Acabou Chorare

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カエターノ、ジルベルト・ジル等の影響を受けたトロピカリア・バイアーノ第二世代バンド、オス・ノーヴォス・バイアーノスの名盤にして、MPB史上でも5指に入る傑作中の傑作。ベイビー・コンスエイロ、モラエス・モレイラ、ペペウ・ゴメス、パウリーニョ・ボカ、ガルヴァォンを中心に1968年に結成された4年後の絶頂期。ロック / サンバの双方でまったく異なる才気と、自由な空気で既成の音楽観を凌駕する、MPB史のターニング・ポイントでもある。

Os Novos Baianos was an important group in Brazilian music in the '60s and '70s -- from which came several successful solo artists: Moraes Moreira, Baby Do Brasil (then Baby Consuelo), Pepeu Gomes (a virtuoso in rock guitar and choro mandolin), and Paulinho Boca de Cantor. Other support musicians for their recordings included here had already constituted a band called A Cor Do Som, which also had some international success playing electric choro. This is their second album, released in 1972. The work displays a strong influence from Joao Gilberto, with whom they had been together in the preceding year (clearly felt in Moraes' "Acabou Chorare"). But it is not related to bossa nova in any way, consisting of explorations of the group's compositions in acoustic and electric settings, with freshness and originality. The album has some important songs, including "Brasil Pandeiro," a classic by Assis Valente rejected by Carmem Miranda that deals with the appreciation for Brazilian music by American people; "Preta Pretinha"; "Acabou Chorare"; and "Besta e Tu." ~ Alvaro Neder