HÉLIO DELMIRO: BLESSED, GIFTED & ENLIVENED MUSICIAN

Hi, fellows!

Again I come to you my friends, to show you, one of the greatest living guitarits I know: Mr. Hélio Delmiro, a simple and introvert man, that speaks tha voice of God in his instrument. He appeared as a guest artist, in many great recordings of Elis Regina, like the amazing acoustic guitar we hear in "o bêbado e a equilibrista" (Charles Chaplin's "limelight") , like Mr. Fábio Zanon said about it, in his website:

"Hélio Delmiro's learning was made in live performances and in practice, his colleagues say he is perfectly capable of playing any solo Jazz piano solo, by ear, as he took from the disks.Later he also studied classical guitar in order to refine his technique. A strong influence was the saxophonist Victor Assis Brazil, with whom he made his first recording. At the time he was introduced as the "new Baden Powell", was playing electric guitar and in fact that he never played with a pick, always with the fingers. Over the sixties, Helio Delmiro created an untouchable reputation in folk/popular music circuit, following a succession of famous singers, especially Clara Nunes, with whom he played for over ten years, with Elis Regina he also played for three very intense years and participated in famous recordings and in the Montreux Festival (1979).If you think, that your ear has never heard a song from Hélio Delmiro's sophisticated art, you're wrong, it is clear that Elis Regina's voice is so marked that we almost do not care to hear the other instruments, but for a moment try to pay attention to the tastefully done up guitar in the song "o bêbado e a equilibrista" (Charles Chaplin's "limelight") from the disk - This Woman (1979): Indeed Elis Regina softly turn down her voice a little bit, just to hear the guitar's follow-up of Hélio Delmiro. In the seventies, he has consolidated his reputation as a Jazz musician, and was hailed as a genius and recorded an album with Sarah Vaughan in 1979 and finally released his first solo album called "Emotiva" (soulful), in which he plays the acoustic guitar and electric guitar. In the eighties, Helio Delmiro established himself definitively on the international circuit; the list of its partnerships is immense and includes legends of Jazz, and released solo albums frequently. A crisis has loomed for Helio Delmiro, and is no secret that many Jazz musicians dissolve themselves in smoke from barroom tables, alcohol and drugs, then you need to be a monk yourself, to be a Jazz musician and to go to work off of it. Helio Delmiro succumbed, when it reached a critical point and a monk "entered within himself" and converted him to Christianity, with so much fervor that he became evangelical Pastor and put a "foot on the brake" in a very abrupt way, in his career in the late 80's. The return was gradual and painful, for him, in a sense  he had a reputation of being "bossy", which added to the fame of proselyte (convert to an individual doctrine, idea or system), which upset many people.In 90's, he returned to the charge, frequently playing abroad. In 2004, a new jolt, a disagreement with his ex-wife on the board of the children, eventually led him to prison, particularly in abject  (infamous) conditions, sharing a cell with hardened criminals, then all kinds of Brazilian musicians gave him support, but it is clear that this episode has opened large wounds, which he attend to heal them with his Christian faith. Helio Delmiro is an unanimity among fellow musicians as one of the most lavishly gifted musicians of Brazilian's music history, as he owns a remarkable improvisational skills. His solo appearances seems like classical concerts, whose behavior reflects sober and musical density and immaculate technique. He is a man of fine intelligence ,which of course, he never lets his art or his personal convictions pass without a thorough self-analysis."

http://vcfz.blogspot.com.br/2008/09/140-hlio-delmiro-romero-lubambo.html


Some internet videos by the great guitar master Hélio Delmiro:

Elis Regina & Hélio Delmiro play "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" (João Bosco/Aldir Blanc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcYCP1nEdUA

Hélio Delmiro plays "Compassos"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU3o1G-xTtM

Hélio Delmiro plays "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma/Jacques Prévert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQaD-CZ_RoE

