Poema on Guitar

by Baden Powell

Poema on Guitar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: SABA
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 34:15
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Germany, the legendary acoustic guitarist delivered an impeccably intimate, heavily rhythmic masterpiece of instrumental bossa nova. His masterful fingerpicking seamlessly integrates the complex harmonic language of modern jazz with the traditional cadences of Brazilian choro, establishing him globally as an absolute giant of the instrument.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, rhythmic, instrumental, technical, guitar-led, melodic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Feitinha Pro Poeta (5:58)
  2. Dindi (3:06)
  3. Consola莽茫o (6:11)
  4. Tristeza e Solid茫o (2:22)
  5. Samba Triste (4:14)
  6. Eur铆dice (4:05)
  7. All the Things You Are (4:23)
  8. Reza (3:52)

Credits

  • Baden Powell - primary artist, guitar, written-by
  • Eberhard Weber - bass
  • Charly Antolini - drums
  • Sidney Smith - flute
  • Lu铆s Fernando de Oliveira Freire - written-by
  • Aloysio De Oliveira - written-by
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim - written-by
  • Vinicius De Moraes - written-by
  • Billy Blanco - Written-By
  • Jerome Kern - Written-By
  • Oscar Hammerstein II - Written-By
  • Edu Lobo - Written-By
  • Ruy Guerra - Written-By

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