Sanfona Explained

Sanfona
Type:Album
Longtype:/ Live album
Artist:Egberto Gismonti
Cover:Sanfona.jpg
Caption:Egberto Gismonti & Academia de danças
Released:October 26, 1981
Recorded:November 1980 and April 1981
Venue:Amerika Haus (disc two)
München, W. Germany
Studio:Talent Studio (disc one)
Oslo, Norway
Genre:Jazz
Length:95:59
Label:ECM
ECM 1203/04
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Egberto Gismonti
Prev Title:Folk Songs
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Em Família
Next Year:1981

Sanfona: Egberto Gismonti & Academia de danças / Egberto Gismonti Solo is a double album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti released on ECM in October 1981.

Egberto Gismonti & Academia de danças is a studio album, recorded in Norway in November 1980 with Gismonti's Academia de danças quartet, consisting reed player Mauro Senise and rhythm section Zeca Assumpção and Nenê.

Egberto Gismonti Solo is a solo live album, recorded at the Amerika Haus in München, West Germany in April 1981.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "With fine notes and spoken bits by Gismonti, listeners will find much in the way of Brazilian musical and cultural history to complement the music. A perfect overview for the curious fan."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated

Egberto Gismonti & Academia de danças

  1. "Maracatu" - 8:24
  2. "10 anos" - 7:33
  3. "Frevo" - 8:11
  4. "Lôro" - 5:34
  5. "Em família/Sanfona/Dança dos pés/Eterna" - 21:10

Egberto Gismonti Solo

  1. "De repente" - 16:07
  2. "Vale do eco" - 7:46
  3. "Cavaquinho" - 7:59
  4. "12 de fevereiro" - 8:09
  5. "Carta de amor" - 5:06

Personnel

Egberto Gismonti & Academia de danças

Egberto Gismonti Solo

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1203.php ECM discography
  2. Cook, S.Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011