Maestro is a Blue Note Records album by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Moacir Santos.
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Blue Note Recording No.: BN-LA 007-G
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- Moacir Santos
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- All compositions by Moacir Santos except as indicated
- Nanã (Santos, Mario Telles. M. Kott)
- Bluishmen
- Luanne (Santos, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
- Astral Whine (An Elegy to Any War)
- Mother Iracema
- Kermis
- April Child (Santos, Livingston, Evans)
- The Mirror's Mirror
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Maestro, also known as "The Maestro" was Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Moacir Santos' Blue Note debut. Avoiding national anthem bossa nova and samba tunes, Santos works lesser-known traditions of his homeland like baiao and frevoin his own jazz idiom to stunning effect.
"Nana" quickly became Santos' most familiar composition, frequently recorded subsequent to this release.
Recorded in Los Angeles, the session included an all-star team of side men including guitarist Joe Pass, organist Clair Fischer, and saxophonist Don Menza all of whom are heard performing material well outside of their own jazz idiom with the room to run in Santos' masterfully wide-open compositions.
It is a unique, and, given the number of tracks honored by subsequent musicians, timeless recording.[1]
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- Oscar Brashear, Trumpet
- Frank Rosolino, Trombone
- David Duke, French Horn
- Ray Pizzi (Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone)
- Don Menza (Tenor Saxophone,Flute)
- Hymie Lewak, Piano
- Clair Fisher, Organ
- Bill Henderson (el-p)
- Joe Pass, Guitar
- John Heard, Bass
- Sheila Wilkinson, Vocalist
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- Sheila Wilkinson
- Moacir Santos
- and others...
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- A&R Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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- September 29, October 10, 1972
- September 29, October 18, 1972
