PAULO MOURA E ODILADOCÊ
O SOM DE DORIVAL CAYMMI
Musicians recreate Caymmi in na Afro-Carioca percussive CD
An inevitable meeting. After recreating with his magic blowing the works of Noel Rosa, Sinhô, Ernesto Nazareth,Ary Barroso, Radamés Gnattali, Tom Jobim, and other Brazilian musical pillars, it was time now for Paulo Moura dedicate himself to Dorival Caymmis´s beach songs and mythical women.
It was in 1991, and not even the orixás of Bahia can explain why it did not happen before. After all, they were nearly neighbors in Rio de Janeiro during the 40ies – Caymmi living in Grajaú and Paulo in Tijuca –, and later on they came across each other in the studios of Radio Nacional and of the recording company Odeon. In 1964 the first conjunction happened: Paulo made the arrangements for João Valentão (Bully João), recorded by Elis Regina. When, 27 years later, he felt the longing for doing a purely Afro-Brazilain record, our saxophone master thought immediately of Brazil´s darkest mulatto.
It had been some time since Paulo had invented the black choro (or Afro-Carioca choro). Set to motion by conga drums, it was the decantation of a sound cultivated during decades by the best Carioca gafieiras as well as in the most outstanding American jazz clubs. Accompanied by the Ociladocê sextet – which was with him on that occasion –he put together a few of Caymmi classics and recorded an album, now reissued by Biscoito Fino, the greatest virtue of which is being, at the same time, simple but innovative, profoundly Brazilian and universal. It contains a much greater share of the Carioca miscegenated blackness than of American jazz.
Paulo Moura e Ociladocê – O Som de Dorival Caymmi (Paulo Moura and Ociladocê – The Sound of Dorival Caymmi) is an unique musical experience, comprehensive, that doe not refuse to get in touch with bossa-nova (when passes by Dora, the queen of frevo and maracatu ) and the Caribbean salsa (when retells some of Dorival´s fishermen stories).
Paulo Moura made the arrangements in partnership with guitarist Paulo Muylaert and keyboardist Alex Meirelles, imparting emphasis to the percussion of Carlos Negreiros, (who is in charge of the jongo drums and of the candomblé yards), Jovi (agogô, cuíca and tambourine), and Marcos Suzano (and his Afro-pop tambourine). Fernando Feijão and his electrical bass with a vocation to be impressionist, complete the octet. Paulo Moura would love to do other records with that group, but unfortunately they dispersed. Feijão lives in France and Suzano is always traveling. “But I will talk to them”, promises Paulo.
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