Certain records can reveal a fascinating story behind their making. Such is the case of this single.<\/p>\n
Silvano Moro was an Italian musician resettled in Germany where he\u2019d been playing under different jazz projects since the early \u201870s. In 1975 he joined Brasil Tropical \u2014 a musical show under the direction of Jos\u00e9 Prates\u2014 where he met singer Salom\u00e9 de Bahia. At some point they decided to put together a Brazilian music band and after recruiting some more members started a tour across Europe. In 1979 they were offered to play a concert at the Munich Cathedral for the opening mass of MISEREOR \u2014 a charity organization, linked to the Catholic Church in Germany, dedicated to fight the poverty in South America\u2014.<\/p>\n
The gig was such a success that the Bishop of Munich approached them to produce a record with the concert’s music to raise funds for the charity organization.<\/p>\n
Some years later that bishop \u2014named Joseph Ratzinger\u2014 would become the Pope and the band\u2019s Singer, Salom\u00e9 de Bahia, would record with French producer Bob Sinclair one of the biggest hits and house music anthems in the late 90s: \u2018Outro Lugar\u2019.<\/p>\n
Two of the best songs taken from that scarce 1979 release \u2014at the time distributed locally only by a tiny Christian music label\u2014 are reissued here on a 7\u201d single for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u2018Procurando O Caminho\u2019 is a killer samba-jazz number championed by such influential DJs as Gilles Peterson or Rainer Tr\u00fcby when it was first rediscovered for the clubbing jazz scene a couple of decades ago. It\u2019s been a highly sought-after record since then.<\/p>\n
On the flipside, \u2018Chega Gente\u2019 brings in a rather epic atmosphere, combining the exotic sound of the berimbau and the chorus led by extraordinaire singer Salom\u00e9 de Bahia, and then the samba jazz arrangements by guitarist Silvano Moro adding some extra depth and elegance to this great song. Impregnated with spiritual \u2014 almost liturgical\u2014 vibes this is a song of an outstanding beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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