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Greatest drums ever

dizzymckenna.com | cooktown australia | 11/08/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this recording of hermeto pascoal live features the greatest drumming ever heard by one man, (me)
the mighty billy hart played me this solo in melbourne in 1980 and we wept tears of drum, imagine buddy rich at elvin jones' house --12 times!!
australia's quietest drummer"

Contam que , no descontraido lugar Jabour....

Peppino | 02/20/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"..vivia o mais sabio musico do mundo, hehe!It is just satisfying that Hermeto is still performing concerts in the new millenium, despite the setback of his own ill health and loss of his beloved wife Ilza last year.This cd, FINALLY issued after years of the 2 disc LP being a high priced collector item is an incredible document of a live concert Hermeto e Grupo! The recording was made almost 25 yrs ago, and sounds as fresh and modern , like it was a recent performance.The "classic" Grupo featured virtuoso performances from the core members, Itibere Zwarg (bass) , Jovino Santos-Neto (piano/teclados)and the powerful percussions of Nene,augmented with Pernambuco and Zabele .
Nivaldo and Cacau were the reed/winds on this set, and their beautifully powerful improvisations are inspired, BUT THIS EVENING BELONGED ESPECIALLY to "O Bruxo do Jabour"--he went just "alem de galaxia" weaving magical luminous improvisations , combining heartfelt beauty and melodic/harmonic ritmico virtuosity.Hermeto does his improvising mainly on the clavinete and piano, but the tour-de-force are his sinewy lines performed on the escaleta(also known as melodica), a small keyboard instrument that is blown into by the mouth, allowing for many wonderful techniques as "tounging",growling , vocalizing, etc.The finest example of Hermeto's absolute mastery of this instrument is the song "Fatima", with an emotional melody line in jazz-waltz time that soon developes into a double time hard blowing improvisation on a chord progression variance of the familiar "I Got Ritmo" changes(cant spell that damn word in English still!)Late in the "show", for an encore, Hermeto plays off altered blues changes, a rarity for him on his current recorded legacy.HUMOR(read-joy and playful feeling, not satire or musical comedy)--Hermeto is estaticthis particular evening, weaving and bobbing from instrument to instrument as he usually does. he scats with and in counterpoint to his improvising, sings polyritmos of nonsense syllables(check "Remelexo" and the extended version of "Lagoa de Canoa" to see what i am saying).
Hermeto's most wonderful moment comes when he joyfully tells the audience of his inspiration derived from the beauty of the Montreux vistas, and that he wrote a nice ballad in his hotel room as homanaje.
"Montreux" is the result, a beautiful flute melody with accompaniment of Jovino on piano and Bere on contrabasse."Deus" achou por bem dar a Hermeto varias aptidoes--this is the usual thought when many "Hermetologists" speak of O Mestre. Yes , he IS an amazing composer,arranger, master of 1000 and one instruments. This cd reveals his "outro lado", his unbounding joie de vivre, bem humor, brotherhood and infinite heart.Viva o som, sempre!"

One of The best Hermeto's CDs ever!

Dihelson Mendonca | CRATO- BRAZIL | 04/28/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well, as far as I can understand, simply put, Hermeto Pascoal IS one of the great musical genius of the 20th century (and perhaps all centuries). I've awaited a long time for this CD. Indeed I own the 2 LP set. As a Jazz pianist also, I couldn't await no longer more. People who do not know Hermeto's talent, cannot understand the plurality of his work. One day he can play the piano, another day he composes music to play using cans. This diversity in fact just the beginning, since anyone can do it, but not employing such geniality... But, the true essence of Hermeto's music lies in the harmony, and the deep sense of melody, which is well documented in this fantastic show.
I have no words for advicing you to buy this CD, I can only say that if you like modern Jazz, if you're open mind for a different sound, contemporary, you won't regret it.
I cannot compare Hermeto Pascoal musicality with anyone these days, even with Chick Corea, Miles davis, Herbie hancock, the list goes long...Indeed, the great Miles Davis considered Hermeto the greatest in the World."