WAGNER TISO & CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO: Todas as teclas

WAGNER TISO & CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO
Wagner e Cesar são dois nomes ilustres, mundialmente conhecidos e famosos, tanto como pianistas como arranjadores. Um mineiro e um paulista juntam dois pianos e, com técnica assombrosa, esgotam as possibilidades de um repertório que vai de Luiz
Gonzaga a Stevie Wonder, passando por Fouré. Wagner & Cesar, às vezes em vertiginosa volocidade, alternam solos, improvisos e acompanhamentos, criando diferentes "moods" e "climaxes", numa performance excepcional, misturando xaxado, baião, pop, jazz, bossa nova, música erudita, etc. Um grande álbum, de dois gigantes.
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WAGNER TISO
Wagner Tiso is an internationally renowned musician whose achievements include a having a solid impact on the rise of major singer Milton Nascimento, an extensive set of composed soundtracks for movies, a solo discography comprising 28 albums, and
performances with jazz giants such as Edison Machado, Paulo Moura, Ron Carter, Johnny Alf, and many others. He frequently played in the best European jazz festivals such as Montreux, Berlin, Montmartre (Denmark), and Nice and the main concert halls in Greece, Italy, France, Austria, and Germany. Tiso was a self-taught musician in his small town, lost behind the mountains of Minas Gerais. He
soon formed a group that played in little neighborhood parties, later playing in local nightclubs. They went by Luar de Prata and later as the W's Boys, from 1958 to 1961. As his lifelong partner and friend, Milton Nascimento accounts about his own first public appearance, at 14. "I was a neighbor of Tiso's and we used to perform together. Because we were underage, when the inspectors came, we used to run for the kitchen, where we would drink guaraná and eat chips." Moving to Belo Horizonte, from 1962 to 1964 he performed with the Berimbau Trio. In 1964, he moved to Rio, joining the Sambacana group, recording for them for the first time through Odeon. From 1964 to 1965, he was the pianist for the legendary Edison Machado Quartet. With the renowned clarinetist/conductor Paulo Moura, he worked from 1965 to 1967 in a profitable association where he learned that music could also be instrumentally played without vocal support. In 1967, he wrote the musical arrangement for the opening of the major Carioca showroom Canecão, for a Maysa Matarazzo show directed by Paulo Moura. As an accompanist, he worked in this period for several top singers, such as Cauby Peixoto and Marcos Valle. In 1969, he joined the Som Imaginário, a group dedicated to accompany Milton Nascimento in recording sessions and live performances. In that year, he performed extensively abroad, in Athens, Greece, and Montreux, Switzerland. In the U.S., he performed with Ron Carter, Flora Purim, and Airto Moreira, along with his shows with Milton. In 1983, "Todas as Teclas", with César Camargo Mariano, was awarded as Best Instrumental Record by the following magazines and newspapers: Isto É, Domingo, Veja, Playboy, Jornal do Brasil, O Globo, Folha de São Paulo, O Estado de São Paulo, and was also one of the best-selling instrumental records in Brazil.
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CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO
Pianist, arranger, composer, and producer Cesar Camargo Mariano is one of Brazil's most celebrated and sought-after musicians. In the early '60s, just as the bossa nova was taking its baby steps toward enchanting the world, a teenage Cesar became famous for his ability to swing and for his now-legendary left hand. His ensembles of that era, notably Sambalanço Trio and Som Tres, are regarded as high points in Brazilian jazz; so is his 1981 album Samambaia, one of his thirty-plus instrumental albums. Cesar's collaborations with many of Brazil's most important singers, notably Wilson Simonal and Elis Regina, have brought him worldwide acclaim; the historic 1973 album Elis and Tom, made with Antonio Carlos Jobim, features Cesar as arranger, pianist and musicial director. Since then, Cesar -- who now lives in US -- has worked with an international array of giants, from Yo-Yo Ma to Blossom Dearie; he has also composed a wealth of soundtrack music for film and TV.
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MINHA OPINIÃO: no jargão popular, isto é "briga de cachorro grande". E mais não digo...
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WAGNER TISO & CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO: Todas as teclas

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Todas as teclas (César Camargo Mariano - Wagner Tiso)
2. Inocência (Wagner Tiso)
3. Serra da Boa Esperança (Lamartine Babo)
4. Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso)
5. Curumim (César Camargo Mariano)
6. Cravo e canela (Milton Nascimento - Ronaldo Bastos)
7. Pavana (Fauré)
8. Asa branca (Luiz Gonzaga - Humberto Teixeira)
9. Paraíba (Luiz Gonzaga - Humberto Teixeira)
10. Norte (César Camargo Mariano - Wagner Tiso)
11. Isn't she lovely (Stevie Wonder)