Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 16:04:55 -0100
To: "Myron Bennett" 
From: amd@isolde.fct.unl.pt (Artur Miguel Dias)
Subject: Re: Fado-jazz hybrid question
>I was given your name and email address by Carlos J.C. Teixeira,
>in a response to a question I posted in Usenet's rec.music.bluenote.
>The question stated that when there was some discussion a couple of
>months ago about a hybrid of Fado and jazz, I was somewhat interested,
>but not enough to keep the information.
>Now I find myself very interested, and I asked if anyone who had saved
>the discussion to send it to me. Mr. Teixeira suggested that you would
>be a source. If you are, I would be very grateful if you could send me
>information.....
>
>Myron Bennett
>usr3962a@tso.uc.edu


The only Fado/Jazz hybrid I'm aware of is
Ra~o Kyao, "Fado Bailado", Polygram/Vertigo 810457-2

This record is about 10 years old.

I'm not very found of Fado so I don't know what the most representative
pure Fado recordings are. However I know that "Ama'lia Rodrigues"
and "Carlos do Carmo" are two highly regarded Fado-singers.

Besides Fado there are *lots* of styles and sub-styles of Portuguese
traditional music. I'm a layman in this matters but as far as I know,
some of the major styles are:

+Tra's-os-Montes music (from the North of Portugal) - Music with a 
strong Celtic flavor, played with bag-pipes and big drums. As a mater
of fact some of the oldest ancestors of the Portuguese people were
the Celts (more than 1,000 years ago, I think). 

[In Scotland during the 70's, "Ken Hyder" was the leader of 
a very interesting "Celtic music/free jazz" fusion group
named "Talisker". I heard their record "Land of Stone"-1977 a long
time ago and I was strongly impressed with it] 

+Chorales from the Alentejo (South) - Large all-men ensembles, 
singing a-cappella and in unison, slooooooooow paced melodies. 

+Folk music/dance - Lots of traditional instruments are used and
singing. 

Some Portuguese jazz musicians, include some traditional elements
in their music, e.g. the singer Maria Joa~o. 

Some data about Portuguese Jazz:

*** Some good Portuguese jazz musicians that I can remember (around 10%): 

Carlos Zi'ngaro          violin
Ma'rio Laginha           piano
Saheb Sarbib             bass (lives in USA-NYC)
Laurent Filipe           trumpet
Andre' Sarbib            piano
Na'na' Sousa Dias        ten-sax
Maria Joa~o              voice
Carlos Martins           ten-sax
Bernardo Sassetti        piano
Se'rgio Pela'gio         guitar
Moreiras Jazztet
Quarteto de Saxofones do Porto sax-quartet
Take Five                vocal-group
Laurent Filipe           trumpet
Ant—nio Ferro            elect-bass
Jose' Eduardo            bass, orch leader
Carlos Barreto           bass
Tom'as Pimentel          trumpet
Edgar Caramelo           bar-sax
Anto'nio Pinho Vargas    piano
Bernardo Moreira         ten-sax
Pedro Moreira            piano

***Some Portuguese Jazz records (around 30%): 
(I own only the first two)

Saheb Sarbib Quartet, Seasons, 1982, Soul Note 121048,
DownBeat*** (with Mel Ellison, Mark Whitecage e Paul Motian)
Saheb Sarbib, leader of the "Multinational Big Band" of New York 

Carlos Zi'ngaro (in Kent Carter String Trio), "The Willisau Suites",
ITMPacific, 1984

Carlos Zi'ngaro & Richard Teitelbaum, "The Sea Between",
Vict, DownBeat*** 

Maria Joao & Aki Takase, "Looking For Love", Enja, 1988
(Live: Leverkusen Jazz Festial)

Maria Joao & Aki Takase & Neils H.O.Pederson, "Alice",
Enja, 1990 (Live: Jazz Ost-West Festival Nurnberg)

Maria Joao & Cal Viva, "Sol", Enja, 1991 

Maria Joao, "Cem Caminhos", Moviplay Portuguesa, 1991 

Laurent Filipe (featuring Aldo Romano), "Laura", ?, ? 

Laurent Filipe, "Divertimento", ?, ?

Toma's Pimentel Septeto, "Descolagem", Tutu, 1994 {ECM style}

Ma'rio Laginha, "Hoje", Farol, 1994

Carlos Barreto, "Impress›es", Groove, 1994 {pure neo-bop record}

Carlos Paredes & Charlie Haden, "Dialoges", Polygram Jazz, 1990,
DownBeat*** Also available as a Electra/Nonesuch release
{Carlos Paredes is a veteran guitarist [Portuguese guitar]}. 

Carlos Paredes, "Guitarra Portuguesa", Electra/Nonesuch, DownBeat****
{Probably not a Jazz record}

Kinteto de Ant—nio Ferro, "Crepusculo do Vinho", Nume'rica, ? 

Ra~o Kyao, "Fado Bailado", Polygram/Vertigo 810457-2, ?
{fado/jazz fusion}

Anto'nio Pinho Vargas, ...several records...
{all ECM style}

(These were added at a later time: 1996)

Orquestra de Jazz do Hot, Philips 522821 2, 1994

Joa~o Paulo, "Serra sem fim", Farol 005/95

Maria Anadon e Unpredictable Nature, Groove GR109,1995

Nana~ Sousa Dias, "Tom Maior", Groove, GR108, 1995

--Miguel
Artur Miguel A.V.Dias (amd@di.fct.unl.pt)
Dep.Informatica/FCT/UNL, Quinta da Torre, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Portugal