Are They Now?

While assembled from seemingly disparate sessions arranged by Eumir Deodato, Don Sebesky, and Pat Williams, Windy nevertheless proves one of Astrud Gilberto's most consistent and sublime efforts, artfully straddling the division between Brazilian bossa nova and American sunshine pop. Credit the aforementioned arrangers for much of the LP's appeal from a percolating rendition of the Association's title cut to a neo classical reinvention of the Beatles' "In My Life," the songs possess a lithe, shimmering beauty that perfectly complements Gilberto's feathery vocals. Still, she can't quite skirt the cloying sweetness that undermines so many of her mid-period Verve LPs son Marcelo, who first joined his mother on the previous Beach Samba for an excruciating duet version of the Lovin Spoonful's "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," resurfaces here for a reading of The Jungle Book's "The Bare Necessities," proving yet again that children should be seen and not heard. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/album/windy-mw0000384258

Personnel: Astrud Gilberto - vocals; Marcelo Gilberto - vocals on "The Bare Necessities"; Patrick Williams - arranger, conductor (on track 4); Eumir Deodato - arranger, conductor (on tracks 1, 2, 5 and 7); Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor (on tracks 3, 6, 8, 9 and 11)

Windy

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Walter Wanderley - When It Was Done

Styles: Latin Jazz
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:46
Size: 70,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:39)  1. Open Your Arms (Let Me Walk Right In)
(2:35)  2. Surfboard
(3:35)  3. Baiao da Garoa
(2:37)  4. Reach Out for Me
(2:28)  5. Ole, Ole, Ola
(2:25)  6. Ponteio
(2:24)  7. When It Was Done
(2:46)  8. On My Mind
(2:20)  9. Just My Love and I
(4:20) 10. Capoeira
(2:34) 11. Truth in Peace (Verdade em Paz)

Walter Wanderley moved over to A&M from Verve with producer Creed Taylor, whose influence dominates this heavily produced yet attractive album of mostly Brazilian material. The Wanderley sound is more carefully terraced than ever on this strikingly packaged album, edited and faded for easy airplay. Especially nice is Jobim's "Surfboard," a sleek miniature tone poem. Besides his usual subdued organ work, Wanderley spends almost as much time on the electric harpsichord, upon which he uses a more legato attack than on the organ, a curious reversal of each instrument's properties. He is not helped by the cottonball-textured vocals from a superfluous female trio, who figure most prominently on the two American tunes, Burt Bacharach's "Reach Out For Me" and Jimmy Webb's title track. A few of the usual CTI suspects turn up Hubert Laws on flute, Marvin Stamm on flugelhorn; Don Sebesky provides the overlush string backdrops, with other points in the arrangements entrusted to Eumir Deodato. A young Milton Nascimento makes a cameo appearance on "Open Your Arms," scatting a countermelody that he invented on the spot after awakening from a nap (no, it was jet lag, not a commentary on the session!). ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-it-was-done-mw0001041579

Personnel:  Walter Wanderley - organ, electronic harpsichord; Marvin Stamm, John Glasel - flugelhorn; George Marge, Stan Webb - flute, piccolo; Donald Ashworth, Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn; José Marino - bass; João Palma - drums; Lu Lu Ferreira - percussion; Lewis Eley, Harry Glickman, Gene Orloff, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Avram Weiss - violin; Harold Coletta, Harold Furmansky - viola; Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello; Gloria Agostini - harp; Anamaria Valle, Marilyn Jackson, Linda November, Milton Nascimento - vocals; Eumir Deodato - rhythm arrangements; Don Sebesky - string arrangements

When It Was Done

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Milton Nascimento - Courage

Styles: Vocal, Brazilian Bossa Nova 
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:27
Size: 81,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:52)  1. Bridges (Travessia)
(3:13)  2. Vera Cruz
(2:45)  3. Tres Pontas
(4:12)  4. Outubro (October)
(3:27)  5. Courage
(3:23)  6. Rio Vermelho
(3:26)  7. Gira Girou (Round 'N' Round)
(4:28)  8. Moro Velho
(2:31)  9. Catavento
(3:07) 10. Canção Do Sol (Saltworkers Song)

