Search - Baden Powell :: Canto on Guitar

Highly energetic brazilian Jazz

Aldo Mosca | Sonoma, California United States | 05/14/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Recorded in Europe in 1970, it contains some more shining examples of Baden Powell's high-octane playing, as well as his career-long quest to syncretize the Jazz quartet format with the traditional music formats of Brazil. This synthesis doesn't limit itself to samba and bossa-nova. For starters, the "Three themes of Afro-Brazilian Faith" blends -one more time- candomble themes (i.e. the Brazilian Santeria) with jazz in three new "afro-sambas": Pai, Filho and Espirito Santo (these are individual tracks that are not listed in the CD list. "Pai" was re-arranged and re-recorded in later releases).



"Cegos Do Nordeste" is a foray into sertao music (Brazilian north-east desert area) where he makes his classical guitar sound like a viola caipira (a 5 double-course guitar). Rounding up the offer, he also includes his old standards, the samba de breque "Vou deitar e rolar" (aka "Quaquaraquaqua", this time done as a super fast, semi-instrumental jazz piece) and his "Marcha Escocesa"."