Raul de Souza
Encyclopedia
Raul de Souza is a renowned trombonist who has recorded with Sergio Mendez
, Flora Purim
, Airto Moreira
, Milton Nascimento
, Sonny Rollins
, Cal Tjader
and the jazz/fusion band Caldera
.
American composer and pianist George Duke
, was brought in to produce de Souza's first and second releases Sweet Lucy and Don't Ask My Neighbors. In 1979, Souza released Til Tomorrow Comes, an Arthur Wright production. The recording was completely devoid of any jazz
, and was an effort to jump aboard the disco
bandwagon. The album was poorly received and it was his last for Capitol, after which he faded into obscurity.
Colors is available on CD as part of the Original Jazz Classics series from Fantasy Records
.
International Hot (whatmusic, 1968)
Colors (Milestone, 1974)
Sweet Lucy (Capitol, 1977)
Don't Ask My Neighbors (Capitol, 1978)
Til Tomorrow Comes (Capitol, 1979)
Via Volta (Top Tape, 1986)
20 Preferidas: Raul de Souza (RGE, 1996)
Rio (Mix House/Eldorado, 1998) with Conrad Herwig
No Palco! Raul de Souza (Inter CD Records, 2000)
Splendid Night (Media 7/Next Music, 2003)
eLiXiR (Tratore, 2005)
Jazzmin (Biscoito Fino, 2006)
Soul & Creation (Phantom Sound & Vision, 2008)
Bossa Eterna (Biscoito Fino, 2008)
Sergio Méndez
Sergio de Jesús Méndez Cortéz was a football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.-Club career:Nicknamed el Tabudo, Méndez played for Atlético Marte and Águila....
, Flora Purim
Flora Purim
Flora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Chick Corea's landmark album Return to Forever...
, Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
, Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento
-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
, Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
, Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...
and the jazz/fusion band Caldera
Caldera (band)
Caldera was an American band, that combined jazz, funk and rock with a wide variety of Latin music. 1970s fusion explorers like Return to Forever and Weather Report influenced Caldera, but its members were also influenced by everything from Earth, Wind & Fire's soul/funk to Afro-Cuban salsa,...
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American composer and pianist George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
, was brought in to produce de Souza's first and second releases Sweet Lucy and Don't Ask My Neighbors. In 1979, Souza released Til Tomorrow Comes, an Arthur Wright production. The recording was completely devoid of any jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and was an effort to jump aboard the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
bandwagon. The album was poorly received and it was his last for Capitol, after which he faded into obscurity.
Colors is available on CD as part of the Original Jazz Classics series from Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
.
As leader
Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig is a jazz trombonist from New York City in the United States. He has recorded 20 albums as a leader.-Biography:He began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell’s Septet and Big Band, and the Joe...