Black Orpheus (Manhã de Carnaval)

Alfredo came over with his congas, and we had a terrific jam session, plus he brought several CD's of Chucho Valdes, who is one of my favorite piano players. This tune is called Black Orpheus (in english), after the 1959 Brazilian movie by the same name. The song was a big part of the popularization of samba in the US in the early 60's, and has become a jazz standard.

The recording of the piano and congas was done with a Rode VideoMic, which attaches to my camera. I added the bass and clave later. When I layered the video, there was a blank patch on the bottom left, so I added the cartoon to fill the space. I get a kick out of that cartoon.

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• samba
• afro
• cuban
• salsa
• conga
• Obama
• Jobim
• Brazilain
• Black
• Orpheus
• Movie
• 1959
• Orfeu
• Negro
• Marcel
• Camus
• Luiz
• Bonfá
• Antonio
• Maria
• Jazz
• Piano
• Wave

[sergeytry]

Beautifully done…

[7notemode]

@sergeytry Thanks!

[PetClarkie]

wow! i love you guys! peace clark

[7notemode]

Thanks, petclarkie

[mitoog]

this is AMAZING!!!! i watched all of your videos & your feel is amazing!

what i really enjoy in your playing

is that you "think fast". all your ideas are flowing together into your solo so well

it's FAN TAS TIC!!!!!

[7notemode]

Thanks, mitoog. I appreciate it.

[KennyHora]

Very cool version of Black Orpheus! Great rhythm section, too. It's great that you could get the famous Tom and Jerry team on the gig! I'd like to post my friends version as a video response. She plays sax and has a rendition of the same song posted on YouTube under the name Debb Saxx. Any suggestions?

[gracie88keys]

Just amazing to hear you both. The best version I've heard of this song. Thanks.

[gnihciew]

Lovely, and great conga playing. My conga teacher taught me this rhythmn and I found that I could use it in a variety of music, and gave the piece the lift it needed, anytime!!

[klednikaris]

nice music.

[anestizzle]

@chackyjazz I agree. The clave is atravesada. Would have grooved much better in 2/3.

[volodian]

It has that feeling! However, having such a great rhythm section as Alfredo you could afford being less rhythmic and choppy and bring in more lyric and melody in contrast to that rhythm. Two rhythm makers feel a bit redundant to me.

Having said that I do really thank you for your postings! I appreciate you as truly great musician. You have one of the highest "feeling and relevance per note" ratio among other pianists here.

[TheJoeTC]

Finally, another someone who plays it at this tempo! I was expecting a congo solo, but all is great ! haha

[camerond47]

very nice.