Edison Machado

Last updated
Edison Machado
Birth nameEdison dos Santos Machado
Born(1934-01-31)January 31, 1934
Rio de Janeiro, Engenho Novo, Brazil
DiedSeptember 15, 1990(1990-09-15) (aged 56)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • Drummer
Instrument(s) Drums
Years active1949–1990

Edison dos Santos Machado (January 31, 1934 - September 15, 1990) was a self-taught Brazilian drummer and composer. Through his creation of the samba no prato (samba on the cymbals) and his early recordings, he helped shape Brazilian samba and bossa nova. [1] Throughout his life, he collaborated frequently with a variety of musicians including Chet Baker and Ron Carter and was recorded in over 50 albums until his sudden death in 1990. [2] [3] Despite the impact he made as one of the founders of bossa nova his name has been largely forgotten. [4]

Contents

Biography

Early life and career beginnings: 1934–1957

Edison Machado grew up in the suburbs of Engenho Novo of the then capital of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. In his childhood, he started to teach himself how to play the drums. [5] In watching and listening to famous Brazilian drummers such as Luciano Perrone and Edgar Nunes Rocca he would follow along drumming on his legs to learn their techniques. In the years after World War II Machado, like many other adolescents in Brazil, experienced the heyday of Rádio Nacional and was inspired by American be-bop jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. In 1949 at the age of 17 While continuing to play the drums Machado would go onto accidentally create a play style that would go onto influence modern samba. What occurred was that whilst playing with a samba band, Machado's snare drum broke. [6] Not wanting to disrupt the flow of the music, he proceeded to play on the ride cymbal with his right hand, while he using his left hand to add syncopated accents on a tom drum. [1] After his accidental creation of samba no prato, it would become Machado's signature play style in the years to come.

At some point in the early 1950s, Machado joined the Brazilian Army and in doing so meet Raul de Souza. [5] By around 1955, Machado had left the army and was playing at the Beco das Garrafas clubs which was also known as "Bottles Alley". The location renowned for hosting many famous Brazilian jazz artists throughout the 50s and it got its nickname due to neighbouring apartments throwing bottles into the alley to protest all the noise from the performers. [7] These clubs where well known for its having new innovative musicians of which played every night. [8] In 1957 at the age of 23, Machado would join his first major group Turma da Gafieira which went onto record their first albums Turma da Gafieira and Samba em Hi-Fi in the same year. [9]

Career success: 1957–1980

In the years after playing with Turma da Gafieira, Machado went continue building a reputation for himself collaborating with Dionysio de Oliveira Filho, Paulo Moura and Luiz Bonfá. By 1961 Machado, went onto help create a group called the Bossa Três which was one of the first instrumental Bossa Nova groups of the time. [10] Consisting of Luiz Carlos Vinhas on piano and Tião Neto on the double bass the group went onto debut at the Lane in 1962. [11] By the start of 1963, the group were playing in New York under a contract from Sidney Frey, the owner of Audio-Fidelity. Frey went onto record multiple sessions to sell to the American music market, advertise them on the Andy Williams Show and to feature them at the Village Vanguard. Despite the Bossa Três' relative success, they missed opportunities to play at venues like Birdland because Machado was not able to read music due to being self-taught.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

With Bossa Três

With Bossa Três and Pery Ribeiro

With Rio 65 Trio

Compilations

1966: Love, Strings and Jobim

As sideman

With Turma da Gafieira

With Paulo Moura

With Dionísio e Seu Quinteto

With Luiz Bonfá

With Antônio Carlos Jobim

With Meirelles e os Copa 5

With Hector Costita

With Salvador Trio

With Stan Getz

With Tania Maria

With Ron Carter

With Gene Bertoncini & Michael Moore

Filmography

Related Research Articles

Bossa nova is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovative syncopation of traditional samba from a single rhythmic division. The "bossa nova beat" is characteristic of a samba style and not of an autonomous genre. The bossa nova wave became popular around the world; this increased popularity helped to renew samba and contributed to the modernization of Brazilian music in general.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baden Powell (guitarist)</span> Brazilian guitarist

Baden Powell de Aquino, known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and MPB. He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. Powell composed many pieces for guitar, such as Abração em Madrid, Braziliense, Canto de Ossanha, Casa Velha, Consolação, Horizon, Imagem, Lotus, Samba, Samba Triste, Simplesmente, Tristeza e Solidão, and Samba da Benção. He released Os Afro-sambas, a watershed album in MPB, with Vinicius de Moraes in 1966.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eumir Deodato</span> Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and producer

Eumir Deodato de Almeida is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as pop, rock, disco, rhythm and blues, classical, Latin and bossa nova.

<i>Getz/Gilberto</i> Album by Stan Getz and João Gilberto

Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks, "Garota de Ipanema" and "Corcovado". The artwork was done by artist Olga Albizu. Getz/Gilberto is a jazz and bossa nova album and includes tracks such as "Desafinado", "Corcovado", and "Garota de Ipanema". The last received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and started Astrud Gilberto's career. "Doralice" and "Para Machucar Meu Coração" strengthened Gilberto's and Jobim's respect for the tradition of pre-bossa nova samba.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luiz Bonfá</span> Brazilian guitarist and composer (1922–2001)

Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film Black Orpheus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luiz Melodia</span> Brazilian musician (1951–2017)

Luiz Carlos dos Santos, widely known by his stage name Luiz Melodia, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose music was a characteristic crossover of multiple Music genres including Música popular brasileira (MPB), rock music, blues, soul music and samba. He has been described as 'one of the most important Brazilian-born musicians.'