Hélio sings! and plays "Ilusão à Toa" (Johnny Alf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_TIw9w97No

Sarah Vaughan & Hélio Delmiro play "A Little Tear" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qos3vYyHbs

Hélio Delmiro & Nana Caymmi play "Insensatez" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiP26Yc7TQ

Hélio plays "Waltzin" (Victor Assis Brasil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUglOYh3B94

Jane Mara & Hélio Delmiro sing! and play "Estrada do Sol" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxnrKTEe2RQ&feature=related

Jane Mara & Hélio Delmiro play "Desde que o samba é samba" (Caetano Veloso)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbFY61LpTqY

Jane Mara & Hélio Delmiro play "O Barquinho" (Roberto Menescal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h60XWDE_xA&feature=relmfu

Liz Rosa & Hélio Delmiro play "Dindi" (Tom Jobim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMMd4S-5CM&feature=related

Hélio plays "Beijo Partido" (Toninho Horta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Mkdya3Mng

Hélio Delmiro plays "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwL-mRu-flY&feature=related

Hélio Delmiro & Simone play "Minha Namorada" (Carlos Lyra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCZLshCkC4

Hélio Delmiro plays "All the things you are"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvgPKyMDOw
Zizi Possi & Hélio Delmiro play "Copo Vazio" (Gilberto Gil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KHAmfl_Aw&feature=related

Nana Caymmi & Hélio Delmiro play "Mudança dos Ventos" (Ivan Lins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZ-yBiPToE

Renato Russo & Hélio Delmiro play "Gente Humilde" (Garoto/Chico Buarque/Vinícius de Moraes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Vb-qVs_zs

Hélio Delmiro improvises live at Heineken Concerts 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLcgXvpalw

Milton Nascimento & Hélio Delmiro play "Caçador de Mim" (Luis Carlos Sá/Sérgio Magrão)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9XYKHQi3Y

Roberto Sion & Hélio Delmiro play "Rapaz de Bem" (Johnny Alf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9I61u7Jm4

Roberto Sion & Hélio Delmiro play "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln53Ny4F9es

Elis Regina & Hélio Delmiro play "Rebento" (Gilberto Gil) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-W1EcdLkg&feature=related

Elis Regina & Hélio Delmiro play "Madalena" (Ivan Lins) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GzcIK5pNUQ

Elis Regina & Hélio Delmiro play "Cai Dentro" (Baden Powell/Paulo Cesar Pinheiro) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo2NhsJ0QXQ

Elis Regina & Hélio Delmiro play "Cobra Criada" (João Bosco/Paulo Emílio) at Montreux Jazz Festival 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_zvRVcLok

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet (with Hélio Delmiro) play "Tema pro Einhorn"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvWlOohXDKU

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Balada pra Nadia"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF27QpxXotY&feature=related

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Lydian Dreams"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdCMwpDyps&feature=related

Victor Assis Brasil Quintet play "Waltz for Trane"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjE9sstZVeQ&feature=relmfu

Hélio Delmiro plays "Pro Zeca"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXdFWj8e0Pw

Hélio Delmiro plays "Ad Infinito" no RT SOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMONxlcmhD8

Hélio plays "Marceneiro Paulo" no RT SOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9pFEkHV0ys

Hélio plays "Marceneiro Paulo" no CLUBE DO CHORO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd7B1UuYVI

Some wisdow words from Jesus' brother: Mr. Hélio Delmiro (talking about playing with new musicians):
"I felt that too one day, it's a pleasure to be reaching a larger experience, I've been experienced, is really good, gives that tingly inside, it's good there, but really listen something: the knight riding the horse out but the horse continues to trot, and then comes another rider mounts the horse, and goes over a road, then after he goes down and comes back another rider and so the horse riding on and on. So also is the experience, the sum of them; then they think they learned something with us, but we actually do learn much more from them. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_GNG4Fp8g&feature=relmfu

