GILBERTO GIL EXPRESSO 2222 LP BRAZIL PSYCH ORIGINAL RARE MUTANTES TROPICALIA GAL
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GILBERTO GIL EXPRESSO 2222
PSYCH TROPICALIA ORIGINAL LP RARE 1972
Remember back in the early 'Seventies, when Stevie Wonder could do no wrong? The guy was on fire, tossing off one sublime album after another, with an amazing mix of soul, funk and gospel that expressed a pop spirituality that had rarely been heard before. And then... somehow... he wound up singing "Ebony and Ivory" and "I Just Called To Say I Love You"...
Gilberto Gil is kind of like that. One of Brazil's most frustrating superstars, Gil also had an early burst of pop fame, and rapidly made his way into that musical state of grace where everything you do seems to shimmer magically. His early stuff is so great, so spellbindingly confident and melodic, that it's hard to reconcile it with the abysmal drekkiness of nearly everything he's done since the mid-1970s. More than any other of the tropicalistas, Gil wholeheartedly embraced mainstream pop -- of the disco and post-disco synthpop variety -- and unfortunately it makes his later music pretty hard to listen to. Recent albums have shown signs of renewed vigor, but the casual listener should still tread carefully.
Gil, along with Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, and Gal Costa, was one of the founding members of the revolutionary late-60's Tropicalia movement, which deliberately distorted and challenged the conventions of Brazilian popular culture. They pushed the envelope musically -- mixing American blues, funk, psychedelia and European kitsch to the already potent Brazilian brew of samba, choro, bossa nova and jazz.
In 1968, Gil and Veloso ran afoul of the dictatorship which had taken over Brazil in 1964 -- their music and their politics were too radical, and their popularity too threatening for the times. Accordingly, they were briefly imprisoned in 1969, and then exiled to Europe. Both artists returned to Brazil in 1972. Ultimately Gil got the best of his political foes. After the dissolution of the dictatorship in the '80s, Gil entered politics, enjoying a career as a councilman in the city of Salvador, and as an environmental activist. He still tours, and every once in a while he knocks off a brilliant album -- though from 1976 to 1990 or so, it's pretty rough going.
EXPRESSO 2222 :
Happy as a clam to be back in Brazil, Gilberto popped out this wonderful gem. Most tracks draw deeply from the jazz fusion sound of the times, especially with the bouncy keyboards and light touch on the electric guitars. However, Gil starts the album out the other end of the spectrum, reaffirming his love of indigenous Brazilian music with a short track featuring the folkloric band, Pifanes de Caruaru... Also, his breezy, scatting version of the old hit, "Chiclete Com Banana" helped bring the music of forro legend Jackson Do Pandeiro back into fashion. A few tracks on here may get a little grating, but basically this is a joyous, boisterous, classic album. Nice stuff!
PHILIPS 33rpm
6349034 MADE IN BRAZIL
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