"Manhã de Carnaval", often referred to as "Black Orpheus", is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria.

Dom Salvador, stage name of Salvador da Silva Filho, is a Brazilian jazz/MPB pianist most notable for his Rio 65 Trio that featured the Brazilian jazz drummer Edison Machado and bassist Sergio Barrozo. He also did tours of Europe with musicians like Sylvia Telles. In May 1976, he recorded his one and only American jazz album, My Family, for Muse Records in New York City. Over his long career, he has performed with musicians like Rubens Bassini, Jorge Ben, Elza Soares and Elis Regina, to name a few. In later life he formed the a trio

<i>Jazz Samba Encore!</i> 1963 studio album by Stan Getz, Luiz Bonfá

Jazz Samba Encore! is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá, released on the Verve label. It is bossa nova in a slower groove. It contains a mix of Jobim standards as well as originals from Bonfá. Performers also include Antonio Carlos Jobim and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife. The painting on the cover is a piece by the influential New York based abstract expressionist Olga Albizu from Puerto Rico.

João Theodoro Meirelles, better known as J. T. Meirelles, is a Brazilian saxophonist and flautist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died at 67 years old in that same city. Meirelles is considered one of the creators of the samba-jazz rhythm, along with Manfredo Fest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duduka Da Fonseca</span> Musical artist

Duduka Da Fonseca, born Eduardo Moreira Da Fonseca is a Brazilian jazz drummer who is a founding member of Trio da Paz with Romero Lubambo and Nilson Matta. He leads the Duduka da Fonseca Trio, with David Feldman and Guto Wirtti.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Alf</span> Brazilian musician (1929–2010)

Alfredo José da Silva, popularly known as Johnny Alf, was a Brazilian musician, sometimes known as the "Father of Bossa Nova".

<i>Bossa Nova Bacchanal</i> 1963 studio album by Charlie Rouse

Bossa Nova Bacchanal is an album by American saxophonist Charlie Rouse recorded in 1962 and released in 1963 on the Blue Note label. It was the only album Rouse recorded as a leader for Blue Note. The CD reissue includes a bonus track recorded in 1965.

David Feldman is a Brazilian-Israeli Jazz and Bossa Nova pianist, arranger, producer, composer and sound-engineer.

<i>Trombone Jazz Samba</i> 1962 studio album by Bob Brookmeyer

Trombone Jazz Samba is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring bossa nova compositions recorded in 1962 for the Verve label.

<i>Braziliana</i> (album) 1965 studio album by Luiz Bonfá and Maria Toledo

Braziliana is a 1965 album by Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfá and his wife, singer Maria Toledo, of songs mainly composed by Bonfá and Toledo, produced by Bobby Scott. The backing musicians included drummers Hélcio Milito and Dom Um Romão. Stereo Review accorded it a Recording of Special Merit. The album was recorded after the success of the 1964 Getz/Gilberto album, and increased interest in samba and bossa nova in Europe. After being out of print for many years the LP was reissued as CD in the Verve Originals series in 2008.

"Só Danço Samba" is a bossa nova song composed in 1962 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were later written by Norman Gimbel. On occasion, it has also been known as "Jazz Samba" and "I Only Dance Samba", an English translation of the original Portuguese title.

<i>Luiz Bonfá Plays and Sings Bossa Nova</i> 1963 studio album by Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Bonfá Composer of Black Orpheus Plays and Sings Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by Luiz Bonfá arranged by Lalo Schifrin.

Samba-jazz or jazz samba is an instrumental subgenre of samba that emerged in the bossa nova ambit in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Brazil.

"O Morro Não Tem Vez", also known as "Favela", "O Morro", and "Somewhere in the Hills", is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes. The English lyrics were written by Ray Gilbert.

References

  1. 1 2 Osmianski, Adam (May 2014). "Around the World: Samba Starter--Unlocking a World of Options". Modern Drummer. 38 (5): 70–71 – via ProQuest.
  2. ↑ Luiz (1 February 2007). "Edison Machado: Discografia - Revisada em 22/07/2008". Edison Machado. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ↑ "Biografias: Edison Machado - Batera.com.br". www.batera.com.br. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Samba no Prato - Especiais - Raça". 2016-02-05. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. 1 2 Barsalini, Leandro (2009). The syntheses of Edison Machado: a study on the development of samba patterns in the drums (MS). State University of Campinas. Retrieved 2020-05-25
  6. ↑ Radio, N. T. S. "Edison Machado | Discover music on NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. ↑ Jazz, All About (26 March 2014). "Rio de Janeiro's shrine to Brazil's fabled Bossa Nova article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  8. ↑ Torres, George (2013-03-27). Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-0-313-08794-3.
  9. ↑ "Edison Machado". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  10. ↑ "Folha de S.Paulo - Música: Bossa nova perde piano fiel de Luiz Carlos Vinhas - 25/08/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  11. ↑ Castro, Ruy (1990). Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World. Chicago Review Press. p. 294. ISBN   978-1-61374-574-8.
  12. ↑ McCann, Bryan (2007). "Blues and Samba: An Alternative History of Bossa Nova". Luso-Brazilian Review. 44: 42. doi:10.1353/lbr.2008.0005. S2CID   145569698 – via Project MUSE.
  13. ↑ TERRA EM TRANSE - FILME COMPLETO | GLAUBER ROCHA | 1967 , retrieved 2020-05-31
  14. ↑ "DOM SALVADOR ON JAZZ PROFILES". WKCR. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.