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Sylvia Telles - Amor em Hi-Fi (1960)
2008-01-31 06:29:00
Let's close tonight with the update of an album released in the very first beginning of Loronix. I think the update of old and essential posts are very useful to friends who are new to Loronix. There is much to explore in the archives and the updates give better exposition to the best we have available, such like this one, featuring one of the most popular artists in our community. Let's see.This is Sylvia Telles - Amor em HI-FI (1960), for Philips, the first album released by Sylvia Telles at Philips, just before the acclaimed Amor de Gente Moca, with Antonio Carlos Jobim repertoire. I like this album, but I think I would like much better if Philips credited more info about. Personnel is totally unknown, including arrangers and musicians in this session with Sylvia Telles performing a repertoire of Bossa Nova standards, a medley with international songs and a Frech version of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dolores Duran Por Causa de Voce, here as Gardez Moi Pour Toujours. I'm making a...

Chegou a Hora (1960)
2008-01-31 03:59:00
Hello, good evening! Chegou a Hora ! It's Carnaval time and with this post Loronix officially starts Carnaval celebration. From today, until the end of Carnaval, we will have at least one Carnaval post per day. I will try to approach this big party from a historical perspective, flying over Carnaval across decades. It will not be an easy project, I'm not a parrot with Samba no Pe, but I'm sure we will have a lot of fun together. Let's start with this one that gave me a lot of work to restore, featuring several artists that I never heard before.This is Chegou a Hora (1960), for the tiny and legendary label Sideral. I think we could not start better with this one. The cover is a must and the repertoire is all about old Marchinhas, performed by several artists, most of them never mentioned before at Loronix, such as Rogeria, Bob Lins, Anilza Leoni, Zilda do Ze and others. For those who understand Portuguese, the lyrics of 01 - Chegou a Hora are really great with words such like "org...

Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto (1970)
2008-01-30 05:23:00
I was wondering what to say when releasing this update and I decided to summarize the liner notes written by Julio Hungria in 1970. He says: "in the future, when Brazilian music has an historical approach, the Brazilian music should be divided in two large and different periods. The Brazilian music before Joao Gilberto and the Brazilian music after Joao Gilberto”.This is Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto (1970), for Philips, also known as Joao Gilberto - En Mexico, since it was recorded in Mexico. There is a story behind Joao Gilberto two-year stay in Mexico. Joao was coming back to Brazil after living in New York from a few years and decided to stop in Mexico City for a concert. A one-night stay turned into a two-year and this album is the outcome of Joao Gilberto years in Mexico, featuring a couple of songs with lyrics in Spanish. I will now listen to Joao Gilberto before sleeping, have a nice day and always stay tuned with Loronix. Tracks include:01 - De Conversa Em Conversa (Lúci...

Challenge | Who are they?
2008-01-30 05:17:00
Cesar Saldanha just sent several photos that should keep us busy with challenges until Carnaval. I could not wait to make an extra challenge today. Your mission is to identify the group and musicians in this photo taken inside Bottles nightclub, Beco das Garrafas, 1964. Really nice photo.Hope uEnjoy!
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Arrigo Barnabe - Facanhas (1992)
2008-01-30 04:01:00
If you are in the mood to listen and get thrilled with something unique and very different from the music usually released at Loronix, this is the album you were looking for, courtesy of AdHoc, a great zecalouro's friend that really rocks with surprising releases. It seems AdHoc reads my mind sometimes, I have been considering to show something from Arrigo Barnabe for months. There is a lot to explain about Arrigo Barnabe, a very important artist to my background as amateur musician since 1980 when I got paralyzed with Arrigo Barnabe first LP, Clara Crocodilo, a revolutionary album that according with feedback on Facanhas should be released very soon at Loronix. Let's see.This is Arrigo Barnabe - Facanhas (1992), for Camerati, featuring Arrigo Barnabe, the founder and most influential artist from Vanguarda Paulistana movement, a group of classically educated musicians from the city of Sao Paulo who blends classical influences to popular music. I spoke about the influence of Clara ...

