How
to describe the unique place that touches your soul and caresses your
ears from the very first moment you step inside the venue? In the
middle of Coimbra´s old town there is oasis for a quality music lover.
The place is called Salao Brazil and it’s rhythm envelopes you
totally when you step up it’s huge stairs. In the old times the
magnificent hall used to be restaurant, but now one can see people
having good time with the sound of jazz music. But not only jazz, the
club is opened to different styles.
The magic starts from the
balcony of the place. As the listeners could go on a miracoulous
journey with our star reporter Lauri Lõo, steps ticking like our
years, the same goes with potential writers. Sitting there in the
tranquil balcony, hearing outside the soothing fountain, while
looking at the hairy, wine-faced musicians discussing about local music
scene, writers come to realization that, next to those jolly
discussions, clinking of wine glasses, shared souls and cigarettes,
a person can change the world.
Writers look at those
beautiful, soulful people and understand that the biggest knowledge
of humankind is the fact that you can start with one word and change
the world.
While the musicians are jamming downstairs, their talent spreading out of wide windows to the streets of Coimbra, all the fado singers gathering same time in front of Santa Cruz cafe, a writer picks its first words... Somewhere there are lovers, their kisses hidden behind black Harry Potter capas, somewhere are poems lit, looking escape to the night, like silently, forever-burning incense fire.
While the musicians are jamming downstairs, their talent spreading out of wide windows to the streets of Coimbra, all the fado singers gathering same time in front of Santa Cruz cafe, a writer picks its first words... Somewhere there are lovers, their kisses hidden behind black Harry Potter capas, somewhere are poems lit, looking escape to the night, like silently, forever-burning incense fire.
Those people could jam for lonely and happy souls!
When listening to the
jammings, reminiscences his past time lovers, their smooth voice,
drunk arguments and lipstick tattoos on mirror, one might want to write one cheesy poem:Do you want to stay
vagabund in Cosmos
and pick stars?
If I could lend you
with my cigarette
my soul
would you thank me with
obrigado
or consider
me stupid
for giving free stuff?
*
Blond Czech cuties win the corridor. Greeting new
musicmen and -women, who seek escapism from ordinary, everyday mundane
life. They smile to you forever, they make your true
colors become apparent, they greet our star reporter Lauri Lõo to
take us on a journey.
The journey is orchestrated
by the chill, foggy looking musicians, who after smoking a
cigarette, loose themselves with guitars, pianos and drums and
microphone. Lauri takes out the recorder, while the singers` goes
bonkers and the everyday ordiness swims out of those large windows.
WE ARE ALL MAD HERE, one
might scream, when jazz artist, rocka-funka-billies, hippies and
soul-sinners jam and sing. Somewhere there is paradise, somewhere
poems to be written, women to be loved and memories to be forgotten.
Somewhere there is passion. Somewhere is JACC record label, Salao
Brazil´s own baby, true Christmas child.
*
When it comes to JACC
record label, one needs to know that it is 3 years old and has
released already 20 albums. It is a platform for talented local musicians. They are independent, forever autonomous,
fighting for the right cause.
So when a music man catches
the album of Ogre, talented portuguese young musicians
collaborating with Maria João,
the virtuouso, goddess of Portuguese jazz, he/she is definitely
granted an experience of a lifetime.
Maria carries the listeners
on the paradisiac electronical rhythms to the seven lands and seas,
silently whispering us world secrets we tend to forget.. Let´s
forget ourselves into this beautiful world.. Que voz! Que voz!
The
album is called Electrodomestico.. and has the work of such talented
artists as João
Farinha Júlio Resende Joel Silva André Nascimento.
Check one of the song from the album at:
Babel
Radio show also recommends the album of Ricardo
A. Freitas,
portuguese bassist, who has an album IntErLuNio
– L´ ennui riot.
It is composed with Eduarda
Lala,
trombone, Johannes
Krieger
trompete, Raimund
Engelhardt,
table and percussion, Gonçalo
Lopes,
clarinet and soprano.
This
album is mellow, soul-searching material, a guide to inner soul to
find peace, happiness and love. Just
forget everything, my dear, weary soul and abandon your everyday
struggle with independent sounds..
Check:
The
final album of the
JACC record label that Babels would like to promote is Elisa
Rodriguez - Heart Mouth dialogues.
We do not know whether we like only her music, or we are in love with
her beauty. Maybe
it is both.
But definitely because
of
her, the writer wants
to come down from
the balcony to hear this goddess sing. Because of her, a writer
might realize again that with one word you can change the world.
While
the pianist taps away our everyday struggle, forgotten dreams and
evil souls, small, cute, fragile looking woman gathers her power.
There is nothing left anymore, no houses, people, dreams and
positivity. One
can feel
lack of love, drop-dead solutions and look
solitude from
long, lonely walks. Somewhere
mirrors the long face of dead soul, who strolls
past Jardim de Manga.
Check
Elisa singing:
And
when the final cords of this goddess are gone,
the world becomes still, silent, forever-lonely. There are nothing
left than words, there is a lonely writer and quest to write himself
happy.. He lids a cigarette and starts:
My
blood is full of words
it
drops straight from God´s winebottles
tripping
with
utter soul
*
We
all have dreams and Babel Radio Show knows that Salªo Brazil has
them
as
well. We do not know excatly what their dream is – maybe
to be great!
But we know that
el
Maestro, Ze Miguel, the visionary of this place do dreams and
believes in them.
We guess Ze Miguel dreams and makes music at the same time - multitasking, that is!
We
are
more than sure
that the portuguese ( and international) greatness will be in this
place, on the records and in
lovely
jazz magazine. Great words for the love of jazz.
Check
the
magazine
at:
*
And
Babel Radio Show has a dream to sing there as well!
Let´s pray to the gods and lands of possibillities to make it
happen!
Our
gratitude goes to Salao Brazil, Ze Miguel, Martina Pospisilova,
Stepanka for her machines, Lauri for his amazing reportage, Ze Paus,
Zoe Malmendier for the pictures, Tcheka for amazing live, Antonio for
introducing the musicians!
A
writer finishes writing..
the
world become still..
somewhere
Elisa
whispers..
forever..
Listen
to the show at:
http://www.mixcloud.com/Babel_RUC/salao_brazil_and_portuguese-jazz/
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