''Coisas'' is an album by Brazilian composer

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recorded in 1965 and released on the Forma record label. The album was listed by

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in his 100 most important recordings and by

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in their 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records.

Reception

Although the album was not met with acclaim when first released, it has gone on to receive praise. ''

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'' described the album as "one of the great accomplishments of modern Brazilian music". Writing for the ''Village Voice,'' Larry Blumenfeld called the album a "brilliant record". Ben Ratliff wrote that the album sounds like it was a mixture of West Coast jazz and samba and the arrangements on Blue Note recordings. Ratliff had earlier described the album as "a brilliant unification of large-ensemble jazz arranging, wickedly persuasive songwriting and Afro-Brazilian rhythm." The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars, writing that the album "melds the various tonalities and flavors of creative jazz to the heart of Brazil's folkloric and emergent musical traditions." Original copies of the album are hard to find with records selling for large amounts of money. The song “Coisa No. 5” was later given lyrics by Mario Telles and renamed “Nanã”. The song has been recorded by over 100 artists including

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and

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Track listing

# Coisa nº 4 (

) - 04:03 # Coisa nº 10 (

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- Moacir Santos) - 02:47 # Coisa nº 5 (Mário Telles - Moacir Santos) - 02:27 # Coisa nº 3 (Moacir Santos) - 02:20 # Coisa nº 2 (Moacir Santos) - 02:43 # Coisa nº 9 (Moacir Santos) 04:57 # Coisa nº 6 (Moacir Santos) # Coisa nº 7 (Moacir Santos) - 03:06 # Coisa nº 1 (

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- Moacir Santos) - 03:00 # Coisa nº 8 (

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- Moacir Santos) - 03:08

Personnel

* Moacir Santos - Baritone Saxophone * Dulcilando Pereira - Alto Saxophone * Jorge Ferreira Da Silva - Alto Saxophone * Geraldo Medeiros - Baritone Saxophone * Gabriel Bezerra - Bass * Armando Pallas - Bass Trombone * Giorgio Bariola - Cello * Peter Dautsberg - Cello * Watson Clis - Cello *

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- Drums * Alberto Soluri - Engineer * Nicolino Cópia - Flute * Geraldo Vaspar - Guitar * Wadi Gebara Netto - Music Director, Recording Supervisor * Elias Ferreira - Percussion * Chaim Lewak - Piano, Organ * Luiz Bezerra - Tenor Saxophone * Edmundo Maciel - Trombone * João Gerônimo Meneze - Trumpet * Júlio Barbosa - Trumpet * Claudio Das Neves - Vibraphone

References

{{reflist Jazz albums by Brazilian artists Moacir Santos albums 1965 albums