No one has lived a life quite like Marcos Valle. He became an overnight international sensation, fled a military dictatorship, dodged the Vietnam war draft, had his music sung by Homer Simpson, made enemies with Marlon Brando, and became an unsuspecting fitness guru for multiple generations. But to truly understand the great Brazilian composer, arranger, singer and multi instrumentalist, one must listen to his music.
Let's wish Feliz Aniversário #81 to the maestro Marcos Valle!
samba | bossa nova | jazz | psychedelic rock | funk | disco | electronica
"Túnel Acustico" LP drops next week with North American tour dates
https://www.artdontsleep.com/2024-events-1/marcos-valle-tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Valle
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| Hour one |
| Revolução Orgânica Marcos Valle - Vento Sul - Odeon - 1972 |
| E Vem O Sol Marcos Valle - Samba "Demais" - Odeon - 1963 |
| Arranca Toco Marcos Valle - Estática - Far Out - 2010 |
| Festeira Marcos Valle - Escape - Far Out - 2001 |
| Cadê Jodel? João Donato - Quem É Quem - Odeon - 1973 |
| Homer Simpson mumbling "So Nice" ( Summer Samba), originally "Samba De Verão", while munching chips in the car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGlAthnzl88 A handful of the countless versions are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Samba https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_de_Ver%C3%A3o |
| So Nice (Summer Samba) [Samba De Verão] Marcos Valle - Samba '68 - Copacabana, Verve - 1968 |
| Pecados de Amor Marcos Valle - Vontade De Rever Você - Som Livre - 1981 |
| Virabrequim Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Conjunto Azimuth - O Fabuloso Fittipaldi - Philips - 1973 |
| Gente Carlos Lyra, Roberto Menescal, Marcos Valle, João Donato - Os Bossa Nova - Biscoito Fino - 2008 |
| Rastros Raros Marcos Valle - Cinzento - Polysom, Deck - 2020 |
| In the 1960s, Marcos Valle left Brazil and went on tour in the US as a member of Sérgio Mendes’ band. Most of the early Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 albums contain their version of a Marcos Valle tune. Mendes died last week at the age of 83.
Trevor Walker's 2-hour Friday Drive devoted to Sergio Mendes yesterday https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/120/66896.html |
| Batucada = The Beat Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 [orig. Marcos Valle] - Look Around - A&M - 1968 |
| Mentira Bena Lobo, Marcos Valle - Uma Viola Mais Que Enluarada - Bernardo Lobo Canta Marcos Valle - Biscoito Fino - 2019 |
| Próton, Elétron, Nêutron Marcos Valle - Tempo Da Gente - Arca - 1986 |
| Vem Marcos Valle - O Compositor E O Cantor - Odeon - 1965 |
| Tira A Mão Marcos Valle - Previsão Do Tempo - Odeon - 1973 |
| Os Bichos Trio Soneca - Vila Sésamo (Sesame Street) - Som Livre - 1974 |
| Os Grilos (The Crickets) and the English version "The Crickets Sing For Anamaria" may be Valle's second most famous and covered song
Check out the video for this wonderfully intimate "recorded in an apartment" 2009 performance https://youtu.be/XHcSosUFoos |
| Os Grilos (The Crickets Sing For Anamaria) BossaCucaNova & Marcos Valle - Na Base da Bossa (DVD) - Ziriguiboom - 2009 |
| Viajando Por Aí Marcos Valle / Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 3 - Jazz Is Dead - 2020 |
| Let's ride bikes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dJlh76f9c |
| Bicicleta Marcos Valle - 7" - Som Livre - 1984 |
| Campina Grande Marcos Valle - Jet-Samba - Dubas Música, Universal - 2005 |
| Hour two |
| Brasileiro Marcos Valle - Braziliance! (A Música De Marcos Valle) - Odeon - 1967 |
| Que Bandeira Osmar Milito [orig. Marcos Valle] - ...E Deixa O Relógio Andar! - Som Livre - 1971 |
| Freio Aerodinâmico Marcos Valle - Marcos Valle (Quarentão Simpático) - Odeon - 1970 |
| Meu Herói Marcos Valle - Marcos Valle (No Rumo Do Sol) - Odeon - 1974 |
| Sometimes you have to judge a record by its cover
https://www.hhv-mag.com/feature/records-revisited-marcos-valle-marcos-valles-1983/?lang=en All-time great summer video for "Estrelar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7oAAUsKssE |
| Estrelar Marcos Valle - Marcos Valle (Estrelar) - Som Livre - 1983 |
| Parabéns Tom Misch feat. Marcos Valle - Quarantine Sessions - Beyond The Groove - 2021 |
| Vim Dizer Que Sim Marcos Valle & Celso Fonseca - Apresentam Página Central - Biscoito Fino - 2009 |
| The Face I Love Astrud Gilberto [orig. Marcos Valle] - Beach Samba - Verve - 1967 |
| Odisséia Marcos Valle - Sempre - Far Out - 2019 |
| Bar Inglês Marcos Valle - Nova Bossa Nova - Far Out - 1998 |
| Mustang Côr De Sangue Marcos Valle - Mustang Côr De Sangue - Odeon - 1969 |
| Não Tem Nada Não Tamba Trio - Tamba - RCA Victor - 1974 |
| Zanzibar Brazil By Music (Azymuth & Marcos Valle) [orig. Edu Lobo] - Fly Cruzeiro - Cruzeiro Airlines - 1972 |
| Terra De Ninguém Marcos Valle - Viola Enluarada - Odeon - 1968 |
| O Cafona Marcos Valle - Garra - Odeon - 1971 |
| Rockin' You Eternally Leon Ware - Rockin' You Eternally - Elektra - 1981 |
| Disfarça E Vem Marcos Valle - Contrasts - Far Out - 2003 |
| Túnel Acústico features two songs originally conceived during Valle’s time on the West Coast: “Feels So Good”, a stirring two-step soul triumph written in 1979 with soul icon Leon Ware, and the sublime AOR disco track “Life Is What It Is”, composed around the same time, with percussionist Laudir De Oliveira from the group Chicago.
https://worldmusiccentral.org/2024/08/14/brazilian-icon-marcos-valle-returns-with-samba-funk-album-tunel-acustico/ |
| Life Is What It Is Marcos Valle [orig. Chicago] - Túnel Acustico - Far Out - 2024 
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Hey Ben, My copy of "Túnel Acustico" is in the mail but I've been flogging the two pre-release songs in my sets for a couple of weeks. Thanks for the "Friday Drive" Sérgio special mention. Killer "Heavy Valle Friends" btw!
8:06 PM, September 14th, 2024