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Johnny Alf
Brazilian Music
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Sete Palavras De Cristo Na Cruz
Johnny Alf & Pedro Casaldaliga
(1999)
Johnny E A
Bossa Ao Vivo
(1999)
This CD is a perfect complement of Cult Alf ,
released last year. Both are recorded alive in a small night club in Rio de
Janeiro. Here Johnny Alf ( with acoustic trio) plays and sings the greatest hits
that made him a cult artist in early 50's, some years before Antonio Carlos
Jobim and Joao Gilberto made Bossa Nova famous around the world.Songs as Rapaz
de bem, O que E amar and Ilusao a toa are classics today. So is his masterpiece
Eu e a brisa . Alf is also important to have made the fusion between samba and
be-bop that made possible the modernization of brazilian tradicional
music.Unfortunatelly he has recorded very few ( 11 times in 50 years ! ) which
makes this CD a very rare document about his talent as a singer and piano
player. --an Amazon reviewer.
Nos
(1973)
Also See:
Bossa Nova
Joao Gilberto