Lanmou paske Ayiti

La Sirene

Erzulie

Vevé for Maman Brigitte

Vevé for Baron Samedi

Sexteto Habanero Godinez 'Oscar Sotolongo' bongó 1920 - Cuba

'Oscar Sotolongo'

Sexteto Habanero Godinez

Later: Sexteto Habanero and Septeto Habanero

Mujer Bandolera - 1920

Rosa Que Linda Eres - 1920

LP cover: Orq. America Vol.3 "Ritmo Cha cha chá"

Orq, America
Vol.3 "Ritmo Cha cha chá"
10' inch LP cover on Panart

Ed Lincoln - Essencial collection - Brasil

Ed Lincoln

Brasilian pianist and master stylist 
of 'Hammond B3' organ playing

"Boite"
1960 
(Ed Lincoln's first LP)
Ed Lincoln: piano and Hammond B3 organ.
'Rubens Bassini' as always doing a great 
job giving the percussion that "Cuban" feel.
 
1. Stomping at the Savoy

2. Carioca
 
7. Adios


"Don Pablo de Havana"
1960

Ed plays piano not organ on this LP.
Mostly arrangements as Cha cha cha's.
'Rubens Bassini' as always doing a great job giving the percussion that "Cuban" feel.

4. Na Baixa do Sapateiro

8 . Aquarela do Brasil

"Órgão Espetacular"
1961


"Ed Lincoln"
1962


"Seu Piano e Seu Orgao Espetacular"
1963
  "A Volta"
1964
9. Palladium
('Orlann Divo's iconic tune)

"Aquarela"
1965
Musidisc vinyl LP
Ed Lincoln: B3 organ and piano.

'Rubens Bassini' as always doing a great 
job giving the percussion that "Cuban" feel.

"Ed Lincoln"
1966 
(with Ed's tune "Cochise")


"Ed Lincoln, Orlann Divo e 'Nilo Sergio"
1966

"Ed Lincoln"
1968

With 'Orlann Divo' and 'Durval Ferreira'.

"Órgão e Piano Eletrico"
1971

 "Novo Toque"
1989

Celso Murilo: organist '60, '61, '62, '64 - Brasil

Celso Murilo 
2009

Celso Murillo Brasilian pianist and organist.
Celso after arriving in Rio from Minas Gerais in 1959 quickly adapted the 'Hammond B3' organ. Celso became involved in the 'Drink Club' scene in Rio and then leader of the 'Conjunto Drink'.

I like Celso's style, he was a younger player with a 60's hip, cool style unlike Djalma Ferreira.
Celso along with Ed Lincoln were into Latin/Cuban music and had many arrangements done as Cha cha cha's, Mambo's, Rumba's, Bolero's, Beguine's and Merengue's, though Brasilian music and rhythms was their thing.
Both Celso and Ed Lincoln used one of the many great Brasilian percussionists during the 1960's, 'Rubens Bassini' who in my opinion was able to play in a most "authentic Cuban" style when it came to bongoes and Cuban derived rhythms.

1960 - Isto É O Drink

Celso Murilo at the piano with 'Conjunto Drink', the house band from the famous 'Drink bar in Rio. Celso Murilo on piano and organ and a really YOUNG 'Wilson Simonal' standing behind him who sings two songs on this LP, one is a killer version of 'Tem Que Balançar'.

Tem Que Balançar
Celso Murilo: piano and organ
Wilson Simonal: vocal


1961 - "Mr. Ritmo"
(has been reissued on CD)
Celso Murillo: Piano, Hammond B3 organ
Rubens Bassini: Brasilian and Cuban percussion
uncredited electric guitar, bass, flute, trumpet

1 - Implorar - Ai Que Saudades Da Amelia
2 - Tea For Two
3 - Nao Deixa A Peteca Cair
4 - Rico Vacilon
5 - Chorou Chorou
6 - Merengue En Copa
7 - Los Marcianos
8 - Teléco-Téco No 1
9 - Cha-Cha Celso
10 - Pau Pereira
11 - Ritmo Sabroso
12 - Rosa Morena

3. Não Deixa A Peteca Cair

4. Rico Valicon

6. Merengue En Copa

7. Los Marcianos

9. Chá-Chá Celso

12. Rosa Morena



"Ritmos Na Passarela"
Vinyl LP 1961
Celso Murillo: Piano, Hammond B3 organ.
Rubens Bassini: Brasilian and Cuban percussion.
Uncredited acoustic and electric guitar, bass, sax.

