as a tribute, i can't recommend enough checkin the classic film "orfeu
negro" aka "black orpheus".
and while i'm on the flick tip, if you've seen "gladiator" then i can't
stress enough to see "spartacus". it's like colin powell versus malcom x.
and "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" was DOOOOPE! soundtrack by yo-yo ma!
and also, anybody else get the rerelease of "les stances a sophie" by art
ensemble of chicago? my favorite jazz album purchase since "headhunters".
anybody see the film?
fresh off a movie binge,
adario
next up, "traffic"
----- Original Message -----
From: Gen Kanai <gkanai@earthlink.net>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Luis Bonfa, guitarist who helped found Bossa Nova, dies at 78
> Let's take a moment for this man who brought us so much wonderful music.
>
> Gen
>
>
>
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/01/12/brazil.obit.bonfa.ap/index.html
>
> Luis Bonfa, guitarist who helped found Bossa Nova, dies at 78
> January 12, 2001
> Web posted at: 1:15 PM EST (1815 GMT)
>
>
> RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Luis Floriano Bonfa, the master guitarist
> and composer who helped found Bossa Nova, died of cancer early Friday,
> doctors said. He was 78.
>
> Born in Rio de Janeiro on October 17, 1922, Bonfa began composing in the
> 1940s and launched his career as a solo artist in 1952.
>
> Better known abroad than in his home country, Bonfa became internationally
> famous for his contributions to the soundtrack of the Marcel Camus' 1959
> classic film "Black Orpheus."
>
> The film introduced an international audience to Bossa Nova -- a
> more-sophisticated and less percussive samba style -- and made Bonfa and
> fellow composer Antonio Carlos Jobim stars.
>
> "Bonfa plays the guitar like no other, in a very personal, charismatic
> style. His guitar is a little orchestra," the late composer Jobim once
said
> of his colleague.
>
> His reputation grew further when he was a featured performer at the Bossa
> Nova festival at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1962. He moved to the United
> States shortly afterward, returning to Brazil only in 1973.
>
> Widely admired for his guitar work, Bonfa was perhaps even more famous for
> his more than 500 compositions, including "Manha de Carnaval" and "Samba
de
> Orpheu."
>
> Placido Domingo, Julio Iglesias, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley were
among
> the artists who recorded songs written by Bonfa.
>
> He also performed with Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, George Benson
> and Stan Getz.
>
> In recent years, his productivity slowed somewhat. His last major label
> release, "The Bonfa Magic," was record in 1991. In 1997, he recorded an
> album "Almost in Love," together with the Brazilian singer Ithamara
Koorax,
> that was only available over the Internet.
>
> Bonfa will be buried later Friday. It was not immediately clear whether
> Bonfa left any survivors.
>
> Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
>
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