Brazilian spices...

Tania Maria
Piquant
Picante/Concord, 1980

Tracks:

1 - Yatra-Tá - Tania Maria/Correa Reis
2 - It's not for me to Say - Robert Allen
3 - Triste - Jobim
4 - Chiclete com Banana - Jackson Do Pandeiro.
5 - Lemon Cuica - Tania Maria/Correa Reis
6 - Super Happy - Tania Maria
7 - Començar de Novo - Ivan Lins/Victor Martins
8 - Vem P'ra Roda - Tania Maria/Correa Reis

Personnel:

Tania Maria: Piano, Vocals
Willie T. Colon: Percussion
Eddie Duran: Guitar
Rob Fisher: Bass
Vince Lateano: Percussion, Drums

Phil Edwards: Engineer
Cal Tjader: Producer

Great stuff! Tania Maria's first few years recording in the US were some of her best – and this excellent groover on Picante features some very tight Brazilian jazz tracks, cut with a small combo of west coasters, and produced by Cal Tjader with a smooth jazzy vibe. The overall sound is nicely stripped-down, and the main focus is on Tania's soulful voice and piano. Titles include "Lemon Cuica", "Chiclete Com Banana", "Yatra Ta", "Comecar De Novo", and "Super Happy".  © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

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Tania Maria's debut American release helped introduce her to U.S. audiences. Joined by a quintet that includes guitarist Eddie Duran, the exuberant vocalist and pianist performs four of her colorful originals, a couple of obscurities, and a song apiece by Jobim ("Triste") and Ivan Lins. Maria's mixture of Latin jazz with Brazilian pop is quite appealing and helped make her a popular star; this was one of her better efforts.
~ Scott Yanow

Dear Scotty:
Jackson Do Pandeiro: "a couple of obscurities" ... where do you live? in a cave?!

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Jazz, Pop, Latin, who cares  :)

if it's tasty we call it music :)

some more ?

Chris McGregor - Piano Song & In his Good Time

I’m just a FREE musician and I like every kind of music.

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I have this strong imaginative reference to African village music,
and the thing I know about that music is that it has a strong centre.
It builds up, a lot of people do things together that they know.

CMcG

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Chris McGregor is perhaps best-known for his foundation and leadership of The Blue Notes, the South African sextet which included  Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Moyake, Louis Moholo, Johnny Dyani and Mongezi Feza. Equally as notable was McGregor's creation of the Brotherhood of Breath in 1969, which branched out from his work as The Blue Notes. He released three albums of solo piano performances,we'll have the two of them here today, and continued to be a major force in the music after leaving England to live in the French countryside.He died in May 1990.

some links of interest :

Chris McGregor wiki

The Blue Notes wiki

The Brotherhood of Breath wiki

PerfectSoundForever the online magazine has a tribute to Chris McGregor

the most complete site on the Blue Notes and their offshoots 

is the work of love of Mike Fowler 

highly recommended!

listen  in this order if possible

Piano Song 2  

In his Good Time

thanks to the extinct  Church Number Nine blog