Another lovely recording of Estate… I think all of the solos are superb:
Chet Baker - TRUMPET
Nicola Stilo - FLUTE
Diane Varvara - S. SAXOPHONE
Michel Grailler - PIANO
Riccardo Dal Fra - BASS
Leo Mitchel - DRUMS
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so subtle and full of emotion. really look forward to this lesson 
Yes it’s a wonderful tune! 
Marcos Valle has to be one of my Bossa/Latin heroes, from any era of his output. This in English was ‘Crickets Sing for Anamaria’ - I love this more recent version of his:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7mM52D84-Y
Lovely! Funny, I was listening to Astrud last night after doing some recording with Matt.
Nice intro chords, reminds me of a funk progression I like to play around with… I’ve just made a little demo for you. Basically a minor 251 in D, but using a G-7 instead of the E-7b5.
https://vimeo.com/255315619/124be6859f
Then also playing passing chords here and there, such as A-7, and a Bb13b9 as a passing chord into the A7 one time through the progression.
I also do a chromatic minor 9th thing which is move of a house music kinda sound.
Finally, I went to town with sus chords, they certainly add a punch! You can play them in virtually any order and they sound great, obviously with a point of resolution in mind. Major 7th a half step below the root for that rich sus13 sound 
Also like the flute sections. There’s an awesome jazz flutist in Seattle called Bernie Jacobs: http://www.berniejacobsmusic.com/ - he sometimes hosts the Monday night jam at Capitol Cider in Capitol Hill - one of the best jams in Seattle if you’re ever there on a Monday.
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Vimeo’s standard embed has a slow down control now… click the cog icon in the bottom right hand side.
Cheers.
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That’s awesome Hayden - thanks for adding that! Jazz-funk style is basically my thing, and some Latin influences are also good. Taken literally, I guess it’s taking (and adapting) the jazz harmony approach and using funk rhythms, emphasizing the 1, using passing chords etc - a funk tutorial or 2 would be amazing if you ever had plans to include in the future. This is great - I’m going to slow this video down and digest it 
Thanks again Hayden - your time in replying back is much appreciated. I guess it’s to do with what someone would be looking to gain by learning jazz harmony. For me, I know that it’s an element I want to incorporate in what I produce - where that then takes me is something I’m open-minded about. I’m clear that the influences that most resonate with me include jazz to some extent, but also that my goal in learning is to become so much more familiar with jazz so that I can use it as an ingredient, if you like. In that sense I’m probably going to gain more by applying them to my own efforts at transcribing and - as I progress - to re harmonizing the tunes I love.
It’s great that you envisage PianoGroove encompassing all these things - and only as I learn more that I appreciate how jazz really was the big daddy of them all!
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Wow, yeah - that solo is the jam! Nice one!
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Fantastic, thanks for the tip I’m going to be in Seattle in a couple of weeks so will look up Capitol Cider jam session.
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Yes definitely check it out Julian… you won’t be disappointed, it’s the best jam in town.
Get there around 9/9:30 to get a seat with a good view. It’s always busy and the musicians who host it are very well known and accomplished in the Seattle area: http://capitolcider.com/event/jam-session-mondays-with-entremundos/all/
On Sunday, the Beaver Sessions is another great jam night in Seattle. http://beaversessions.com/
The bar is called the Angry Beaver which is in Greenwood, so a fair distance from downtown Seattle, but the music is always top notch and worth the journey.
It’s hosted by Max - a talented young drummer who graduated from Berklee College of music and moved back to Seattle.
Both of the jams have no cover charge by the way but sometimes the house band will ask for small tips/donations.
Enjoy Seattle!
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I’ve probably posted this before, it’s my favourite bossa album:
I thought I’d bring this thread back on track as we went off an a tangent with the Omar S recording… Awesome funk solo though, if I played funk, that’s how i’d want to sound! 
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Aqua do Marcho tom Jobim/Elis Regina
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Nice record Francesco, I will pass this onto Jovino to be included in upcoming Brazilian jazz standard lessons. He is well-versed in all Brazilian tunes and so he will know the best way to teach this tune…
Cheers,
Hayden
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One of my favourite bossa tunes by Baden Powell, and I like this version most I think:
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The great Joao Gilberto passed away … RIP … we keep his great music though…
ps looking for what he composed i discover that Estate was at first an italian song that Joao has transformed in bossa nova … one of my favourite brazilian -'italian" song. Odio le statue( i hate statues) was the original title 
a confusion move the title to estate … i need to hear the original lyrics … i love so much the french lyrics in french from NOugaro
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I also saw the news this morning Pierre.
It’s always such sad news to see great musicians pass away.
Talking of “Estate”, my favourite recording of the tune is this one recorded solo guitar by João:
For me that is Bossa Nova in its truest sense; whispered into the microphone with delicate chording and coming. Exquisite!
RIP João Gilberto.
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Walter Wanderley has some interesting ideas of Bossa Nova
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Hello everyone, Jovino Santos Neto here.
I would like to use this space to share some great Brazilian music records that cross my way. I often find great new recordings and also some old gems that I might have heard in my early years in Brazil.
To get started, here is Cantiga de Longe" by the great composer Edu Lobo from 1970. This record features both of my music mentors Hermeto Pascoal and Airto Moreira. Enjoy:
Enjoy!
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