Quinteto Académico
| Quinteto Académico | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , beat |
| founding | 1961 |
| resolution | 1969 |
| Website | quintetoacademico |
| Last occupation | |
| Earl Jordan (since 1968) | |
| Carlos Carvalho (since 1967) | |
| Tom Fox (since 1968) | |
| Adrien Ransy (since 1967) | |
| Mike Carr (since 1968) | |
| José Manuel Fonseca (1961–1969) | |
| Lawry Brown (since 1968) | |
| former members | |
guitar |
Mário Assis Ferreira (until 1967) |
bass |
Alexandre Barreto (until 1967) |
Drums |
Fernando Mendes (until 1967) |
E organ |
Daniel Gouveia (until 1967) |
bass |
Jean Sarbib (1967–1968) |
E organ |
Pedro Osório (1967–1968) |
Trumpet |
Mário de Jesus (since 1967) |
The Quinteto Académico was a Portuguese Beat - band from Lisbon .
history
The group was founded by five Lisbon students in 1961 , before the worldwide success of the Beatles and the subsequent global British invasion . The band took the name (German: Academic Quintet) at the suggestion of their pianist, later publisher and Fado biographer Daniel Gouveia, who favored a self-explanatory and non-Anglo-Saxon name. They gave their first concert in 1961 in Arganil , where guitarist Mário Assis Ferreira came from. His guitar playing turned out to be limited in the long run, and since he had a great talent for marketing in return , he became manager of the band from 1966. The group recorded an EP that year . The four pieces played instrumentally or only with polyphonic band vocals convinced with an energetic style of music that was composed of influences of beat and soul .
In 1967 the group made profound changes in line-up. So came u. a. Belgian jazz drummer Adrien Ransy and Portugal-born Algerian jazz bassist Jean Sarbib joined the band. Among other things, they played the music to texts by Alexandre O'Neill in António de Macedo's film Sete Balas Para Selma (English: Seven Balls for Selma), and appeared in 1968 in a first attempt at pop music at the Festival de Vilar de Mouros music festival .
The formation changed several times. In 1968 the colored American singer Earl Jordan joined the band, and the British organist Mike Carr and the Cape Verdean guitarist Dany Silva were also members of the band. The group renamed itself Quarteto Académico + 2 when it became seven members. On the occasion of a concert tour through what was then the Portuguese colony of Mozambique , the group turned down offers to play in neighboring South Africa , as their two colored musicians should not have been on stage with the white band members due to the apartheid laws there . Instead, the group stayed in Mozambique for about six months, where they a. performed together with Amália Rodrigues at the Hotel Polana in what was then Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ) . Shortly after their return from Mozambique, the group disbanded in 1969.
The only member of the band who played in the Quinteto Académico from its inception to its dissolution was José Manuel Fonseca, who was then a long tour guide . Manager Assis Ferreira was most recently in charge of Casino Estoril and two other casinos of the Stanley Ho company Estoril Sol .
Discography
- 1966: Quinteto Académico (7 ", 4-song EP)
- 1967: Reach Out I'll Be There (7 ", 4-song EP)
- 1967: Train (7 ", 4-song EP)
- 1968: Judy In Disguise (7 "single) as Quinteto Académico +2
- 1968: Why (7 "single) as Quinteto Académico +2
- 1968: Love Love Loverman (7 ", 4-song EP) as Quinteto Académico +2
- 2008: Train - Integral 1966–1968 ( retrospective , 22-song CD)
Web links
- Quinteto Académico on MusicBrainz (English)
- Quinteto Académico at Discogs (English) (as Quinteto Académico )
- Quinteto Académico at Discogs (English) (as Quinteto Académico + 2 )
- Quinteto Académico on Myspace
Individual evidence
- ^ Supplement to the work show CD edition Train - Integral 1966 - 1968. Valentim de Carvalho 2008.
- ↑ The band's own biography on Myspace , accessed on November 30, 2012.