1 - Poema do Adeus
2 - Look for Star
3 - Fiz o Bobao
4 - Carinito
5 - Falsa Baiana
6 - Harlem Nocturne
7 - Chora tua Tristeza
8 - Palhacada (Cara De Payaso)
9 - Cha-cha-cha na Passarela
10 - Se Voce Disser que Sim
11 - Quem Manda na minha Vida
12 - Se meu Apartamento Falasse

4. Carinito

6. Harlem Nocturne

8. Palhacada (Cara De Payaso)

9. Chá-chá-chá na Passarela

11. Quem Manda na minha Vida


"Férias No Drink"
Vinyl LP1962

(remastered, reissued on CD only in Brasil)

1. Pourquoi? (Esse Nêga Sem Sandália)
2. Na Piedade
3. Tamborim
4. Pergunte Ao João
5. Cade O Pandeiro
6. Se Quiser Pode Ir
7. Menino Desce Daí
8. Corcovado
9. Arrivederci Roma
10. Almost Like Being In Love
11. Silbando Mambo
12. Chiclete Com Banana

"Tremendo Balanço"
Vinyl LP 1964
(has been reissued on CD)
Celso Murillo: Piano, Hammond B3 organ
uncredited trombone, electric guitar, bass, drums
*Noriel Vilela baritone voice on "Vai Menina Vai"

1 - Seu José
2 - *Vai Menina Vai
3 - Sally's Tomatos
4 - Brincando Com Fogo
5 - Tristeza de Nos Dois
6 - Amanhecendo
7 - Jogado Fora
8 - Ti Guardero Noel Cuore
9 - Sen Fin
10 - Love for Sale
11 - Poinciana
12 - Moca Flor

2. Vai Menina Vai
*Noriel Vilela baritone voice

3. Sally's Tomatos

1. Brincando Com Fogo

11. Poinciana

Djalma Ferreira - 6 LPs '53, '58, '59, '62 - BrasilDjalma Ferreira e Seus Milionarios do Ritmo - Drink Em Sao Paulo (1960)

Djalma Ferreira

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 1913 - Las Vegas, NV. 2004

The use of the Hammond organ and the Hammond Solovox in Brasilian music goes back to the late 1940's and really flourished in the 50's, 60's, and 70's with great pianists most notably Djalma Ferreira, Ed Lincoln, Celso Murilo, Walter Wanderly and Ely Arcoverde.

All of them often included several songs with a "Cuban tinge", Cha cha cha's, boleros, "rhumba's", beguine's.
My favorite players lean towards Ed Lincoln and Celso Murilo.

It's funny how many Americans associate the sound of the organ with Church music, followed by Ice skating rinks, baseball stadiums and bowling alleys and "elevator music".
In American jazz, there are many great pianists who are associated with the Hammond organ.
The Brasilian players really took the Hammond and Solovox (invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934) and created a totally unique and very "percussive" way of playing.

The "infamous" Djalma Ferreira, Hammond organist, first to use the Solovox in Brasil, leader of the band "Milionarios do Ritmo" and club owner of the popular and very "hip" Drink Club in Rio during the 1950's.
(he was also notoriously involved in Rio's "underworld", after he was shot in 1958, Ed Lincoln replaced him in the band)

Six LP's by Djalma Ferreira, several which include Ed Lincoln on acoustic piano together with Djalma Ferreira on 'Hammond B3' organ and 'Solovox' as well as the great vocalist "crooner" Miltinho. My favorites are 1958 - "Drink", 1959 - "Depois do Drink" and 1959 - "Drink no Rio de Janeiro".
The wild interplay between the organ and Solovox, the electric guitar and the acoustic piano is unique sounding to say the very least.
In 1963, Djalma Ferreira moved to the U.S., he died 2004 in either Los Angeles Ca. or Las Vegas at age 91.

