''Zé Ramalho da Paraíba'' is a compilation of rare songs by

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian solo artist

Zé Ramalho Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and A ...

in 2008. Most of the tracks were recorded live, in a time they were still unknown. Avôhai (a tribute to Ramalho's grandfather), for example, was performed only three days after his death (as said in the beginning of the song), but became a hit single years after.

Track listing

# Táxi-lunar (''Moon-Taxi'') – 5:26 (Zé Ramalho,

Alceu Valença Alceu Valença (; born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. Alceu Valenca was born in the countryside of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance betwe ...

Geraldo Azevedo Geraldo Azevedo de Amorim (born January 11, 1945) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is famous for his contributions to the Brazilian popular music (MPB) scene, especially his partnerships with Alceu Valença and Zé Ramalho ...

) # Jacarepaguá blues – 8:34 # O author da natureza (''The Author of Nature'') – 4:39 # Brejo do Cruz – 5:02 # Puxa-puxa (''Pull-pull'') – 2:14 # Luciela – 7:09 # Paraíba hospitaleira (''Hospitable Paraíba'') – 2:26 # Terremotos (''Earthquakes'') – 3:32 # Falido transatlântico (''Broken Transatlantics'') – 3:59 ( Marcus Vinícius) # A árvore (''The Tree'') – 6:23 # A peleja de Apolo e Pan (''The Match of Apolo e Pan'') – 3:59 # O astronauta (''The Astronaut'') – 6:54 # Meninas de Albarã (''Albarã Girls'') – 3:10 # Aboio Eletrônico (''Electronic Aboio'') – 4:27 # O sobrevivente (''The Survivor'') – 4:54 # Jardim das Acácias (''Acacia Garden'') – 8:53 # Avôhai – 10:03 # Adeus segunda-feira cinzenta (''Goodbye, Grey Monday'') – 9:11 # A dança das borboletas (''The Dance of The Butterflies'') – 10:37 (Zé Ramalho, Alceu Valença) # O Monte Olímpia (''The Mount Olimpia'') – 7:40 # Admirável Gado Novo (''Brave New Cattle'') – 6:03 All music & lyrics by Zé Ramalho, except where noted

Personnel

* Zé Ramalho –

Lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

on tracks 1 to 8,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

on tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19,

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

on tracks 20, 21 * Josué –

Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

on tracks 1 to 8 *

Wallace Wallace may refer to: People * Clan Wallace in Scotland * Wallace (given name) * Wallace (surname) * Wallace (footballer, born 1986), full name Wallace Fernando Pereira, Brazilian football left-back * Wallace (footballer, born 1987), full name Wa ...

–

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

on tracks 1 to 8 * Hugo Leão – Bass guitar on tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

on tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

on tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Mus ...

on track 20 *

Baby In common terminology, a baby is the very young offspring of adult human beings, while infant (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'baby' or 'child') is a formal or specialised synonym. The terms may also be used to refer to Juvenile (orga ...

– Bass guitar on tracks 20 * Paulo Batera –

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on tracks 1 to 8, 20 * Irapuan – Drums on tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 * Jarbas Mariz –

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

on tracks 1 to 8,

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

on track 20, backing vocals on track 20 * Edmilson – Percussion and backing vocals on tracks 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 * Walmir – Percussion and backing vocals on tracks 9, 11, 12, 13, 14

References

2008 compilation albums Zé Ramalho albums {{Brazil-album-stub