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  | DIVINA INCRENCA ~ DIVINA INCRENCA
EDITIO PRINCEPS 14 (Barcode: 7898901556145) ~ BRAZIL ~ Free Jazz / Improvised Music
Recorded: 1980 Released: 2007
This is a reissue of the only album recorded by pioneering Avant-Garde Brazilian Jazz trio Divina IncrencaFind albums by this artist, which comprised of multi-instrumentalist Felix WagnerFind albums by this artist, bassist Rodolfo StroeterFind albums by this artist and drummer Azael RodriguesFind albums by this artist. The album also features three guest musicians, who play on selected tracks: saxophonists Mauro SeniseFind albums by this artist and Roberto SionFind albums by this artist and flautist Claus PremeFind albums by this artist. In addition to the eight tracks included on the original LP album, this remastered edition also includes five previously unreleased outtakes from the original sessions and one live track. All the music is original and all was composed by the trio members.
Together with such early Brazilian Jazz ensembles like Grupo UmFind albums by this artist and Pé Ante PéFind albums by this artist, Divina Increnca basically shaped to Brazilian Jazz an Jazz-World Fusion scene for years to come, creating for the first time original Brazilian Jazz rather than Bossa Nova music, which was more associated with Brazilian Folklore and adapted to Jazz by musicians from outside of Brazil. Divina Increnca was clearly the most advanced of these ensembles as far as Avant-Garde and Free Jazz is concerned and most of this album can be described as belonging to the searching music, which puts the individual freedom at the centre, but maintains a strong ensemble mood and presents clearly coherent melodic motifs.
Dominated by Wagner´s excellent piano parts, the album presents all the trio members and their guest as excellent instrumentalist, who are clearly able to swing when needed and to develop freely improvised passages, which are inspired and interesting. Although Free Jazz reached Brazil about a decade after it exploded in the US and Europe, the Brazilian response to the challenge was formidable, even if only within a small sphere of musicians.
Albums like this are sacred pieces of music history, which deserve to be preserved and brought back to life. As far as Brazilian music is concerned, the small Editio PrincepsFind albums on this label label made a superb job of it and its releases are all worth their weight in gold!
| | Updated: 12/04/2019Posted: 13/04/2018 | CD 1 Remastered Bonus Tracks Recommend To A Friend |
  | PÉ ANTE PÉ ~ IMAGENS DO INCONSCIENTE / PÉ ANTE PÉ
EDITIO PRINCEPS 07 (Barcode: 7898901556077) ~ BRAZIL ~ Jazz-Rock-World Fusion
Recorded: 1980 - 1982 Released: 2005
This is a reissue of the only two albums recorded by the legendary Brazilian Jazz / Fusion group Pé Ante PéFind albums by this artist, originating from Sao Paulo. The eponymous debut album was recorded in an octet setting in 1980 and the sophomore release was recorded a couple of years later in a quintet setting. Together with bands like Divina IncrencaFind albums by this artist, Grupo UmFind albums by this artist, Pau BrasilFind albums by this artist and a few others they were the pioneers of the new instrumental music in their country. The core of the group consisted of pianist Homero LotitoFind albums by this artist, drummer Caito MarcondesFind albums by this artist, saxophonist Teco CardosoFind albums by this artist and guitarist Jarbas BarbosaFind albums by this artist, who play on both albums. All the music was original, composed by the members of the group, with Lotito contributing the majority of the compositions.
The music, as expected, offers a wonderful amalgam of beautiful melodies and typical Brazilian rhythmic patterns, which although well advanced and complex, sounds perfectly enjoyable throughout. All the musicians involved offer high proficiency and palpable dedication, often willing to explore less obvious territory.
Although Brazil was always a highly musical country, such advanced and unusual music was entirely novel and pioneering at the time, offering a glimpse of Jazz avant garde approach, which arrived in Brazil a couple of decades after it was explored in US and in Europe, quite similar to Progressive Rock, which also blossomed in South America about two decades after its hay days in Europe.
This music sound remarkably fresh and astute today, almost four decades after it was recorded, which of course means that it lost nothing of its original ingenuity and aesthetic values. Obviously it is a remarkable piece of Brazilian music history, but this reissue is also in extremely high demand by record collectors worldwide (not to mention the original LPs, which reach astronomical sums in the collectors´ circles).
Overall this is a true gem of Brazilian / South American Jazz / Fusion, which deserves an honorable place in any serious record collection. Highly recommended!
| | Updated: 16/02/2019Posted: 16/02/2019 | CD 1 Remastered Recommend To A Friend |
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