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Discography
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albums recorded by Thiago
NEW RELEASE
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
Sharp Edges
Audio CD 2008 Gau Records
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PERSONNEL
Cliff Korman, Haroldo Mauro Jr., Richard Kimball, Marcus Silva, Nilson Matta, Sergio Brando, David Finck, Benjamin Bentes, Rick Sebastian, Helio Schiavo, Cesar Machado, Duduka da Fonseca, Paulo Braga, Valtinho, Claudio Roditi, Robert Auld, Diego Urcolla, Jay Ashby, Mark Kirk, Richard Lesnik, Paul Lieberman, Steve Sacks, William Gallison, Pery Ribeiro, Romero Lubambo, Antonio Mello, Carlos Vitorino, Flavio Goulart, Paul Meyers, Celso Mendes
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
A Flame in the Dark
Audio CD 2008 Gau Records
Personnel:
Richard Kimball, Helio Alves, Maria Teresa Madeira and Thiago de Mello (piano);
David Finck, Paulo Russo (bass); Lou Grassi, Cesar Machado (drums);
Gustavo Tavares (cello); Thiago de Mello (acoustic guitar); Flavio Goulart (electric guitar);
Dexter Payne (clarinet); Thiago de Mello (organic percussion); Mara Mauro, Jlia Mauro, Thiago de Mello (vocals)
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
Our Time To Remember
Audio CD © 2008 Gau Records
PERSONNEL
Haroldo Mauro Jr., Cliff Korman (piano);
Sergio Barrozo, Leonardo Cioglia (bass);
Cesar Machado, Helio Schiavo (drums);
Lula Galvão, Romero Lubambo (guitar);
Idriss Boudrioua, Dexter Payne (alto sax);
Gabriel Grossi, Dexter Payne (harmonica);
Thiago de Mello (percussion & vocals).
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello & Dexter Payne
Disk-Tum-Derrei - Chorando e Sambando
Audio CD © 2007 JSR Records
(Samples will be uploaded soon. Please check back.)
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DiskTumDerrei is an imitation Thiago performs, vocally, of the Brazilian surdo sound, as played by Escolas de Samba in Brazil. chorando & sambando are terms related to two of the main genres of Brazilian music: choro and samba.
This CD is the natural consequence of Another Feeling, a refreshing "trio" recording of clarinet, piano and percussion, well received everywhere and aclaimed by many. (Check the "Reviews" link.)
PERSONNEL
Haroldo Mauro, Helio Alves and Cliff Korman - piano
Dexter Payne - clarinet
Thiago de Mello - percussion
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Brazilian female singers Andrea Dutra, Cris Delano, Fátima Guedes and Ithamara Koorax join Thiago de Mello on percussion to perform his music.
Musicians:
Paulo Sergio Santos - clarinet
Zé Bigorna - alto sax
Nilton Rodrigues - trumpet
Roberto Marques - trombone
Gabriel Grossi - harmonica
Délia Fischer, Cliff Korman, Haroldo Mauro Jr., Hamleto Stamato - piano
Flavio Goulart - guitar
Adriano Giffoni, Luca Maciel, Paulo Russo - bass
Marcio Bahia, Cesar Machado - drums
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Another Feeling
Dexter Payne - clarinet
Thiago de Mello - percussion
Haroldo Mauro Jr - piano
Cliff Korman - piano
Helio Alves - piano
Richard Kimball - piano
Ithamara Koorax - vocals
 Rede de caboclo
Another Feeling
"The union of Brazilian and American musicians has yielded excellent results in the past,
....and Another Feeling demonstrates that positive things can continue to happen when Brazilian and American players join forces."
(from liner notes by Alex Henderson).
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello &
Daniel Wolf
The Right Seasons - Heart to Heart
Audio CD
© 2005 Ethos Brasil
purchasing information
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
Bem brasileiro - com alguns sotaques
Audio CD
© 2005 Ethos Brasil
O Presidente
Um abraço no Randall
"Com músicos e solistas experientes, o resultado final é uma amálgama que preserva a vitalidade da arte de Gaudencio."
José Domingos Raffaelli, BrazilianMusic.com
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Thiago de Mello:
Amazon
Jazz Station Records
Audio CD (January 1999)
Original Recording: January 1973
Andei só por andar
Freedom
purchasing information
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello:
Amor Sem Fim
Gau Records
Audio CD (August 1999)
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello:
The Night the Moon Cried
Gau Records
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Gaudencio Thiago de Mello:
The Right Move
Gau Records
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Thiago de Mello and Amazon:
Sweet Brasil
Gau Records
Audio CD (August 1999)
Original Recording: 1981
Sweet Brasil
Você foi embora
purchasing information
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Thiago de Mello:
The Essential Thiago de Mello
Bomba Records
cat. #: BOM22124
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albums featuring the work of Thiago
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NEW RELEASE
Quintet of the Americas
Sounds of Brazil
Audio CD, MSR Classics, 2008
This release of the Quintet of Americas features music of Brazilian origin, seven of which pieces are compositions by Thiago de Mello, arranged by Daniel Wolff.