Challenge | Who are they?
2008-01-30 02:11:00
Today's challenge has several degrees of complexity. The very easy part is to identify the female artist, the identification of the group name is also easy, but the identification of each group member is really challenging. Who can tell me who are they? The girl, the group and the four boys?Hope uEnjoy!
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Os Demonios da Garoa - Sai de Mim, Saudade (1971)
2008-01-30 01:19:00
Hello, good evening! Yesterday, I was sick, in the day before I was busy, in the other day I was bored, but today I feel GREAT, on a really good shape to share the wonderful music from Brazil to our community. My will today is to show four albums instead of the usual two or three and each one different from the other, starting with this one, courtesy of JOAO-SP, which is providing us the chance to know the Samba made in Sao Paulo, very different from the one we are used to hear from Rio de Janeiro artists. Let's see.This is Os Demonios da Garoa - Sai de Mim Saudade (1971), for Continental, the first album released at Loronix of this very important vocal and instrumental Samba group, active since the early 40's until today, with a recording career that spans decades with more than 200 albums recorded on every possible format, including a recent released DVD. Sai de Mim Saudade never had a CD reissue and brings some of the most successful songs performed by Os Demonios da Garoa. I'...

Raul de Souza - Viva Volta (1986)
2008-01-29 13:40:00
Hello, good evening! In spite of a flu making my eyes hurt and feeling pain all over my feathers, I'm having a really nice evening with another non-identified traffic increase of new people to Loronix. We had an average of four unique visitors per minutes on peak hours, which are much for January, a month used by many friends for vacation. That's why I'm making a solid start this Monday, sharing a never released album of a favorite artist of many friends, the legendary Brazilian trombonist Raul de Souza , also known as Raulzinho. Let's see.This is Raul de Souza - Viva Volta (1986), for Top Tape, recorded live at Inverno & Verao nightclub, Sao Paulo, February 1986. Perhaps this is a widely unknown Raulzinho album, found last week while browsing the always surprising R$ 1.00 section of a used vinyl store in Copacabana. Raulzinho performs a repertoire of his own compositions and Brazilian standards from Milton Nascimento, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Noel Rosa, Vinicius de Moraes and J...

Challenge | Who are they?
2008-01-29 04:04:00
I thought this one would be a very easy challenge, but for my surprise nobody could guess the name of these two great Brazilian artists when showing to a couple of friends. Who are they?Hope uEnjoy!
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Zimbo Trio - Zimbo Trio + Cordas Vol. 2 (1968)
2008-01-28 04:54:00
It is always a pleasure to show friends a Zimbo Trio album and it is amazing to show a Zimbo Trio album never made available before at Loronix. It is also surprising to check Zimbo Trio records released in the 60's and realize we have several ones never made available here, such like this one, the sequel of the already available Zimbo Trio + Cord as - E Tempo de Samba (1967). Let's see.This is Zimbo Trio - Zimbo Trio + Cordas Vol. 2 (1968), for RGE, featuring Zimbo Trio with strings accompaniment. Little I know about this album that brings six Chico Buarque compositions and has liner notes written by Chico Buarque. The back cover brings photos of Zimbo Trio in Paris, France, perhaps this album was recorded in Paris, but I could not Google a confirmation. Anyway, this is Zimbo Trio and every Zimbo Trio LP worth the attention. Tracks include:PersonnelAmilton Godoy(piano)Luiz Chaves(bass)Rubens Barsotti(drums)StringsClemente Capella, Oswaldo Sbarro, Antonio F Ferrer, Lauda de Santi, J...

Challenge | Who are they?
2008-01-28 03:11:00
Here we go on a very easy challenge game, perhaps the first friend who sees will immediately give the correct answer to the name of this group and the name of each musician musicians. Get the chance.Hope uEnjoy!
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Sebastiao Tapajos - O Violao E... Tapajos (1968)
2008-01-27 23:38:00
This is probably the most complex album restoration made so far at Loronix, including cover artworks and especially the music. I had to use that equilibrium of noise reduction against loss of frequencies, and I stood in the middle of it. There are many pops, clicks, clacks and hiss across the music, but this album is so beautiful and so hard to find that I decided to show friends, in spite of these problems. Let's see.This is Sebastiao Tapajos - O Violao E... Tapajos (1968), for Forma, the second album released by Sebastiao Tapajos, one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists, featuring only Sebastiao Tapajos and his violao, produced by Joao Mello. I think I said what I want in the beginning and this is a self-explanatory release, my apologies for the quality of the transfer. Tracks include:01 - Doublé (Da Bourrée) (Johann Sebastian Bach)02 - Canção do Fogo-fátuo (Falla)03 - Cadência (Do Concerto Para Violão e Orquestra) (Villa-Lobos)04 - La Catedral (A. Barrios)05 - Cantiga (D...

