A Bad Donato
by Jo茫o Donato
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1970
- Label: Blue Thumb
- Country: Brazil
- Length: 28:33
- Community rating: 3.73/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A highly influential studio album by the Brazilian pianist and composer, recorded in Los Angeles. The project fuses traditional bossa nova rhythms with heavy, psychedelic funk and jazz fusion elements, utilizing early synthesizers and electric keyboards. Arranged by Eumir Deodato, it remains a landmark release in the evolution of Brazilian jazz-funk.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, rhythmic, polyrhythm, piano, fusion, groove-laden
Tracklist
- The Frog (2:38)
- Celestial Showers (2:36)
- Bambu (2:21)
- Lunar Tune (4:56)
- Cade Jodel (2:07)
- Debutante's Ball (3:01)
- Straight Jacket (3:27)
- Mosquito (2:59)
- Almas Irmas (1:52)
- Malandro (2:32)
Credits
- Jo茫o Donato - primary artist, arranged by, organ, piano, written-by
- Oscar Castro-Neves - acoustic guitar
- Eumir Deodato - arranged by
- Chuck Domanico - bass
- Bob Krasnow - creative director [time & space]
- Tommy LiPuma - creative director [time & space]
- Dom Um Romao - drums
- Mark Stevens - drums