Thursday, February 19, 2015

Tony Tornado - Funk & Soul Brazil


Antônio Viana Gomes, mais conhecido como Tony Tornado ou Toni Tornado (Mirante do Paranapanema, 26 de maio de 1930), é um ator e cantor brasileiro. Em 1970 foi o vencedor da fase brasileira do V Festival Internacional da Canção com a canção soul "BR-3". Aos 11 anos de idade Tony fugiu de casa e foi parar no Rio de Janeiro onde se tornou menino de rua e ganhava a vida vendendo amendoim e engraxando sapatos. Aos 18 anos serviu na Escola de Paraquedismo de Deodoro junto com o empresário Silvio Santos Em 1957, lutou no Canal de Suez8 .


Tony iniciou sua carreira artística nos anos 60 com o nome artístico de Tony Checker, dublando e dançando no programa "Hoje é dia de Rock" de Jair de Taumaturgo, nessa época Tony imitava os cantores Chubby Checker e Little Richard. Ainda nos anos 60, viajou aos Estados Unidos onde morou por cinco anos em Nova York. Em Nova York, Tony atuou como traficante de drogas e cafetão, para enganar o departamento de imigração, fingia ser um funcionário de um lava-rápido. Nessa época, Tony conheceu outro brasileiro que também morava em Nova York, o também cantor Tim Maia.


De volta ao Brasil em 1969, trabalhou no conjunto de Ed Lincoln e também cantava na noite com o pseudônimo de Johnny Bradfort, o dono da boate o obrigava a fingir ser um estrangeiro. Em 1970, adotou o nome com o qual passou a ser conhecido "Tony Tornado", influenciado por James Brown, Tony foi um dos artistas que introduziu a Soul Music e o Funk na música brasileira. Nesse mesmo ano, ao lado do Trio Ternura defendeu a canção BR-3, que conseguiu o primeiro lugar no festival. 


Estreou na televisão em 1972 com a novela Jerônimo, da TV Tupi. Participa frequentemente de várias novelas e minisséries, mas quase nunca, infelizmente, em papéis de destaque. O maior papel de sua carreira na TV foi o chefe da segurança pessoal do presidente e estadista Getúlio Vargas, Gregório Fortunato , o "Anjo Negro", na minissérie Agosto, de 1993, baseada na obra de Rubem Fonseca. Outro papel marcante de sua carreira foi o capataz Rodésio, que trabalhava para a Viúva Porcina (Regina Duarte), em Roque Santeiro - tão marcante que, em um dos finais gravados, era Rodésio quem terminava ao lado de Porcina, que no entanto foi vetado pela emissora Globo por medo da reação do público.


Foi casado com a atriz Arlete Salles na década de 70. É pai do também ator Lincoln Tornado, que recentemente interpretou o personagem Ezequiel, na telenovela global Escrito nas Estrelas. Atualmente, Tony voltou a se apresentar nos palcos de todo país cantando seus maiores sucessos, acompanhado da banda Funkessência e de seu filho, o cantor e também ator Lincoln Tornado.

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Monday, February 16, 2015

After Life - French Hard Soul Rock



Banda francesa de Hard Rock, com uma pegada Soul. Formada em 1968 em Lyon - França. Uma bela sonzeira...

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Zabriskie Point Soundtrack and Lost sessions


Zabriskie Point is a 1970 American film by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, widely noted at the time for its setting in the counterculture of the United States in the late 1960s. Some of the film's scenes were shot on location at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Zabriskie Point was an overwhelming commercial failure and panned by most critics upon release. It has, however, achieved somewhat of a cult status and is noted for its cinematography, use of music, and direction.


Music:
The soundtrack to Zabriskie Point included music from Pink Floyd, The Youngbloods, The Kaleidoscope, Jerry Garcia, Patti Page, Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones and John Fahey. Roy Orbison sang the theme song, over the credits, called "So Young".