Milton Nascimento's first album for North American ears, recorded at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey under the watchful eye and discerning ear of Creed Taylor, is a masterpiece, a gorgeously executed tour through his early songs. Backed beautifully by Eumir Deodato's lush orchestrations and a clutch of sidemen from the Taylor stable (including Herbie Hancock, Airto Moreira, and Hubert Laws), Nascimento unveils one first-class tune after another, many of which would ignite a rush of cover versions. Among the songs North Americans heard for the first time were "Vera Cruz," "Tres Pontas," "Morro Velho," the scatted "Catavento," and the intensely moving "Bridges" ("Travessia")" the latter which launched Nascimento's name on the world music scene. Singing in English, Portuguese, and often with no words at all, Nascimento's odd yet masculine and expressive baritone stands out like a moaning foghorn from the smooth A&M/Taylor sonic formula, a haunting combination. This was Nascimento before tropicalismo, when he latched onto the tail end of the bossa nova movement and quickly became one of its most inspired performers and songwriters. To some admirers, Courage remains his best record, period. ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/album/courage-mw0000199723   

Personnel:  Milton Nascimento - vocals;  Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, John Messner, Tony Studd, Bill Watrous, Chauncey Welsch - trombone;  Burt Collins, Marvin Stamm - flugelhorn;  Ray Alonge, Joe DeAngelis, Paul Ingraham - French horn;  George Marge - clarinet;  Danny Bank, Harvey Estrin, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Bill Slapin, Joe Soldo - flute;  Herbie Hancock - piano;  Eumir Deodato - organ, arranger, conductor;  Jose Marino - bass;  João Palma - drums;  Airto Moreira - percussion;  David Nadien, Anahid Ajemian, Frederick Buldrini, Alexander Cores, Harry Cykman, Lewis Eley, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Joyce Robbins, Tosha Samaroff, Avram Weiss, Jack Zatde, Joseph Zwilich - violin;  Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, Theodore Israel, David Mankovitz, Emanuel Vardi - viola;  Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello;  Anamaria Valle - vocal

Courage

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Deodato - Somewhere Out There

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:57
Size: 91.5 MB
Styles: Jazz, R&B, Pop
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[4:19] 1. Everybody Wants My Girl
[4:28] 2. The Best Lovers (Are The Best Friends)
[4:35] 3. In This World
[3:54] 4. I Believe In This Love
[3:22] 5. Where Can You Run
[4:32] 6. When A Lover Says Goodbye
[5:30] 7. Forever For You
[4:31] 8. Stay With Me
[4:42] 9. Somewhere Out There

In between all those arranging gigs for everyone from Jobim and Astrud Gilberto to Sinatra, Wes Montgomery and Earth, Wind & Fire, Deodato made many of his own albums for lots of labels from the '60s to the '80s. He does dance-pop with style on this 1989 Atlantic LP: Everybody Wants My Girl; Somewhere out There; In This World , and more!

Somewhere Out There

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Eumir Deodato - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:46
Size: 100.2 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[6:36] 1. Summertime
[5:47] 2. Double Face
[4:06] 3. I Want You More
[5:43] 4. Border Line
[5:02] 5. No Getting Over You
[6:59] 6. The Crossing
[5:23] 7. Night Passage
[4:06] 8. Rule My World

Widely regarded as one of the most respected and sought-after musicians in the music world, Brazilian-born Eumir Deodato has racked up 16 platinum records to his credit as artist, arranger or producer with combined sales of well over 25 million records in the USA alone. His discography, including compilations and all his work as arranger, producer and keyboardist, surpasses 450 albums. He has also had the honor of performing with the St. Louis Symphony (which backed him on his superb Artistry album), the Cincinnati Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra di Musica Leggera dell’Unione Musicisti di Roma. In addition, several artists over the years have covered his songs, including George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Sarah Vaughan and The Emotions to mention just a few. And yet, in spite of all of his varied triumphs, honors and distinctions over the years, the multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist will probably forever be associated with one song – his innovative rendition of Richard Strauss’ classical opus Also Sprach Zarathustra (or more commonly known as the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey).

That single compelling song, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album for CTI Prelude, sold at least five million copies and earned Deodato his first Grammy Award, instantly moved him to international stardom and setting a course for his remarkable ongoing career in music. Thirty years later, that same tune has found its way into the repertoire of the jam band Phish, a testament to Deodato’s enduring influence.

Eumir Deodato

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