Aldeia
1996
- Linha de Passe (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc) 5:55
- À Procura (Nailor Proveta) 8:06
- Seis no Choro (Azevedo, Ferreira, Abreu, Pixinguinha, Lacerda, Nazareth) 4:12
- Carinhoso (Pixinguinha) 6:22
- Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes) 6:42
- Cubango (Edson José Alves) 7:45
- Aldeia (Nailor Proveta) 8:20
Nailor Proveta – alto sax and clarinet
Cacá Malaquias – tenor sax and flute
Vitor de Alcântara – tenor and soprano sax and flute
Maurício de Souza – baritone sax, flute and piccolo
François de Lima – trombone
Valdir Ferreira – stick trombone
Nahor Gomes – trumpet and flugelhorn
Walmir Gil – trumpet and flugelhorn
Odésio Jericó – trumpet and flugelhorn
Jarbas Barbosa – guitar and acoustic guitar
Edson Alves – electric bass and guitar in “Carinhoso”
Lelo Izar – drums
Fred Prince – percussion
Produced by Rodolfo Stroeter
Recorded at Mosh Estúdios in November, 1995 and mixed at studio A Voz do Brasil in Sao Paulo in July, 1996
To be just a brilliant instrumentalist was not enough for Nailor Azevedo, musician from the countryside of Sao Paulo nicknamed "Proveta", who appeared at the metropolis in 1979. A lot of effort, a lot of time and much dedication also made him a great arranger, who besides mastering the intrincate meanders of harmony and orchestration, also had an incredible natural talent to discover the well constructed phrase, the precise rhythm, the architectural unit which gives an idendity of its own to each of his arrangements.
Further, there is another quality of which "Proveta"is probably not even aware: he is an absolutely enchanting person. And so he went around enchanting a lot of people, including a band of musicians who got together to form the best instrumental sound that Sao Paulo has created ever since: Banda Mantiqueira.
The arrangements and the interpretation incorporate all the techniques of the history of the big bands, but with their feet firmly in the bandstands of the interior of Brazil, where many of the musicians played for the first time. And each soloist forsakes the easiness of being just one more mimic of famous jazz players to search for his own truth.