Zabriskie Point is a soundtrack album to the Michelangelo Antonioni film of the same name. It was originally released in February 1970 and comprises songs from various artists. A 1997 re-release includes four bonus tracks each from Jerry Garcia and Pink Floyd that were used in the film, but not the original soundtrack. Jim Morrison of the Doors wrote the track "L'America" for the film, but was rejected by Antonioni ("L'America" was later released on the Doors album L.A. Woman). A Rolling Stones track, "You Got the Silver", is featured in the film but not present on this album.

Disc 1:
1. "Heart Beat, Pig Meat"   Pink Floyd
2. "Brother Mary"  Kaleidoscope
3. "Excerpt from Dark Star"  Grateful Dead
4. "Crumbling Land" Pink Floyd
5. "Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page
6. "Sugar Babe"   The Youngbloods
7. "Love Scene"  Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
8. "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again"  Roscoe Holcomb
9. "Mickey's Tune"   Kaleidoscope
10. "Dance of Death"   John Fahey
11. "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up"  Pink Floyd

Disc 2:
1. "Love Scene Improvisations (Version 1)" Jerry Garcia
2. "Love Scene Improvisations (Version 2)" Jerry Garcia
3. "Love Scene Improvisations (Version 3)" Jerry Garcia
4. "Love Scene Improvisations (Version 4)"  Jerry Garcia
5. "Country Song" Pink Floyd
6. "Unknown Song" Pink Floyd
7. "Love Scene (Version 6)" Pink Floyd
8. "Love Scene (Version 4)" Pink Floyd






Pink Floyd's contributions to the album were recorded in November and December 1969, after the release of Ummagumma. "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" is a re-recording of "Careful with That Axe, Eugene," originally released as a b-side in December 1968. "Love Scene (Version 4)" is a Richard Wright solo piano composition. "Country Song" (also known as "The Red Queen") is a ballad filled with chess metaphors. "Unknown Song" (also known as "Rain in the Country") is a relaxed instrumental. "Love Scene (Version 6)" is a bluesy instrumental. A track entitled "Fingal's Cave" and another called "Oenone" were recorded but did not appear on the finished album. Pink Floyd also recorded other unreleased material during the same sessions. Most notable is a lengthy composition which at that time was known as "The Violent Sequence" (later released on Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Box Set). This piece is immediately recognisable as the basis of "Us and Them" from Dark Side of the Moon.



Wednesday, February 11, 2015

African Music Today - Afro Funk Grooves


“African Music Today” is the culmination of a project started seven years ago by world famous record collector Phillip Lehman, who brought his musical knowledge and expertise to help create this collection of some of the funkiest Afro grooves known to man. This compilation spotlights a diverse range of contemporary African artists, from the James Brown-inspired funk of Bama & The Family to the percussion heavy grooves of Pierre Osinibi and Ethiopian sounds of Zafari. It’s modern music that recalls the heyday of Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Mulatu Astatke and others, painstakingly curatted by Phillip Lehman and brought to you by Truth & Soul Records on CD in a 4-panel digipak with an obi strip.http://www.grooveattack.com/2010/08/30/various-african-music-today-truth-soul/

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01. Feeling Good – Bama & The Family
02. Zafari – Zafari
03. Children’s Song – The Third Eye
04. Black Out – The Original Brothers
05. Percussive Movement #2 – Friends Of The Family
06. Googie – Bama & The Family
07. Brick By Brick – Jojo Quo & His Challengers
08. Jibberish – Bama & The Family
09. Addis Ababa – Zafari
10. Every Woman Is Good Woman – Jojo Quo & His Challengers
11. Afro Groove – Adamu Okosun And The Warri Six
12. Lights Out – Jojo Quo & His Challengers
13. Percussive Movement – Friends Of The Family

The compilation Various “African Music Today” (Truth & Soul) has been released August 27, 2010. 
Truth & Soul presents it’s first collection of rare and unreleased African funk and afrobeat gems that have never seen the light of day until now. Spearheaded four years ago by wolrd famous record collector, Phillip Lehman, African Music Today Vol.1 compiles some of the nastiest afro grooves know to the universe…


Sunday, February 8, 2015

Tony Williams - Drums, Jazz, Rock & Fusion


Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential jazz drummers to come to prominence in the 1960s, Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis and was a pioneer of jazz fusion.


