Brazilian Beauties at Sabadabada
Have you checked out the vintage Brazilian music sharing site Sabadabada.com lately? I hadn’t been there for a while, but their two newest albums immediately caught my ear. One is from a trio called Os 3 Morais. Don’t be fooled by their stodgy album cover (is that lady Toni Collette, by the way?) — this is cool, cool stuff. The music is more in a jazzy, ’60s-mod vocals vein than you’d expect coming from south of the equator, highlighted by the perfectly dreamy “ba ba ba” voices on the tune “Sambachiana”. Read Jonny Delicado’s review for more.
Their other cool album is the self-titled release from the groovy looking Quinteto Ternura. This 1974 LP resonates with an appealing lite-funk sound combining beautifully blended male and female voices. I’d categorize the group as a Brazilian hybrid of the Fifth Dimension and the Jackson 5. As Trio Ternura, they’d previously recorded the deliriously hyper “Vou Morar No Teu Sorriso”. Don’t know much else about them, but their LP is a treat. And it’s free, baby!