Special Post | Beco das Garrafas
2008-01-27 20:08:00
Hello, good evening! That last challenge with the aerial view of Beco das Garrafas was the inspiration I need to go there to make this special post. Let's see.This is my itinerary, it was just a matter to fly out of the window from my place at A, take Av. Atlantica and turn right at Rua Duvivier, which is the street where Beco das Garrafas is at B. A very easy 700 meters flight, according with Google Site Maps, here.Here we see Rua Duvivier and Beco das Garrafas entrance with the legendary nightclubs, Bottles, Bacarat (in the middle) and Little Club (the last one).This is the front view of Beco. I found a nice sir in front of Bottles painting the word "Bossa Nova 50 Anos" on a piece of cartoon. I think he found an inspirational place to make his painting...Bacarat nightclub main entrance door detail. I put my hand on the door to feel some "vibrations" and the old sir start thinking I was crazy.This is the last nightclub, Little Club, still opened for business as Don Juan nightclub....
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Quinteto Violado - Berra Boi (1973)
2008-01-27 03:11:00
Quinteto Violado is an important Brazilian group that never had an adequate approach at Loronix. Only one album is so far available, which is Quinteto Violado self-titled debut LP (1972), perhaps their most successful album. After more than a year, I received in an interval of a couple of weeks, the second and the third Quinteto Violado albums. Taking advantage of a chronological approach, I'm presenting the second one, kindly sent by moos. The third was courtesy by JOAO-SP, saved for a later opportunity in the forthcoming weeks. Let's see moos contribution.This is Quinteto Violado - Berra Boi (1973), for Philips. Quinteto Violado music brings elements of the Brazilian Northeast region and folklore, blended with elements of the pop culture from the big cities. Their recording career spans more than 30 years with approximately 40 albums recorded in Brazil and overseas. It is amazing that moos found this one on a vinyl fair in Amsterdam, now I'm happy that he came back home again, ...

Video Challenge | Who are they?
2008-01-26 23:46:00
Hello, good evening! This challenge came from our very good friend Jose Matos that asks our community to identify the musicians performing Chega de Saudade with Chico Buarque and Edu Lobo. I have identified the drummer and bassist, being the pianist and the flutist to be confirmed. Who knows who are they?Hope uEnjoy!
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Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tom Jobim e Convidados (1985)
2008-01-26 04:03:00
Here we go on Loronix tribute to the 81st birthday of Maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim. I have been wondering how different world be the music and the world if Antonio Carlos Jobim did not leave this world so early, it is something that makes me feel really sad. I remember last year at Loronix when we made with the help of Caetano Rodrigues a great event to celebrate The Maestro music, 48 Hours of Tom Jobim , which is part of Loronix permanent exhibition hall, always reachable using 48 Hours of Tom Jobim logo at our sidebar, also reproduced in your left for easy access.This is Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tom Jobim e Convidados (1985), for Philips, featuring a compilation of selected Antonio Carlos Jobim songs recorded with very special guests, such like Elis Regina, Edu Lobo, Gal Costa, Vinicius de Moraes, Nelson Riddle and Dorival Caymmi. I was decided to show a lovely Antonio Carlos Jobim career album, but this compilation is really a best choice for friends who are having their first conta...

