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Anyone like that song, "Brazil"?

i sure do, what a classic beauty! i like it slower than most, at 120 bpm's to the quarter note (put your ear to your watch & count 2 beats per second).

by SolArt on 03/17/2006, 14:48

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i transcribed it once, and i think i liked it then (but that was a long time ago) ...

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by 7 on 03/18/2006, 04:34

i love it. also i like harlem nocturne with the swing middle - very sexy (musically).

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by Kai on 03/18/2006, 07:26

an excellent song (excellent but psycho movie as well). i play it with a trio on a regular basis. the little rhythmic figure where you're going g - g+ - g6 - g+ can really open up for some interesting band jams as well!

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by Scot Ranney on 03/20/2006, 13:22

kai...i concur. it's like a new paragraph.
scot..yeah! that's one of the things i really like about latin styles, those beautiful "shifting notes", often chromatic & step combinations. very flavorful indeed. 'like little counter-melodies, which can definitely be taken advantage of for forming goose-pimples.

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by SolArt on 03/21/2006, 19:02

can you recommend a recording of it?

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by marksdg on 03/22/2006, 10:56

i like the way it's done in the soundtrack to the movie, "brazil". i don't know off the top of my head any jazz recordings, though i've heard them at times.

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by Scot Ranney on 03/22/2006, 18:03

i have heard 'big bands' play it mostly like stan kenton (i think) but can't recall any particular recordings. if i find any i'll post them here.

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by Kai on 03/23/2006, 04:00

i can't think of any either, but i can envision many in my imagination!

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by SolArt on 03/23/2006, 06:03

one of the best is by chick corea on his solo piano standards album. it is available at emusic -
https://www.emusic.com/album/10606/10606717.html
he doesn't use the rising 5th idea (mentioned by scot). he uses a pedal tone through most of the first section and interestingly uses one of what i think is his trademark sounds a major 7 with raised 5th (for f major7 think of it as an a triad on an f bass note)

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doug

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by dougmck on 03/23/2006, 18:20

other great samba like "brazil" is "tristeza".
"tico-tico" is also a nice fast samba.
you may find both sambas in

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by albetan on 03/23/2006, 23:16

i have it on good authority that brazil was played/recorded by glen miller, and duke ellington and stan kenton. tks doug.

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by Kai on 03/24/2006, 04:06

i think if you go to www.rhapsody.com or go to itunes and do a search for brazil you will find a crap load of recordings. also search for aquarela do brazil which i believe is its real name. you may want to search at amazon.com too. you can do a song search for it, also try the towerrecords site they may have some song search mode as well.
yeah, brazil is an alright tune by me but one of my favorite sambas is a tom harrell tune called samba do amor off of his "the art of rhythm" cd. very good cd--good playing and good composing as well by harrell. you jazz composers should check him out.

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by pnowanabe on 03/24/2006, 13:50

please who can help me give chord progression the song street life by joe sample.thank you.

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by yong 41 on 03/29/2006, 12:00

what about samba de orfeu?

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by SolArt on 04/01/2006, 17:12

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Anyone like that song, "Brazil"?

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by 7 on 03/18/2006, 04:34

by Kai on 03/18/2006, 07:26

by Scot Ranney on 03/20/2006, 13:22

by SolArt on 03/21/2006, 19:02

by marksdg on 03/22/2006, 10:56

by Scot Ranney on 03/22/2006, 18:03

by Kai on 03/23/2006, 04:00

by SolArt on 03/23/2006, 06:03

by dougmck on 03/23/2006, 18:20

by albetan on 03/23/2006, 23:16

by Kai on 03/24/2006, 04:06

by pnowanabe on 03/24/2006, 13:50

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Anyone like that song, "Brazil"?

There are 14 comments, leave a comment.

by 7 on 03/18/2006, 04:34

by Kai on 03/18/2006, 07:26

by Scot Ranney on 03/20/2006, 13:22

by SolArt on 03/21/2006, 19:02

by marksdg on 03/22/2006, 10:56

by Scot Ranney on 03/22/2006, 18:03

by Kai on 03/23/2006, 04:00

by SolArt on 03/23/2006, 06:03

by dougmck on 03/23/2006, 18:20

by albetan on 03/23/2006, 23:16

by Kai on 03/24/2006, 04:06

by pnowanabe on 03/24/2006, 13:50

by yong 41 on 03/29/2006, 12:00

by SolArt on 04/01/2006, 17:12

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