Jazz for aficionados

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If I could do it I would do it .
I'm old and sick with the proverbial one foot in the grave and one on a banana peel .
Having 4 mini strokes makes learning many small things impossible .

Here is an album I find quite soothing; "Sol Do Meio Dia" by Egberto Gismonti, I think I like side 2 best, but I like the rest as well; you find which side you like best.

It seems that you have to be in a relaxed, receptive state of mind to enjoy this; like sitting in the middle of a beautiful botanical garden in your mind, but enjoying the prime spot in your acoustically treated listening room in reality.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUy7UpLTKEQ&t=545s



Guitar [12-string] – Ralph Towner
Guitar [8-string] – Egberto Gismonti
5:33
A2 Raga / Festa Da Construção
Guitar [8-string] – Egberto Gismonti
Percussion – Nana Vasconcelos*
Tabla – Collin Walcott
8:49
A3 Kalimba / Lua Cheia
Berimbau, Percussion – Nana Vasconcelos*
Kalimba, Flute [Wood], Voice – Egberto Gismonti
5:14
A4 Coração / Saudade
Piano – Egberto Gismonti
5:57
B1 Café 24:50
B1.1 Procissão Do Espírito
Guitar [12-string] – Ralph Towner
Guitar [8-string], Voice – Egberto Gismonti
Soprano Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
B1.2 Sapain / Sol Do Meio Dia
Flute [Wood], Voice, Other [Bottle] – Egberto Gismonti
Percussion, Voice, Other [Tama, Corpo, Bottle] – Nana Vasconcelos*
Performer [Bottle] – Collin Walcott, Ralph Towner
B1.3 Dança Solitária No. 2 / Voz Do Espírito
Guitar [8-string] – Egberto Gismonti
B1.4 Baião Malandro / Fogo Na Mata / Mudança
Berimbau – Nana Vasconcelos*
Piano – Egberto Gismonti


You have some real masters at work on this album who are totally focused on creating one unique piece of music.


       

Amen to 'dat czarivery .

 chromatic button accordion can combine both even and odd harmonics 
from the fundamental to the 6th .A one man band , which is why so often used in folk-music.
Damn Lawrence Welk gave it a bad name .

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I second your Sol Do Meio Dia Egberto Gismonti recommendation, Orpheus. A great musician lineup too as you point out.  In the unlikely event you are not familiar with them, check out his work with Haden and Garbarek...namely Magico & Folk Songs. Dancas das Cabecas is also worth your (anyone’s) time.