To know more about this gifted musician, and above all things: vitalized human being, please reach:

http://heliodelmiro.blogspot.com.br/
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9lio_Delmiro
http://www.myspace.com/heliodelmiro

"And we know, that to men that love God, all things work together into good, to them that after purpose be called saints.  For  those  that  he  knew  before  [For why  and whom  he  knew  before], he  before-ordained  by  grace  to  be made  like  to  the image  of  his  Son,  that  he  be  the  first begotten among many brethren. And  those  that  he  before-ordained  to  bless,  them  he  called;  and whom  he called, them he justified; and whom he justified, them he glorified." ROMANS 8, 28-30

"It pertaineth  to man  to make  ready  the  soul; and  it pertaineth to the Lord to govern the tongue.  All the ways of men be open to the eyes of God; the Lord is a weigher of  spirits,  that  is,  of  wills,  yielding  to  man  after  his deservings. Show  thy works  to  the Lord; and  thy  thoughts shall
be succeed." PROVERBS 16, 1-3

"The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  charity  of  God,  and  the communing of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." 2 CORINTHIANS 13, 14
 

BLUE MITCHELL - Bantu Village

One of the funkiest albums ever on Blue Note -- a set that mixes the trumpet talents of Blue Mitchell with some killer backings from Monk Higgins -- all in a groove that more gritty edges than the best funky soundtracks of the time! Higgins keeps the backings full, but always quite lean -- fusing all elements together into a sharp, tight rhythm that steps along with some of the slight African touches you might guess from the title -- a groove that's not really that authentic, but which resonates with some of the best inspirations that Hugh Masekela was bringing to American music at the time. And while the album might be an attempt to cash in on Masekela's groove, the feel here is really quite different overall -- as tracks are nicely stretched out, with plenty of room for jazzy solo work -- and a groove that's much harder overall, thanks to Higgins! Other players include Freddy Robinson on guitar, Wilton Felder on bass, Paul Humphrey on drums, and Plas Johnson on tenor -- and titles include "HNIC", "Flat Backing", "Na Ta Ka", "Bantu Village", and "Blue Dashiki". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

http://rapidshare.com/files/254546425/BlueMitchell_BantuVillage.rar

FREDDIE HUBBARD - The Best Of (1980)

http://hotfile.com/dl/79444961/c1b4a7f/FreddieHubbard_TheBestOf.rar.html

SUN RA - The Antique Blacks (1974)

The Antique Blacks is a great live date, recorded in 1974 but not released until 1978. This is a smallish band, and features the first recorded evidence of prominent electric rock guitar in the Arkestra, attributed only to "Sly." "Song No. 1" is a groovy sort of space bossa nova, with Sun Ra on rocksichord supported by great percussion as the other players join in. "There Is a Change in the Air/The Antique Blacks" is a Ra poem recited with musical accompaniment as is "The Ridiculous 'I' and the Cosmos Me." "This Song Is Dedicated to Nature's God" is actually a different tune than "To Nature's God" on Live in Egypt, Vol. 1, but is the same sort of upbeat, swinging singalong. "Would I for All That Were" is a short interlude with Moog craziness over an ominous march, which leads into a rousing version of "Space Is the Place." The Antique Blacks is notable for the recited poetry, as well as for the presence of the extroverted Sly, who adds a totally new dimension to the Arkestra sound. This one will be tough to find, but well worth it. - amg

01 - song n1
02 - there is a change in the air
03 - the antique blacks
04 - this song is decicatated to nature's god
05 - the ridiculous ''i'' & the cosmos me
06 - would i for all that were
07 - space is the place

Sun Ra Arranger, Composer, Mini Moog, Rocksichord, Vocals
Marshall Allen Percussion, Reissue, Sax (Alto), Vocals
Sly Guitar (Electric)
Atakatune Conga
Danny Davis Sax (Alto)
Ahk Tal Ebah Trumpet, Vocals
John Gilmore Percussion, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
James Jackson Bassoon, Percussion, Vocals
Clifford Jarvis Drums, Vocals


http://www.mediafire.com/?c1lcue3ctn04dud

SUN RA - Live at the Horseshoe Tavern Toronto (1978)

