Fifteen or so years ago I made a series of recordings with friends. I knew lots of good players, plus a few excellent recording engineers, so we'd get together, rehearse a bit, then see what we could produce in a session or two. It was fun, but never led to anything more serious. Lately though I've been listening a bit to those old cuts, and some of them are pretty good. So I've just created a Sound Cloud account and uploaded some playlists. For now I've got three lists, offering Brazilian, French, and jazz material.
The Brazilian list has six tunes, all classic choros except one original I wrote. Some comments on the cuts:
1. Noites cariocas. The opener on a house concert I played with bassist Danny Parker in 2005. Very low-tech: no mikes, no sound check. Danny just put his portable DAT recorder on the floor under his bass.
2. Segura ele. Recorded by John Gilliat in his home studio. I played all the parts.
3. Carinhoso. Arranged by me for two mandolins, and I play both parts. Engineer was (the other) Kirk Douglas.
4. Combustibilidade. My tune. Recorded by Kirk with me on guitar and mandolin, plus Meredith (fiddle), Paul (bass), and Liam (percussion).
5. Lamentos. Another duet for two mandolins, from the same session as #3.
6. Um a zero. Ron Thompson on guitar, Danny on bass, Liam on pandeiro. Recorded by Tom Keenlyside.
Hope you'll enjoy. Here's the link to the Brazil list:
https://soundcloud.com/user-724320259/sets/brazil
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