Re: Luis Bonfa, orfeu negro & other films

From: adario (adario@thingsburnup.com)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 01:05:58 CET

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    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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