1953 - "Parada de Danca No. 1"
Helena de Lima vocal on several songs
(Djalma Ferreira's first LP as a leader)

"Dancando no Drink com Djalma Ferreira"
Miltinho: vocals

1957

"Djalma Ferreira e Seus Milionarios do Ritmo"

 "Drink Em Sao Paulo"

1958 

 

 

1958 - "Drink"
Djalma Ferreira e Seus Milionarios do Ritmo
Djalma Ferreira: organ, solovox
Ed Lincoln: piano
Araken Peixoto: trumpet
Miltinho: vocal & pandeiro
Waltel Branco: bass

1. Lady be Good - Tea for Two

Miltinho singing in English
Djalma Ferreira: organ, solovox
Ed Lincoln: piano

4. Solovox Blues
Djalma Ferreira: solovox
Ed Lincoln: piano

9. Carnaval - Mulata Assanhada - Voce Nao Quer nem Eu

Djalma Ferreira: organ, solovox
Ed Lincoln: piano
Miltinho: vocal

"Depois do Drink"
1959

Djalma Ferreira e Seus Milionarios do Ritmo
Djalma Ferreira: organ, piano, solovox
Ed Lincoln: bass, piano
Waltel Branco: electric guitar, bass
Helcio Milito: drums


"Convite Ao Drink"
195?


"Drink no Rio de Janeiro"
1959

Djalma Ferreira: organ, piano, solovox
Ed Lincoln: bass, piano
Miltinho: vocal and pandeiro
Waltel Branco: electric guitar, bass
Araken Peixoto: trumpet
Plínio:
maury:
Brito:


"Baile de Formatura"
1962

Djalma Ferreira here not with his small band,
but with a large orchestra with arrangements and direction
by master trombonist "Nelsinho".

Pedro Luis Ferrer - 1999, 2005, 2006 - Cuba

I like 'Pedro Luis Ferrer' very much.
A self taught musician with an original and unique sound, a great voice, a guitarist, tresero, multi instrumentalist and composer. Born 1952 in Yaguajay in the province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
His daughter has a beautiful voice and performs with him on vocal and percussion.
One day I would love to play with 'Pedro Luis Ferrer'.

"Pedro Luis Ferrer"

1999
Pedro Luis Ferrer - vocals, guitar, tres, marimbula, guiro
Jorge Reyes - bass
Lena Ferrer - vocals, guiro
Aracelia Alvarez - piano
Leandro Garcia - okonkolo, itotele, chekere, campana, cajon, clave


"Rustico"
2005
Pedro Luis Ferrer - guitar, tres, bajo sexto
Lena Ferrer - vocals, guiro, maracas


"Natural"
2006
Pedro Luis Ferrer - vocals, guitar, tres, marimbula, bongos, background vocals
Basilio Perodin - vocals, bongos, claves, cowbells
Lena Ferrer - claves, maracas, background vocals
Lerlys Morales - guitar, background vocals
Claudia Nuñez - background vocals

Pedro Luis Ferrer interview

Pedro Luis Ferrer blog #1

Pedro Luis Ferrer blog #2

In memoriam: My Aunt - Mi Tia 1932-2009

My Aunt, my Grandfather and me, 1977
Coney Island. Brooklyn N.Y.

My Aunt died in Hobe Sound, Florida of cardiac arrest Dec. 28th 2009, she was 77 years old.
She was buried in Freehold, New Jersey Dec. 30.

R.I.P.

4 or 5 years ago I went with my Mother to visit my Aunt in Florida... I took this little video with my camera in my Aunt's kitchen.
My Aunt and her sister, my mother singing a song.