4 GREAT CTI Titles
George Grand
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The Brazilians during the early 70's. The freakin' Brazilians during the early 70's on CTI. Eumir Deodato and Airto Moreira, two albums apiece.
Deodato - Prelude - This is the lp with the long, jazzed up version of Also Sprach Zarathustra. It kicks ****. What would you expect from Stanley Clarke or Ron Carter on electric bass, John Tropea or Jay Berliner on electric guitar, Eumir Deodato on keyboards, a TAME Billy Cobham on drums, and Airto Moreira or Ray Barretto on percussion? Add the usual CTI house orchestra. Great stuff on here including a really upbeat Baubles, Bangles and Beads. Highly recommended if you can find it. Oh yeah, recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Sep 1972, by RVG.
Deodato - 2 - This was the 1973 follow-up with the long, jazzy version of Rhapsody in Blue. It's very nice in my opinion. There is also a long, jazzy, Nights in White Satin, and Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess which I think is really nice. **** kicking originals include Superstrut and Skyscrapers. Cobham or Rick Marotta on drums and Stanley Clarke on bass. May 1973, Van G Studios.
Airto - Free - By the time I first heard this I was heavily into Zappa/The Mothers, ans was looking for something a little more challenging than traditional rock which was already headed pretty well down the tubes. This album fit the bill. It is also one of the few albums where Airto plays a traditional drumset throughout, in addition to all the weird stuff he bangs on when he's not playing the drums. SDA freaks need to put on Return to Forever or Flora's Song. The line-up on this one isn't so good though. Chick Corea or Keith Jarrett on piano, Ron Carter or Stanley Clarke on bass/electric bass, george Benson or Jay Berliner on guitar, Joe Farrell or Hubert Laws on all kinds of reeds, and the CTI house orchestra. Keith Jarrett has a flying fingers solo on Lucky Southern. AWESOME album. Van Gelder Studios, May 1972.
Airto - Fingers - Man, for 35 years this has been one of my deserted island albums. THIS is the masterpiece (including the album cover). No strings, no horns, no ****. Airto dispenses with the CTI house players and sends home for some of his Brazilian buddies that SMOKE. Ringo Thielmann on bass, Flora Purim vocals, David Amaro all guitars acoustic, 12 string and electric. The Fattoruso Brothers, Hugo on keyboards and harmonica, brother Jorge on drums. They're playing songs about home on this album, and home sounds like a trip. Van Gelder Studios 1973.
There are more albums by both Airto and Deodato. There is even a collaboration they did "Live at The Felt Forum". Worth owning, probably on MCA. Another one worth owning is "Artistry" by Deodato, on MCA. This was recorded live at some Mississippi River Festival around 1973-1975 I'd say. It has a song called Rio Sangre that makes me want to see the Sangre River. How much those guys missed that river and home is very evident on that tune. Deodato got a little "disco-ish" after the second album, with schlock like an electric Ave Maria. No thanks.
A definite find is Airto's "Virgin Land" on Salvation Records. This was the effort after Fingers, and it adds George Duke, Stanley Clarke to an already HOT lineup. It also is what I believe the FIRST recorded use of a device that Frampton would later make famous. Guitarist Gabe DeLorme (or something like that) uses the "electric voice/guitar thing" on the song "I Don't Have to Do, What I Don't Wanna Do". The treated/amplified result is much more legible on this album than on the Frampton.
Deodato - Prelude - This is the lp with the long, jazzed up version of Also Sprach Zarathustra. It kicks ****. What would you expect from Stanley Clarke or Ron Carter on electric bass, John Tropea or Jay Berliner on electric guitar, Eumir Deodato on keyboards, a TAME Billy Cobham on drums, and Airto Moreira or Ray Barretto on percussion? Add the usual CTI house orchestra. Great stuff on here including a really upbeat Baubles, Bangles and Beads. Highly recommended if you can find it. Oh yeah, recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Sep 1972, by RVG.
Deodato - 2 - This was the 1973 follow-up with the long, jazzy version of Rhapsody in Blue. It's very nice in my opinion. There is also a long, jazzy, Nights in White Satin, and Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess which I think is really nice. **** kicking originals include Superstrut and Skyscrapers. Cobham or Rick Marotta on drums and Stanley Clarke on bass. May 1973, Van G Studios.
Airto - Free - By the time I first heard this I was heavily into Zappa/The Mothers, ans was looking for something a little more challenging than traditional rock which was already headed pretty well down the tubes. This album fit the bill. It is also one of the few albums where Airto plays a traditional drumset throughout, in addition to all the weird stuff he bangs on when he's not playing the drums. SDA freaks need to put on Return to Forever or Flora's Song. The line-up on this one isn't so good though. Chick Corea or Keith Jarrett on piano, Ron Carter or Stanley Clarke on bass/electric bass, george Benson or Jay Berliner on guitar, Joe Farrell or Hubert Laws on all kinds of reeds, and the CTI house orchestra. Keith Jarrett has a flying fingers solo on Lucky Southern. AWESOME album. Van Gelder Studios, May 1972.
Airto - Fingers - Man, for 35 years this has been one of my deserted island albums. THIS is the masterpiece (including the album cover). No strings, no horns, no ****. Airto dispenses with the CTI house players and sends home for some of his Brazilian buddies that SMOKE. Ringo Thielmann on bass, Flora Purim vocals, David Amaro all guitars acoustic, 12 string and electric. The Fattoruso Brothers, Hugo on keyboards and harmonica, brother Jorge on drums. They're playing songs about home on this album, and home sounds like a trip. Van Gelder Studios 1973.
There are more albums by both Airto and Deodato. There is even a collaboration they did "Live at The Felt Forum". Worth owning, probably on MCA. Another one worth owning is "Artistry" by Deodato, on MCA. This was recorded live at some Mississippi River Festival around 1973-1975 I'd say. It has a song called Rio Sangre that makes me want to see the Sangre River. How much those guys missed that river and home is very evident on that tune. Deodato got a little "disco-ish" after the second album, with schlock like an electric Ave Maria. No thanks.
A definite find is Airto's "Virgin Land" on Salvation Records. This was the effort after Fingers, and it adds George Duke, Stanley Clarke to an already HOT lineup. It also is what I believe the FIRST recorded use of a device that Frampton would later make famous. Guitarist Gabe DeLorme (or something like that) uses the "electric voice/guitar thing" on the song "I Don't Have to Do, What I Don't Wanna Do". The treated/amplified result is much more legible on this album than on the Frampton.