Baden Powell de Aquino (6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and MPB.
He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. Powell composed many pieces for guitar, such as “Abração em Madrid”, “Braziliense”, “Canto de Ossanha”, “Casa Velha”, “Consolação”, “Horizon”, “Imagem”, “Lotus”, “Samba”, “Samba Triste”, “Simplesmente”, “Tristeza e solidão”, and “Xangô”. (wikipedia)
Baden Powell is a Brazilian musician with a solid international reputation. A gifted instrumentalist and composer, he bridges the gap between classical artistry and popular warmth and was a key figure in the bossa nova movement. (by Alvaro Neder)
One of the greatest Baden Powell albums of the 60s — a beautiful little set that’s co-crafted by the bossa guitarist and Brazilian drummer Jimmy Pratt! The arrangements are a bit unusual for Powell — and feature lots of small combo woodwinds grooving around the tight percussion of Pratt — as a sad and sweet flute or oboe line sets the pace for most of the tracks, followed-up by Baden’s jaunty work on acoustic guitar. The whole thing’s got a style that adds a bit of west coast chamber jazz to the bossa — and features tracks that include “Coisa No 1”, “Manequim”, “Nao E Bem Assim”, “Tema No 1”, and “Deve Ser Amor”. (by dustygroove.com)
1963, Jimmy Pratt, an US american jazz drummer was in Rio to play with Caterina Valente as he met Powell. He ask if he could play and arrange an album and so the collaboration came together. The songs are beautiful latin jazz with a great variety of instruments among others clarinet, flute & sax. It’s the first record on the Elenco label and it’s an essential one, five compositions are by Baden Powell. (by Mekkipuur)
From the heydays of the Bossa wave comes this successful cooperation between Brazilian Guitarist Baden-Powell and US-American drummer Jimmy Pratt. One shouldn’t take the suggestion “Swing” too literally. It’s predominantly Bossa Nova, but here and there, Pratt purports a shift to a jazzy phrasing of the beat.
What distinguishes this recording are the musicians’ enthusiasm for playing and the unusual instrumentation. Even three woodwinds are used. This is an early opportunity to hear the great Moacir Santos. Not only can he be heard with his typical baritone saxophone, but two of his best-known compositions were also recorded: Coisa nº 1 and Coisa nº 2, great versions, too. Other notable tunes are Tom Jobim’s Samba de uma nota só and Geraldo Vandré’s Canção do amor sem fim. (by John_s_Guide2Music)
Personnel:
Sergio Barroso (bass)
Rubens Bassini (percussion)
Jorge “Jorginho” Ferreira Da Silva Copinha (flute)
Sandoval de Oliveira Dias (clarinet)
Baden Powell (guitar)
Jimmy Pratt (drums)
Moacir Santos (cello, saxophone)
A German re-issue from 1974 called “Developments”:
Tracklist:
01. Deve Ser Amor (de Moraes/Powell) 2.27
02. Coisa No. 1 (Santos) 3.03
03. Rosa Flor (Powell) 2.52
04. Tema No. 1 (Powell) 2.54
05. Encontro Com a Saudade (Powell) 2.17
06. Manequim 46 (Powell) 1.55
07. One Note Samba (Hendricks/Jobim/Mendonça) 1.39
08. Coisa No. 2 (Powell) 2.51
09. Nao E Bem Assim (Powell) 2.16
10 Canção Do Amor Sem Fim (Powell) 3.21
More from Baden Powell:
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music, which was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music styles abroad. The phrase bossa nova means literally “new trend” or “new wave” A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially among young musicians and college students. (by wikipedia)
Baden Powell de Aquino, usually known simply as Baden Powell (Portuguese: [ˈbadẽ ˈpaw]; 6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), was one of the most prominent and celebrated Brazilian guitarists and guitar composers of his time. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and música popular brasileira. He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. (by wikipedia)
An excellent Brazilian guitarist, Baden Powell has played with his share of American jazz greats (including Herbie Mann and the late Stan Getz). But there’s no jazz to be found on Seresta Brasiliera, which was recorded for the Brazilian Caju Music label in 1988 and released in the U.S. on Milestone/Fantasy in 1994.
Baden Powell is a Brazilian musician with a solid international reputation. A gifted instrumentalist and composer, he bridges the gap between classical artistry and popular warmth and was a key figure in the bossa nova movement. Born in the Varre e Sai district, he was baptized after his grandfather, a musician and conductor himself, whose father was an admirer of the Boy Scouts founder. When he was four months old, his family moved to the hill of São Cristóvão in the city of Rio. His father, the violonista Lino de Aquino, promoted regular get-togethers (rodas) of chorões at his home, at which famous names of Rio’s music used to play, such as Pixinguinha, his brother China, the sambista Donga, and so many others. At eight, his father took him to Rádio Nacional where Powell met Meira (Jaime Florence), a famous violonista at the time a member of Benedicto Lacerda’s regional. Powell would study violão with him for five years. Through Meira, a broad-minded musician, he discovered classics such as Segovia and Tarrega, along with Brazilian masters such as Garoto and Dilermando Reis. At nine, he presented himself at Renato Murce’s show Papel Carbono on Rádio Nacional, winning first place as a guitar soloist. At 13, he used to run from school, earning his first cachets at the neighborhood parties. After finishing high school, he joined the cast of Rádio Nacional as an accompanist. In that time, he traveled through Brazil with the radio’s singers. In 1955, he joined Ed Lincoln’s trio, playing jazz at the Plaza nightclub. The place was a focal point for musicians, journalists, and aficionados interested in jazz. It should be regarded as the second place where bossa nova was being generated (the first being Cantina do César, after Johnny Alf’s first appearances), contrary to the common notion of bossa being born at Zona Sul (South side’s) apartments. At that time, Powell began to compose “Deve Ser Amor,” “Encontro Com a Saudade,” “Não é Bem Assim,” and his first big hit, 1956’s “Samba Triste,” with lyrics by Billy Blanco and which would be recorded by Lúcio Alves in 1960.
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