I have two of those Fremeaux comps, one called Latin Divas 1926-1954 and one called Bresil: Choro, Samba, Frevo 1914-1945 with two great tracks of these two together (same two tracks on both, located in practically the same place on both) "A Preta Do Aracaje" and "O Que É Que A Baiana Tem." Should I seek out more of this stuff, or is that it?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:27 (eighteen years ago)
I guess in the original thread title I meant Dorival, not Dori who is the son. In any case RIP Dorival.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 12:42 (seventeen years ago)
DC based Pablo Regis and a 7 piece band will be playing "a set honoring the great Bahiano Dorival Caymmi as well as sets of choro and old-school samba" for free at Georgetown University's Copley Lawn starting around 2 today, Saturday, with Forro in the Dark (NYC based) from 4:45 to 737th and O Street,NW
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 September 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)
Writing in The New York Times in 2001, Ben Ratliff said Mr. Caymmi was perhaps second only to Jobim “in establishing a songbook of this century’s Brazilian identity From the NY Times obit
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 September 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)
I need to check Caymmi's stuff out
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 September 2008 18:47 (seventeen years ago)
I wonder if Jaxon or Alex in San Francisco or others who post on brazilian threads here can enlighten me some more on Caymmi. I didn't make it to that free tribute show to him at Georgetown.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 September 2008 02:18 (seventeen years ago)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 02:14 (seventeen years ago)
You're barking up the wrong tree, Steve.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 19:46 (seventeen years ago)
Yea, I guess so.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 October 2008 04:02 (seventeen years ago)