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Vira Loucos

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Vira Loucos
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 1997
RecordedSeptember–November 1996, Hillside Sound, Englewood, NJ
GenreJazz
Length45:08
LabelAvant Avan 061
ProducerJohn Zorn & Kazunori Sugiyama
Cyro Baptista chronology
Cyro
(1988)
Vira Loucos
(1997)
Supergenerous
(2000)

Vira Loucos (subtitled Cyro Baptista Plays the Music of Villa-Lobos) is an album by percussionist Cyro Baptista performing the compositions by or inspired by Heitor Villa-Lobos which was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1997.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Brian Olewnick notes that "Baptista has a assembled a group both light on its feet and capable of negotiating the trickiest of rhythmic passages and deliriously romantic melodies with wit, enthusiasm, and grace. Highly recommended".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos except as indicated

  1. "Dansa" – 3:33
  2. "Passion in the Basement" (Cyro Baptista, Naná Vasconcelos) – 3:31
  3. "Cantiga" – 5:47
  4. "Ama/Teresinha de Jesus" (Baptista) – 4:52
  5. "Complaint/Sabia" (Baptista/Hervé Cordovil) – 3:15
  6. "Choro/Trrenzinho Caipira" – 6:40
  7. "Choros Number 8" – 3:51
  8. "Dansa Do Indio Branco" – 3:31
  9. "Ciranda" (Baptista) – 5:09
  10. "Sapo Cururu" (Baptista) – 5:02

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Cyro Baptista discography accessed January 30, 2014
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, Brain. Cyro Baptista – Vila Loucos > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 30, 2014.