Adoniran Barbosa - Adoniran Barbosa (1974)
2008-01-25 23:56:00
Hello, good evening! I had a serious problem with my broadband service that put me out of the Internet for more than 12 hours, right when we have two celebrations to make. The first is a contribution and also a choice from JOAO-SP, who considers very important to introduce Adoniran Barbosa today, the day when the city of Sao Paulo makes its 454th anniversary. Let's see.This is Adoniran Barbosa - Adoniran Barbosa (1974), for Odeon, the debut LP of an artist that summarizes the Samba in Sao Paulo city. Adoniran Barbosa never had a release at Loronix and this is my first chance to listen to one of his albums. He delivers a Samba style very different from what we are used to hear from Rio de Janeiro artists, portraying the life in the city of Sao Paulo blending Brazilian and Italian immigration culture. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think we can associate Adoniran Barbosa with Moreira da Silva or even Bezerra da Silva.Anyway, this is Loronix homage to Sao Paulo city. I'm now leaving...

Jorge Ben - Ben (1972)
2008-01-24 06:06:00
I have this album since the first issue in 1972 and only with Loronix I could realize how important it was to my infatuation with this magical human creation called music. Not only for the great music inside, but also for the whole experience available on this nice piece. Think about a little kid with the age of 7, holding this awesome cover with the coolest guy with the greatest attitude ever seen on his short life. I remember to hold this cover when hearing this album thinking fantastic things about Jorge Ben, stupid things such like, "He is waiting for his payment after making this album", or "he just bought a new car and is waiting for it at the car agency". Anyway, Jorge Ben is great and I'm very happy to find this album after decades and have the chance to show it for our great community. Let's see.This is Jorge Ben - Ben (1972), for Philips. I cannot say it is the best Jorge Ben album due my personal affairs explained before, but the reviews I could read today confirm that ...

Paulinho Nogueira - Show de Samba (1968)
2008-01-24 00:57:00
Here we go on another great courtesy of JOAO-SP, featuring an artist recently released and acclaimed by many Loronixers, Paulinho Nogueira . This is an early Paulinho Nogueira LP, released by Premier, a RGE subsidiary, which is the label Paulinho Nogueira recorded most of his albums in the 60's. Let's see.This is Paulinho Nogueira - Show de Samba (1968), for Premier. I could not speak with JOAO-SP about this album and my searches did not identify if Show de Samba is Paulinho Nogueira career LP or a compilation of his RGE albums. This is perhaps the fist time an album is being releasing without such identification. Anyway, this is Paulinho Nogueira guitar accompanied by conjunto, probably Conjunto RGE, delivering renditions of Bossa Nova standards in the Para Dancar style. Paulinho Nogueira guitar playing is amazing, as always. Tracks include:01 - Morena Boca de Ouro (Ary Barroso)02 - Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)03 - Agora e Cinza (Bide / Armando Marcal)04 - Garota de Ipanema (A...

Challenge | What is the name of this place?
2008-01-24 00:18:00
Hello, good evening! This photo was taken this year and shows a very weird angle of an anthological spot in the 60's. Your mission is tell us the name of this place. Very easy challenge and really good photo.Hope uEnjoy!
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Nara Leao e Roberto Menescal - Nara & Menescal | Um Cantinho, Um Violao
2008-01-23 06:14:00
In the first day with JOAO-SP contributions, I'm happy to make available two albums from his collection. It was very easy to decide for this one among many choices available, Nara Leao is a favorite singer of many friends and I never had the chance to hear this album. I think a couple of different spins are required to make a final evaluation, but in a first hearing, this is a really nice record, featuring only Nara Leao voice and Roberto Menescal guitar. Let's see.This is Nara Leao e Roberto Menescal | Nara & Menescal - Um Cantinho, Um Violao (1985), for Philips, featuring a repertoire of Bossa Nova standards with a song with lyrics in Spanish and other with lyrics in English. Nara Leao voice is good as always, but what amazed me most today was Roberto Menescal, delivering a very nice guitar playing using different styles with some wise solutions. My highlight goes to track 10 - Comigo e Assim (Luiz Bittencourt / Ze Menezes), which is the one made available for your try at Lo...

