The Writings of José Domingos Raffaelli
(As escritas de José Domingos Raffaelli)
From Chega de Saudade, by Ruy Castro -
published by Companhia das Letras (1990) (pp. 55).[Portuguese]
(English) [Translation by José Sanches Perez]
"Indeed, Murray (a famous record store in Rio)
didn't sell much, when you compare [the sales] with the
[number of] people that come in and out the store. In its
mezzanine, the fan-clubs boys met daily; the vocal group members,
they weren't few; all the musicians who liked jazz, among them the
man they respected absolutely, the guitar player Garoto; stars from
the journalism and radio stations, like Sérgio Porto, Sylvio
Tullio Cardoso, Paulo Santos and Eustórgio de Carvalho, by the
way, Mister Eco, and future journalists like Ivan Lessa, José
Domingos Raffaelli and Carlos Conde; and jazz lovers in large scale,
divided in supporters - in favour of the New Orleans style, of swing,
of be-bop and of the West Coast modern jazz. Murray was the best
record importer of the city, but few had money to buy the new
American 10" LPs. The majority went there to exchange ideas or to
exchange 78 rpms, and they had as a free soundtrack, the news that
arrived at the store, put to play by two equally jazz maniac sellers,
Jonas and Acyr."
José was also mentioned in the
Acknowledgment section in the front of the English translation of
this book as one who "provided valuable information."
