''Tudo Azul'' is an album recorded in 1999 by the Velha Guarda da Portela (Portuguese for "Portela's Oldest-Ones"). The album was produced by famous Brazilian singer

Marisa Monte Marisa de Azevedo Monte (Brazilian Portuguese: /maˈɾizɐ dʒi azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi/) (born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 milli ...

, which is featured in one of the tracks. Tudo Azul features tracks written from 1945 to 1972.

Track listing

# "Portela Desde que Eu Nasci" (Monarco) – 1:20 #*Monarco – lead vocals,

cuíca The cuíca () is a Brazilian friction drum with a large pitch range, produced by changing tension on the head of the drum. ''Cuíca'' is Portuguese for the gray four-eyed opossum (''Philander opossum'') which is known for its high-pitched cry. I ...

#*Jair do Cavaquinho –

cavaquinho The cavaquinho (pronounced in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings. More broadly, ''cavaquinho'' is the name of a four-stringed subdivision of the lute family of instr ...

# "O Mundo é Assim" (Alvaiade) – 2:20 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Ronaldo do Bandolim –

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

#*Cabelinho –

floor tom A floor tom or low tom is a double-headed tom-tom drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs. However, they can also be attached to a cymbal stand with a drum clamp, or supported by a rim mount. It is a cylindrical drum without snare ...

#*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Jair do Cavaquinho –

tamborim A ''tamborim'' ( or ) is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin. The frame is 6" in width and may be made of metal, plastic, or wood. The head is typically made of nylon and is normally very tightly tuned in order ...

ganzá The ''ganzá'' () is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. The ''ganzá'' is cylindrically shaped, and can be either a hand-woven basket or a metal canister which is filled with beads, metal balls, pebbl ...

, backing vocals #*Argemiro –

pandeiro The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil. The pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, and capoeira music. The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (''platinelas'') ...

, lead vocals, backing vocals #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Casquinha – ganzá,

snare drum The snare (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used ...

, backing vocals #*Monarco – lead vocals, backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Nascer e Florescer" (Manacéa) – 3:51 #*Mauro Diniz – cavaquinho #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Cabelinho – floor tom #*Jair do Cavaquinho – ganzá, tamborim #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Argemiro – pandeiro #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro #*Monarco – lead vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Vai Saudade" (David do Pandeiro, Candeia) – 1:34 #*David do Pandeiro – lead vocals, pandeiro #*Jair do Cavaquinho – cavaquinho #*Argemiro, Casquinha, Monarco, Paulão, Marisa Monte, Pastoras – handclaps # "Sabiá Cantador" (Alvarenga) – 3:19 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Ronaldo do Bandolim –

tenor guitar The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially developed in its acoustic form by Gibson and C.F. Martin so that players of ...

#*Cabelinho –

tan-tan Tan-Tan ( ar, طانطان, ber, ⵟⴰⵏⵟⴰⵏ) is a city in Tan-Tan Province in the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun in southwestern Morocco. It is a desert town with a population (2014 census) of 73,209. It is the largest city in the provinc ...

#*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Argemiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Casquinha –

cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs soun ...

s, backing vocals #*Monarco – tamborim, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – lead vocals, backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "A Noite que Tudo Esconde" feat.

Paulinho da Viola Paulinho da Viola (born Paulo César Batista de Faria on 12 November 1942) () is a Brazilian '' sambista'', singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice. Biograph ...

(Chico Santana/Alvaiade) – 2:42 #*Mauro Diniz – cavaquinho #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Roberto Marques –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

#*Cabelinho – ganzá, floor tom #*Argemiro – pandeiro #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Monarco – lead vocals #*Paulinho da Viola – lead vocals # "Eu Te Quero" (Jair do Cavaquinho/Colombo) – 1:42 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Jair do Cavaquinho – lead vocals, cavaquinho #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Volta Meu Amor" feat.

(Manacéa, Áurea Maria) – 4:22 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Cabelinho – floor tom, tamborim #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim,

matchbox Phillumeny (also known as phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. Matchbox A matchbox is a box made of cardboard or thin wood and designed ...

, backing vocals #*Casquinha – tamborim, matchbox, backing vocals #*Monarco – tamborim, backing vocals #*Argemiro – pandeiro, lead vocals, backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals #*Marisa Monte – lead vocals # "Falsas Juras" (Casquinha, Candeia) – 2:41 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Argemiro – pandeiro #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro #*Monarco – tamborim #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Cabelinho – floor tom #*Roberto Marques – trombone #*Casquinha – lead vocals, tamborim, snare drum #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Tentação" (Casemiro da Cuíca, Ramon Russo) – 1:10 #*Casemiro da Cuíca – lead vocals, cuíca # "Você Me Abandonou" (Alberto Lonato) – 2:48 #*Mauro Diniz – cavaquinho #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim #*Monarco – lead vocals, tamborim #*Argemiro – pandeiro #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Cabelinho – floor tom #*Casquinha – snare drum #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Vem Amor" (Casquinha) – 1:00 #*Jair do Cavaquinho – cavaquinho #*Casquinha – lead vocals, percussion,

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# "Benjamim" (Josias) – 2:04 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar,

steeldrum The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. Descripti ...

#*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Casquinha – snare drum #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro,

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#*Argemiro – pandeiro #*Cabelinho – floor tom,

agogô An agogô (Yoruba: ''agogo'', meaning bell) is a single or a multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba and Edo music and also in the samba '' baterias'' (percussion ensembles). The agogô may be the oldes ...

#*Monarco – lead vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Tudo Azul" (Ventura) – 2:45 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Argemiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Cabelinho – floor tom, pandeiro #*Casquinha – snare drum #*Roberto Marques – trombone #*Monarco – lead vocals, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Minha Vontade" feat.

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(Chatim) – 1:18 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Cristina Buarque – lead vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Sempre Teu Amor" (Manacéa) – 3:05 #*Mauro Diniz – cavaquinho #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Casquinha – tamborim, backing vocals #*Monarco – tamborim, backing vocals #*Casquinha – tamborim, lead vocals, backing vocals #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Argemiro – pandeiro, backing vocals, lead vocals #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Corri pra Ver" (Chico Santana, Monarco, Casquinha) – 3:28 #*Mauro Diniz – cavaquinho #*Paulão – acoustic guitar, tamborim #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Argemiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, tamborim, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim #*Cabelinho – pandeiro, agogô, floor tom, tamborim,

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#*Monarco – lead vocals, backing vocals #*Casquinha – backing vocals #*Tia Eunice, Tia Doca, Áurea Maria, Surica – backing vocals # "Lenço" feat.

Zeca Pagodinho Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (, born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode. Biography Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodin ...

(Chico Santana, Monarco) – 3:10 #*Paulão – acoustic guitar #*Guaracy – seven-string acoustic guitar #*Serginho Procópio – cavaquinho #*Cabelinho – agogô, floor tom, ganzá #*Argemiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*David do Pandeiro – pandeiro, backing vocals #*Jair do Cavaquinho – tamborim, backing vocals #*Casemiro da Cuíca – cuíca #*Casquinha – snare drum, backing vocals #*Roberto Marques – trombone #*Monarco – lead vocals, backing vocals #*Zeca Pagodinho – lead vocals

Track listing

See also