Monday, February 12, 2007

Central Do Brasil

Ronie & Central Do Brasil -S/T Tapecar LP-X.27 1975

Ronie Mesquita is most known for his stint as the replacement drummer of Bossa Tres, the group led by the great Luis Carlos Vinhas. Tempted by the lures of the bossa nova boom in America, and partly to escape the newly installed, US funded military regime, he along with many of his contemporaries went abroad to ply their trade. Playing in groups such as Gemini 5 & Bossa Rio (Sergio Mendes' b-group), he toured religiously covering the US, Mexico and Japan.

Returning home in the early 70's, he was at a crossroad. The demand for trios were at an all time low, safe dinner music was out. The underground was bubbling, with Tropicalia amongst the hottest of topics with his fellow musicians. The extensive travel partaken by said musicians had opened their eyes to many genres of music, and in turn seeped into their creative output.

Feeling ready to step out from the shadows of a decade long sideman, he returned home to assemble a crew of rotating musicans called Central Do Brasil. This lp being the 2nd release of his frontman career after the immortal "Bresil 72" of the the same year. It has elements of his samba jazz drumming roots, but peppered with a contemporary hint of soul with vocal arrangements by Octavio & Sonia Burnier of Burnier & Cartier fame.

Featuring: Ronie Mesquita (drums/percussion); Jorjão (electric piano); Decio Cardoso (bass);Zé Carlos (flute,tenor sax); Octavio Burnier (guitar); Jayme Luiz, Loawa Braz (vocals); Sonia Burnier, Raymundo Bittencourt (chorus); Chacau (Percussion)

1) Remelexo
2) Atoa, Atoa
3) Albatroz
4) Você Não Ser
5) Falsa Baiana
6) Visgo De Jaca
7) Somente O Samba
8) Madeira De Lei
9) Deus Te Acompanhe
10) Essa Maré

7 comments:

Quimsy said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/16162817/Ronie___Central_Do_Brasil_-_Ronie___Central_Do_Brasil__1975_.zip

Anonymous said...

all your links are dead man, these look really cool though, would love to hear some of these lps, rapidshare is takin files down quick.

Anonymous said...

this one's a keeper. thank you.

Anonymous said...

This one is really great! Arg so beautiful.
If someone has the Bresil 72. I would love to hear it too.
Soo good!

Anonymous said...

very good!!! thank you very much

mr.gone said...

Is this guy and Ronald Mesquita the same person? I've got Bresil 72 on vinyl and it always gets played, so if this is anything like that I'm in for a treat.

Thanks

Simon

Hanimex 3000 said...

damn, how I wish to get it @ 320... or finding it at a decent price.
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