{"id":237,"date":"2007-08-08T01:59:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T01:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/2007\/08\/08\/beyond-timeless-classics\/"},"modified":"2007-08-08T02:04:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T02:04:01","slug":"beyond-timeless-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/2007\/08\/08\/beyond-timeless-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Timeless Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pixinguinha<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed by Eg\u00eddio Leit\u00e3o
\nJuly 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e1rio S\u00e8ve & David Ganc
\nPixinguinha + Benedito<\/a>
\nIndependent (2005)
\nTime: 53’15”<\/p>\n

I will tip my hat off to M\u00e1rio S\u00e8ve and David Ganc — and I don’t even wear hats! Before you start thinking “oh no another Pixinguinha album,” let me reassure you this is not anything you have heard before. I’ll be honest with you: I also had that initial, erroneous reaction. I wondered what two accomplished musicians would be doing revisiting such familiar repertoire. Was I wrong! If you are familiar with S\u00e8ve’s and Ganc’s releases, you know that excellence goes hand in hand with whatever these guys do. So, it is no wonder that they are here with an album with music by Pixinguinha and Benedito Lacerda only to amaze you and knock you off your feet.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1rio S\u00e8ve (Rio de Janeiro, 1959) is a member of Aquarela Carioca and N\u00f3 em Pingo D’\u00c1gua. What more can be said about this musician once you know he is a member of Brazil’s premier choro group?! In addition to several recordings with that group, S\u00e8ve has also released acclaimed albums with Daniela Spielmann (Choros, Por Que Sax?, Biscoito Fino 2004) and Marcelo Fagerland (Bach & Pixinguinha, Sax, Flauta & Cravo, N\u00facleo Contempor\u00e2neo 2001). The other half of this duo, David Ganc (Rio de Janeiro, 1958), is also a celebrated musician who has been playing professionally since age 16. He has opened for Egberto Gismonti’s and Milton Nascimento’s shows and in 2004 released David Ganc & Quarteto de Cordas Guerra Peixe Interpretam Tom Jobim (Kuarup). Together, they have a lot more in common than simply playing saxophone and flute, arranging, composing or producing. They also share a passion for the best in Brazilian as attested by the albums they have recorded.<\/p>\n

In Pixinguinha + Benedito, M\u00e1rio and David are not alone. They produced and directed the album and also shared the wonders of the music with fellow friends, including Leandro Braga (piano), Jorginho do Pandeiro (pandeiro), Celsinho Silva (reco-reco), Toninho Ferragutti (acordeon), Wanderson Martins (cavaquinho, banjo), Cl\u00e1udio Jorge (acoustic guitar) and a few others.<\/p>\n

Right from the start, one of the first things you will notice that strikes you as a very different album with Pixinguinha music is that here you will not find the often-recorded classics “Carinhoso” and “Rosa.” Even though those songs are gorgeous examples of Pixinguinha’s music, S\u00e8ve and Ganc opted to include other excellent music that well represent the genius Pixinguinha and Benedito Lacerda were. The choro-lundu “Cheguei” and choro-forr\u00f3 “Descendo a Serra” are two examples of how creative and elaborate Pixinguinha’s music was. Pixinguinha and Benedito expanded beyond the traditional choro repertoire and created gems such as the bai\u00e3o “Acorda Garota” and the vivacious frevo “\u00c1gua Morna.” In contrast with the lively rhythm in “\u00c1gua Morna,” we have the waltz “Gl\u00f3ria,” with Ferragutti’s touching acordeon accompaniment. In closing the album, one more surprise: “Urubu Malandro,” the only track not composed by Pixinguinha or Benedito Lacerda.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1rio and David dare to bring to you Pixinguinha and Benedito’s music with a touch of freshness, boldness and a whole lot of class without missing a beat with these timeless classics. You can hear a couple of tracks from this album in David Ganc’s home page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Eg\u00eddio Leit\u00e3o July 2005 M\u00e1rio S\u00e8ve & David Ganc Pixinguinha + Benedito Independent (2005) Time: 53’15” I will tip my hat off to M\u00e1rio S\u00e8ve and David Ganc — and I don’t even wear hats! Before you start thinking “oh no another Pixinguinha…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imprensa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidganc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}