Canto on Guitar

by Baden Powell

Canto on Guitar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: MPS
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 39:10
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Germany for the renowned MPS label, 'Canto on Guitar' captures the Brazilian guitar virtuoso navigating a mesmerizing intersection of samba, jazz, and classical techniques. Baden Powell's immaculate, percussive fingerpicking is backed by a remarkably subtle and responsive rhythm section, creating an atmosphere of deep, meditative longing. It stands as a definitive document of his peerless instrumental prowess and afro-brazilian rhythmic sensibilities.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, rhythmic, atmospheric, instrumental, unaccompanied-solo, spirituality, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Samba em Preludio (3:05)
  2. Tres Themas de Fe Afro-Brasileira: Pai (Um Canto de Preto Velho) (4:35)
  3. Tres Themas da Fe Afro-Brasileira: Filho (Batuque para um Orix谩) (8:08)
  4. Tres Themas da Fe Afro-Brasiliera: Espirito Santo (Oxala) (4:39)
  5. Marcha Escocesa (2:02)
  6. Tributo a um Amigo (6:38)
  7. Qua Quar谩 Qua Qu谩 (4:06)
  8. Cegos do Nordeste (5:53)

Credits

  • Baden Powell - primary artist, written-by
  • Paulo C茅sar Pinheiro - written-by
  • Vinicius De Moraes - written-by

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