Elis Regina com Zimbo Trio - Zambi (1965)
2008-01-23 02:21:00
Hello, good evening! Loronix received today a large contribution from the great JOAO-SP, featuring LPs, singles, 10-inches and box sets, a truly awesome set of albums that I should start showing to our community in the forthcoming days, actually, in the forthcoming weeks, such big this great contribution was. Thanks a million JOAO-SP; Loronixers will get pleased as I got today when opening your package.Since JOAO-SP contribution arrived today, I had to make the first in the 7-inch format, to make it fast. Let's see.This is Elis Regina com Zimbo Trio - Zambi (1965), for Philips, featuring three cuts extracted from Elis Regina & Zimbo Trio - O Fino do Fino (1965), a really hard to find single including the title track Zambi on Side A and a Medley on Side B, as detailed bellow on track listing. Tracks include:01 - Zambi (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)02 - Esse Mundo e Meu (Sergio Ricardo / Ruy Guerra) Resolucao (Edu Lobo / Luiz F. Freire)This is Elis Regina com Zimbo Trio - Zambi ...

Joao Gilberto, Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil - Brasil (1981)
2008-01-22 06:11:00
I'm feeling like a writer with a creative crisis to describe this beauty of an album. Perhaps my problem is to understand why this unusual and late Bossa Nova session featuring international musicians could result in such a solid album. Joao Gilberto has the control, playing the role of arranger and producer to work together with Tropicalia icons Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to make this sublime record. This is an essential album that everybody should take for a listening and file as special on your Brazilian music affair.This is Joao Gilberto, Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil - Brasil (1981), for WEA, a short session with six songs featuring Joao Gilberto guitar, the voices of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and a special participation of Maria Bethania on track 04 - No Tabuleiro da Baiana. Personnel listing brings the acclaimed pianist and arranger Clare Fischer and Paulinho da Costa, the only Brazilian musician besides Joao Gilberto. Tracks include:PersonnelJoao Gilberto(voice, vio...

Challenge - Who are They?
2008-01-22 03:42:00
While Loronix staff is involved with the final adjustments of our last post of this Monday, I would like to challenge you on the identification of the two renowned Brazilian musicians in this photo taken in 1951. The first who provides the correct answer wins a Rapidshare 1-Month Premium account. Anonymous commenters are not eligible to win. Very easy challenge, don't you think?Hope uEnjoy!
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Brasiliana (1967)
2008-01-22 00:49:00
Hello, good evening! I'm amazed with the number of new visitors coming to Loronix today. I could not identify the source of this traffic, but our statistic shows a 30% increase in the last three hours. Perhaps Loronix got listed on a popular website or magazine, anyway, everybody knows this parrot hungry on statistics, numbers, trends and graphics. I decided to start today with an album to address the newcomers, a compilation featuring several artists, just to give you a panorama of the music from Brazil available to our community. Let's see.This is Brasiliana (1967), for Philips, a never commercially released album distributed by Philips to the participants of III Congresso Interamericano de Administracao de Pessoal, being also Philips celebration of 75 years of activities in Brazil, with several pictures of Philips 1966 facilities available in the back cover. The repertoire features Bossa Nova tunes, performed by artists from Philips cast, such like Tamba Trio, Lyra de Xopoto, N...

Elizeth Cardoso - Elizeth, A Cantadeira do Amor (1978)
2008-01-21 05:39:00
I received a recommendation from AdHoc to look for Elizeth Cardoso LPs released in the 70's and never made available before at Loronix. I want to say that AdHoc was right, this is the second late 70's Elizeth Cardoso at Loronix and both are really pleasing. This one comes as a double LP, with 26 songs and 90 minutes running time. Elizeth Cardoso should keep everybody busy in the forthcoming days. Let's see.This is Elizeth Cardoso - Elizeth, A Cantadeira do Amor (1978), for Copacabana, featuring 26 songs split in four groups, Suplica (Side A), Memoria (Side B), Solidao (Side C) and Esperanca (Side D). The songs keep the identification on each group theme, on this nice and very well produced album arranged by Sergio Carvalho and featuring a constellation of Brazilian musicians, everything described on Personnel listing. Tracks include:PersonnelSergio Carvalho(arrangements, piano, electric piano)Joao de Aquino(guitar)Sergio Barroso, Paulo Cezar Barros(bass)Wilson das Neves, Papao(dr...

