Search - Baden Powell :: Swings With Jimmy Pratt

At the intersection of Swing and Bossa Nova

Aldo Mosca | Sonoma, California United States | 06/20/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In 1966, Swing drummer Jimmy Pratt was visiting Brasil as part of Caterina Valente's traveling band. Label owner Alouysio de Riveira jumped at the oportunity and paired the gifted drummer with his star guitarist, Baden Powell for an LP release. Not content with the pair, he threw maestro Moacir Santos into the mix as saxophonist/music director and wisely chose two of his themes from the "Coisas" series for inclusion. Another happy early sketch is a "Theme number 1" which later resurrected into "Vou por Ai" in Tempo Feliz, a later release by Elenco (de Riveira's label).



The opener, "Deve Ser Amor" is the definitive version of a very ornate ii-V-I groove that Baden also recorded with Vinicius de Moraes and Odette Lara, his French band and Herbie Mann.



Baden loved Swing as a teenager and he clearly enjoyed himself making this record."