Azymuth
Azymuth is a three- piece fusion jazz band from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
history
Azymuth was created in 1973 from the Grupo Seleção; the original band members were José Roberto Bertrami ( keyboards , † 2012), Alex Malheiros ( bass ), ( guitar ) and Ivan Conti ( drums ). Fernando Moraes replaced Bertrami on the keyboards. The band released their first album in 1975 under the title Azymüth and toured with Elis Regina , Eumir Deodato , Jorge Ben , Gal Costa and Milton Nascimento . She had her biggest hit in 1980 with "Jazz Carnival" and in the following years released a number of albums on the US jazz labelMilestone Records . Since the mid-1990s, they released albums on the British Far Out label. The musicians from Azymuth call their music Samba doido , which means something like "crazy samba".
Azymuth also produced other musicians and played in numerous other projects over the years. A well-known album is by the Brazilian singer Ana Mazzotti, among others, and another by Sabrina Malheiros , the bassist's daughter, from 2005. Many of Azymuth's compositions have been covered by very different musicians. Also remixes of her plays were produced, such as by Jazzanova .
In May 2008 Ivan Conti released an album with hip-hop musician Madlib called Sujinho.
Discography
- 1973 - Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Conjunto Azimuth - O fabuloso Fittipaldi (film soundtrack, Philips Brasil)
- 1975 - Azimüth (Som Livre, republished on Far Out)
- 1977 - Águia come nicht mosca ( WEA Brasil)
- 1979 - Light as a Feather ( Milestone Records )
- 1980 - Outubro (Milestone)
- 1982 Cascades (Milestone)
- 1982 - Telecommunication (Milestone)
- 1983 - Rapid Transit (Milestone)
- 1984 - Flame (Milestone)
- 1985 - Spectrum (Milestone)
- 1985 - Live at Copocabana Palace (SBA)
- 1986 - Tightrope Walker (Milestone)
- 1987 - Crazy Rhythm (Milestones)
- 1988 - Jazz Carnival: Best of Azymuth (compilation, BGP)
- 1989 - Tudo bem (Enigma / EMI)
- 1994 - The Beat of Azymuth (Ace)
- 1994 - 21 Anos (Spotlight)
- 1995 - Volta a Turma (WestWind)
- 1996 - Carnival (Far Out)
- 1998 - Woodland Warrior (Far Out)
- 1999 - Pieces of Ipanema (Far Out)
- 2000 - Before We Forget (Far Out)
- 2002 - Partido novo (Far Out)
- 2004 - Brazilian Soul TBC (Far Out)
- 2006 - Pure: The Far Out Years 1995-2006 (compilation, Far Out)
- 2008 - Butterfly (Far Out)
- 2011 - Aurora (Far Out)
- 2016 - Fênix (Far Out)