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"Uma Vitamina Faz Favor" is a journey of sound, infiltrated by music from South America and in a style of the best Italian film soundtracks of that time. With the acoustic or trippy electric guitar in the center of attention, Cavalli and his musicians developed a complex range of sounds, a mixture of funk, dreamy bossa nova, jazz fusion, Latin blues and references to film music. The album generates a high degree of intimacy, with Latin flutes and percussion, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone, analog synthesizers and wind or vocal inserts, often psychedelic tinged and sometimes even framed by imitations of nature sounds from Brazil. Vitamina De Brasil: The Brazilian "Tristeza" had already infected Europe in the early 60s, with the film "Orfeu Negro" and a commercialization of Bossa Nova. At the end of the decade Brazilian artists like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil created Tropicalia, a synthesis of pop, rock, jazz and Brazilian music. Composer, guitarist and bassist Pierre Cavalli from Zurich traveled to Brazil in 1968 and stayed there for a whole year. Upon his return to Switzerland, he worked on recordings that convey his musical impressions of Brazil. In 1971 Cavalli produced and played music in his hometown, mostly with his own small ensembles and as a studio musician. Some Brazilian-inspired instrumental and vocal tracks were recorded spontaneously with the excellent ensembles of Angel Pocho Gatti (Italy/ Argentina) and Bruno Spoerri (Switzerland), in various studios and for advertising purposes only. Some of the recorded music was used in local TV advertising or appeared on a vinyl LP for the promotion of an airline, while the remaining tunes were put in the vault immediately after production. The final result is this "lost" and newly mastered album by Pierre Cavalli, released here for the first time ever.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Side A:
1 Possarinhos
2 Tempo in Tempo
3 Uma Vitamina Faz Favor
4 Cachaca
5 Violao Em Foco
6 Pao de Acucar
7 Transmissao Mutavel
Side B:
1 Cacador
2 Lembranca Do Santos
3 Tecidos
4 Terezinha Meu Amor
5 Tranquilamente
6 Alegria
7 Meninhas Na Praia
SONORAMA L-83
LC13415
Made in Berlin, Germany
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