Calling Planet Earth: non-stop selections from 
"Live at the Horseshoe Tavern Toronto" (1978)


The Sound Projector radio show,
originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM
http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2008/05/02/sun-ra-live/

Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz (2009)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmxmmmn3gmt

Sambrasa Trio - "Em Som Maior" (1965)

Sambrasa Trio - "Em Som Maior" (1965)

-Track List:
1. Sambrasa (Airto Moreira)

2. Aleluia (Edu Lobo / Ruy Guerra)

3. Samba Novo (Durval Ferreira / Newton Chaves)

4. Clerenice (José Neto Costa)

5. Duas Contas (Garoto)

6. Nem o Mar Sabia (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)

7. Arrastão (Edu Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)

8. Coalhada (Hermeto Pascoal)

9. João Sem Braço (Humberto Clayber)

10. Lamento Nortista (Humberto Clayber)

11. A Jardineira (Benedito Lacerda / Humberto Porto)

-Musicians:
Hermeto Pascoal: piano e flauta
Airto Moreira: bateria
Humberto Clayber: baixo e harmônica


https://rs55l35.rapidshare.com/files/204042616/SambrasaTrio.rar

LES McCANN - Soul Hits (1963)

credits:


Les McCann (piano)
Joe Pass (guitar)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Paul Humphrey (drums)


Recorded:
Oct. 29 & 30, 1963 at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA




Track List:
Side 1 - 
Back At The Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith) - 3:58
Sack O' Woe (Julian Adderley) - 3:06
Groove Yard (Carl Perkins) - 3:17
Sermonette (Nat Adderley) - 2:30
Sonnymoon For Two (Sonny Rollins) - 2:38
Side 2 - 
Bags' Groove (Milt Jackson) - 3:00
Shiny (Silk) Stockings (Frank Foster) - 3:55
Sister Sadie (Horace Silver) - 4:02
Li'l Darlin' (Neil Hefti) - 3:38
Work Song (Nat Adderley) - 4:10




http://www.mediafire.com/?am567uuk7z7nwmd

BUD POWELL Jazz Quotes

• "No one could play like Bud; too difficult, too quick, incredible!" - Thelonious Monk

• "Bud was the most brilliant that a spirit might be, a unique genius in our culture." - Max Roach

• "Bud is a genius." - Charlie Parker

• "He laid down the basis of modern jazz piano." - Dizzy Gillespie

• "Bud is a genuine genius." - Duke Ellington

 

THELONIOUS MONK Jazz Quotes

“I don’t consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can’t develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself. Take a musician like John Coltrane. He is a perfect musician, who can give expression to all the possibilities of his instrument. But he seems to have difficulty expressing original ideas on it. That is why he keeps looking for ideas in exotic places. At least I don’t have that problem, because, like I say, I find my inspiration in myself.” - Thelonious Monk


"At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext of freeing yourself, to be illogical and incoherent by getting rid of structure and simply piling a lot of notes one on top of the other. There’s no beat anymore. You can’t keep time with your foot. I believe that what is happening to jazz with people like Ornette Coleman, for instance, is bad. There’s a new idea that consists in destroying everything and find what’s shocking and unexpected; whereas jazz must first of all tell a story that anyone can understand." - Thelonious Monk 


Interviewer: 'What other interests do you have?'
T.Monk: 'Life in general.'
Interviewer: "What do you do about it?"
T.Monk: 'Keep breathing.' "
"Interviewer: 'What do you think the purpose of life is?'
T.Monk: 'To die.'
-- Down Beat magazine

“I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public want — you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing — even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.” - Thelonious Monk

“Where’s jazz going? I don’t know? Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens.” - Thelonious Monk