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João Donato - Odeon (continued)


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[Original LP]

João Donato, "Quem É Quem", Odeon #SMOFB 3785 (1973).[Original LP]
João Donato, "Quem É Quem", Odeon #8291242 (2002).[Odeon 100th Anniversary CD Reissue]

Originally recorded in 1968.

 Tracklist:

Chorou, Chorou
Terremotto
Amazonas
Fim de Sonho
A Rã
Ahiê
Cala a Boca, Menino
Nãna das Águas
Me Deixa
Até Quem Sabe
Mentiras
Cadê Jodel?

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[2002 CD reissue pictured above. This disc is part of the Odeon 100 yr. anniversary series.]

All songs are sung by Donato, chorus, or both.

Personnel: João Donato (piano & vocals); Hélio Delmiro (guitar); Lula Nascimento (drums); Nana Caymmi (vocals on "Mentiras"), Novelli & Naná (vocals on "Cala Boca Menino").  Additional personnel info provided by Ithamara Koorax reports that the bassist on this album is Bebeto.

Note: This list of musicians is incomplete. The LP insert has photos of some of the above musicians with their names, but the other musicians--background vocals, horns, etc. are not credited anywhere.

Produced by Milton Miranda; Production Assistant Marcos Valle.

Arrangements by Gaya, Ian Guest, Laércio de Freitas, Dory Caymmi & João Donato.


BONUS INTERNET REVIEWS (all in Portuguese):


Acrobat_symbol.GIF  Quem-e-quem-reviews.pdf - Various reviews by Brazilian journalists recently posted on the internet regarding this unique Donato album.



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Marcos Valle, "Previsão do Tempo", Odeon/EMI #830665 (1973).[LP]
Marcos Valle, "Previsão do Tempo", Odeon #MOFB 3788 (1973).[LP]

This album includes the first recording of Batuque (aka Nao Tem Nada Nao, composed by Joao Donato and Eumir Deodato for the Donato/Deodato album), after Portuguese lyrics were added to this song by Marcos Valle.

Personnel: Marcos Valle (vocal and electric piano), Jose Roberto Bertrami (synths), Alex Malheiros (bass) and Ivan Conti (drums).  Arranged by J.R. Bertrami.  Bertrami, Malheiros and Conti were the members of "Azymuth" at the time of this album's recording. Orchestrations on tracks 1 and 10 directed by Marcos Valle; on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 by Zé Roberto; and on track 7 by Waltel Branco.

Produced by Milton Miranda.

Production assistant: Paulo Sergio Valle.

Album photos by Paulo Sergio Valle.


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Clara Nunes, "Alvorecer", Odeon [Brazil] #SMOFB-3835 (1974).[LP]

João Donato is one of the arrangers on this album (tracks he arranged are unidentified at this time).

Tracklist:

01 - Menino Deus (Mauro Duarte / Paulo César Pinheiro)
02 - Samba da Volta (Toquinho / Vinicius de Moraes)
03 - Sindorerê (Candeia)
04 - O Que É Que a Baiana Tem (Dorival Caymmi)
05 - Meu Sapato Já Furou (Élton Medeiros / Mauro Duarte)
06 - Punhal (Guinga / Paulo César Pinheiro)
07 - Alvorecer (Delcio Carvalho / Dona Ivone Lara)
08 - Nanaê Nanã Naiana (Sidney da Conceição)
09 - Conto de Areia (Romildo Bastos / Toninho Nascimento)
10 - Pau-de-arara (Guio de Morais / Luis Gonzaga)
11 - Esse Meu Cantar (João Nogueira)


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Milton Banana Trio, "Balançando - Volume 2", Odeon [Brazil] #_______ (1976).[LP Compilation]

This compilation features the Donato composition "Amazonas" (Keep Talking).



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Doris Monteiro, "Agora", Odeon [Brazil] #________ (1976).[LP]

This album contains Donato's "Lugar Comum".



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