Moacir Santos
Producer-arranger-directors M�rio Adnet (guitar) and Z� Nogueira (saxophone, clarinet) are back with another appealing big-band essay on the work of composer-arranger and long-time Blue Note artist Moacir Santos, with a repertoire stretching from 1942 ("De Bahia ao Cear�") to 1991 (the stripped-down choral setting of "Felipe"). The orchestral sensibility of Choros & Alegria equals the best of the likes of Gil Evans, Charles Mingus or Quincy Jones. But there's no mistaking Santos for any of the preceding.
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