Editor’s Note: The drumming world was shocked when Tony Williams suddenly passed away in his hospital bed on February 23, 1997. He was only 52 years old and appeared to have been in good health, with decades of creative expression ahead of him. We rushed the following cover story together at the last moment, pulling Williams quotes from various press releases and an interview generously shared by Christophe Rossi, who was the editor of the French drumming magazine Batteur. We worked frantically to make a short deadline, and the issue was on newsstands by mid-April.














“The dance band drum set is an American invention that people don’t pay much attention to,” Williams said. “It is an American treasure. A lot of players gave their blood to this instrument – and it is afforded less dignity than, say, the harmonica. Maybe because I’m a drummer, I’m prejudiced. I think it needs to be brought to light what the drum set and the drummer mean. You can have some below-average players and a great drummer, and the audience thinks the band was great, but not know why. You can have a great band with a lousy drummer and people will shake their heads and not know why.”


“A drummer like Tony comes around only once in 30 years.” –Miles Davis


Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pink Floyd - The Man & The Journey


The Man and The Journey are two album-length suites of music performed in concert by Pink Floyd during their 1969 tour. They consist of several of their early songs, some unreleased songs, and material later included on Soundtrack from the Film More and Ummagumma. The concerts featured visual performance elements such as the sawing and construction of a table, and consumption of afternoon tea onstage.


The concept was first performed 14 April 1969 at the Royal Festival Hall in a show billed as The Massed Gadgets of Auximines – More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd. A truncated version of the show was recorded 12 May 1969 for the Top Gear radio programme. The 17 September performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is the most widely bootlegged of the shows on the tour (however, incomplete) because it was broadcast by radio station VPRO. Plans for an official live album release of The Man and The Journey were considered,but abandoned because of overlap of material with Ummagumma.


Monday, February 2, 2015

Stevie Wonder - Soul, Funk, R&B, Jazz and many others....


Stevie Wonder, nome artístico de Steveland Judkins Hardaway, (Saginaw, Michigan, 13 de Maio de 1950) é um compositor, cantor e ativista de causas humanitárias e sociais norte-americano, cego de nascença.. Assinou contrato com a Tamla Records, selo da Motown Records aos onze anos e continua com a mesma até hoje. Gravou mais de trinta sucessos que alcançaram o top ten e ganhou vinte e cinco Grammy Awards, o maior número já ganho por um artista masculino. Ao nascer foi-lhe dado o nome Stevland Hardaway Judkins, depois alterado para Stevland Hardaway Morris.


Stevie Wonder é um grande músico,e lançou álbuns fantásticos de Soul, Funk & Jazz. Segue um bootled de suas principais canções:






E dois tributos, muito interessantes:


Higher Ground by Eric Clapton
Superstition by Glenn Lewis
That Girl by Joe
Master Blaster by Stephen Marley
Another Star by Caron Wheeler
Overjoyed by Mary J. Blige
You Will Know by Angie Stone
Send One Your Love by Brian McKnight
All in Love Is Fair by Marc Anthony
Rocket Love by Black Coffey
Visions by Musiq
Love's in Need of Love Today by Dave Hollister
I Don't Know Why I Love You by John Mellencamp
Wonderful by India.Arie





1 Living for the City Ramsey Lewis
2 Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing Roy Ayers
3 Pastime Paradise Ray Barretto
4 My Cherie Amour Mongo Santamaria
5 Isn't She Lovely Monty Alexander Trio
6 Overjoyed Grover Washington, Jr.
7 You Are the Sunshine of My Life Joe Pass
8 I Wish Tuck & Patti
9 As Gene Harris
10 Sir Duke Stanley Turrentine
11 Superwoman Ronnie Foster
12 Visions/Joy Inside My Tears Marcus Miller
13 Superstition Ronnie Foster
14 Superstition Ahmad Jamal 
 15 Chan's Song (Never Said) Herbie Hancock feat. Bob McFerrin