OS TATUIS - OS TATUIS [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: FARO232CD
Barcode: 5065007965153
Release Date: 18 Mar 2022
Genre: International

JOSÉ ROBERTO BERTAMI: THE AZYMUTH KEYBOARDIST

EARLIEST RECORDINGS REISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME

Best known as the keyboardist and bandleader of legendary trio Azymuth, the late José Roberto Bertrami also wrote for, arranged for and performed with Elis Regina, George Duke, Sarah Vaughn, Jorge Ben, Eddie Palmieri, Milton Nascimento, Flora Purim and Erasmo Carlos, among countless others - But before all of that, in 1965, at the age of just nineteen, Zé Roberto recorded his first studio album with his group Os Tatuís, and the José Roberto Trio in the following year.

These largely slept-on albums of beautiful, expressive samba jazz and bossa nova stand as a testament to the prodigious genius of one of the most important musicians in Brazil's history.

Born in 1946 in Tatuí - a small city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, José Roberto was the eldest of seven children, four of whom became musicians. His father Lázaro was a classical violinist and a professor at Tatuí's public conservatory, the largest music school in Latin America - for which the city is nicknamed "Music City". After two years of piano lessons from the age of seven, Bertrami began losing interest, spending more time playing football and what he himself referred to as "professional vagabondage". At thirteen, as his mother was despairing that her son was going off the rails, Zé Roberto enrolled at the conservatory. "In my two years there, I did seven years' work and then I was expelled. The conservatory was almost entirely a classical music situation, and I'd begun to break some rules—like holding a jam session at school."

Both Os Tatuís and José Roberto Trio will be reissued on vinyl, CD and digitally via Far Out Recordings.

Across both of these historic albums, Bertrami's stunningly performed compositions are rich with harmonic complexity and rhythmic ingenuity, providing a precursor to some of Bertrami's futuristic fusion with Azymuth later in his career.

Tracklisting:
1. Vivo Sonhando
2. Nuvens
3. Inutil Paisagem
4. Você
5. A Morte De Um Deus De Sal
6. Insensatez
7. A Bossa Do Ze Roberto
8. Primavera
9. Samba Do Avião
10. Sou Sem Paz
11. Minha Namorada
12. O Menino Das Laranjas