Radames Gnattali & Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional da Radio M.E.C - Brasil
2008-01-21 00:26:00
Hello, good evening! Loronix goes Classic this Sunday. I could not make different, Radames Gnattali is a very requested artist and Loronix has just a few albums among the vast discography of this extraordinary Brazilian musician. As far as I remember, we never had a Radames Gnattali LP covering his music and his awesome piano playing. By the way, Radames Gnattali is a gifted pianist, which is something that I could understand by listening this album today. Let's see.This is Radames Gnattali & Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional da Radio M.E.C - Brasil iana Nr. 6 | Concerto Romantico (1969), for Codil Ritmos, featuring two Radames Gnattali concerts for piano and orchestra, performed by Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional da Radio M.E.C, conduced by Maestro Alceo Bocchino and featuring Radames Gnattali at the piano in all tracks. This album took me by surprise; it was recorded in 1969 with a running time of 54 minutes, above the average of 35-40 of that period. I’m wondering why other artists...
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Caetano Veloso - Cinema Transcendental (1979)
2008-01-20 06:42:00
When Cinema Transcendental was released, I had several adolescent philosophical discussions to understand the meaning of this cover artwork with Caetano Veloso at the beach not showing his face. Almost 30 years later, you get older, wiser and straightforward. I think Caetano tell us with this cover how we should listen to this album, lazy on the beach, doing nothing and letting the time goes. Let's see.This is Caetano Veloso - Cinema Transcendental (1979), for Philips. If you were in Brazil in 1979, you should remember most of these 12 tunes, several tracks from Cinema Transcendental are among the most popular Caetano Veloso tunes, such as 01 - Lua de Sao Jorge, 04 - Menino do Rio, 07 - Trilhos Urbanos, 09 - Cajuina, among others. I could not decided Loronix Preview Center featured track, and I'm making track 01 - Lua de Sao Jorge just because it is the opening track. Have a nice Sunday and thanks for this wonderful start of 2008 at Loronix. Tracks include:PersonnelA Outra Banda d...

Ze Maria - Voce Quer Dancar? (1959)
2008-01-20 02:09:00
Ze Maria is one of the most interesting musicians that I had the chance to know with Loronix. He has a vast discography that can be described on three different phases, being the second the most successful and well covered at Loronix with his album with Jorge Ben and others releases from the 60's. The third phase starts in the 70's, when Ze Maria released only instrumental albums with repertoire of international standards, not released at Loronix. This is the first album from his first phase, the 50's phase with Ze Maria on Para Dancar releases. Voce Quer Dancar is an above the average Para Dancar album, with lots of instruments performed by not credited musicians backing Ze Maria at the piano. Let's see.This is Ze Maria - Voce Quer Dancar? (1959), for Internacional, once again delivering a fantastic cover with this beautiful furniture design from the 50's. Ze Maria delivers nice piano playing backed by bass, percussion, guitar, drums, vibraphone and a nice piston played by Bar...

Music Video | Caymmi Mostra ao Mundo o que a Bahia e a Mangueira Tem (1986)
2008-01-20 00:25:00
Hello, good evening! Rapidshare.com was down in the last 6 hours, the first long-term Rapidshare outage since the beginning of Loronix. I'm now happy that we are back to business and I want to thanks everybody who sent reports across these six anxious hours.I'm so happy that I want to start this Saturday with something never tried before at Loronix. We are really close to Carnaval and for the first time a Carnaval Parade is being released with a video. This is Mangueira Samba Scholl 1986 parade featuring Dorival Caymmi and one of the best Samba Enredos I have ever heard. I think this should be a real treat to everybody who lives outside of Brazil and never had an opportunity to watch a Carnaval Parade. Mangueira Official Samba interpreter, Jamelao, performs the song. Thanks to Carl Ole from O Balaio do Carl for making this fantastic video available.Hope uEnjoy!CAYMMI MOSTRA AO MUNDO O QUE A BAHIA E A MANGUEIRA TEM(Ivo, Paulinho, Lula)Mangueira vê no céu dos orixásO horizonte ro...
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