Review by James Leonard
Sounds of Brazil features the wind ensemble, Quintet of the Americas, performing sixteen works by five composers. Most generously represented is Gaudncio Thiago de Mello, with seven pieces. The composer himself performs on what are billed as organic percussion instruments, instruments that sound uncannily like the wind, the rain, the surf, or the Amazon. Coupled with the woodwind quintet's highly lyrical playing of de Mello's warm-hearted melodies, the effect is charming. No new emotional or spiritual depths are explored here, only new styles, new sounds and new combinations of instruments. Some of the music is popular in tone, with catchy melodies and infectious rhythms, and it should appeal to listeners beguiled by that type of Latinate sound. The performances are uniformly excellent; each member of the Quintet is a characterful soloist, but their blend and balance as an ensemble is exemplary, and their ability to integrate their playing with de Mello's organic percussion is admirable.
MSR Classics' digital sound is evocative, but nowhere near clear enough.
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QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS
Sato Moughalian - flute
Matt Sullivan - oboe
Edward R. Gilmore - clarinet
Laura Koepke - bassoon
Barbara Oldham - horn
Also featuring:
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello - organic percussion
Blair McMillen - piano
Scott Kuney - guitar
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Amadeu Thiago de Mello
A Criação do Mundo
Karmim
Audio CD, 2006
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Wilfried Berk, Daniel Wolff and Thiago de Mello: Coisas da Vida
Karmim
Audio CD, 2006
Two of Thiago's works, Samba Chorado and Cavaleiro Sem Armadura, are featured in this album. Thiago also plays his Organic Percussion on several tracks. Cavaleiro Sem Armadura also appears on CD Journey to the Amazon, nominated for the 2000 Grammy Awards.
(read the review...)
(read the review by Violão Pro...)
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Sharon Isbin: Artist Portrait
Warner Classics
Audio CD, 2004
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Thiago de Mello is one of the featured composers on Warner Classics' release Artist Portrait: Sharon Isbin. In this compilation CD Ms. Isbin also performs pieces by great masters such as J.S. Bach, Schubert and Vivaldi. The title of Thiago's piece is Choro Alegre.
Thiago is also featured on organic percussion on Waltz no. 3 (Antonio Lauro); História do Luar (Laurindo Almeida) and his own Choro Alegre.
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Sharon Isbin:
Journey to the Amazon
(2000 Grammy nominated)
Elektra/Asylum - #19899
Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
O Uirapurú do Amazonas
Cavaleiro sem armadura
"Though the liner notes may give one the impression that Thiago de Mello's melodies are straight out of the rain forest whence he hails, I sense a wordiness in them that could just as easily ..."
Joe Public, Guitar Blogging
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Sharon Isbin:
Dreams of a World
(2001 Grammy winner)
Elektra/Asylum - #25736
Audio CD (November 2, 1999)
Thiago de Mello is again among the several well-known composers in Sharon Isbin's Grammy Winner CD Dreams of a World. It's title is Varre-Vento, a sweet look back to his Amazon heritage.
buy it on amazon.com [brasil]
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Paul Winter:
Earth-Voices of a Planet
(1991 Grammy nominated)
BMG/Living Music
ASIN: B00000AFPP
Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
buy it on amazon.com [brasil]
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Various Artists:
A Trip To Brazil
Vol. 2: Bossa & Beyond
Universal/Polygram
ASIN: B000031W85
Audio CD (November 26, 1999)
buy it on amazon.com [brasil]
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Carlos Barbosa-Lima:
Chants for the Chief
Concord Jazz
ASIN: B000003OYI
Audio CD (January 20, 1992)
Original Release: Dec. 17, 1991
buy it on amazon.com [brasil]
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Carlos Barbosa-Lima:
Ginastera's Sonata
Concord Jazz
ASIN: B0000006ST
Audio CD (March 12, 1993)
buy it on amazon.com
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Claudio Roditi:
Day Waves
Terra Musica - #50 001-2
Audio CD (Released: 1993)
purchasing information: [brasil]
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Brazil All-Stars:
Rio Strut
Milestone
ASIN: B00006AGCX
Audio CD (July 30, 2002)
buy it on amazon.com
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Various Artists:
Friends from Brazil 2001
Irma Group
ASIN: B00005V91U
Audio CD (February 12, 2002)
buy it on amazon.com
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Benita Valente, Thomas Allen, Sharon Isbin:
Love Songs & Lullabies
Virgin Classics Limited
ASIN: B000002SSW
Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
buy it on amazon.com
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The Hendrik Meurkens Sambajazz Quartet:
October Colors
Concord Records
cat. #: CCD-4670-2
Audio CD (1995)
order online
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albuns featuring Thiago as percussionist
Antônio Mello
Guaratiba
Ethos Brasil
Audio CD (2006)
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Ithamara Koorax
Brazilian Butterfly
Jazz Station Records (JSR)
Irma (Italy)
Audio CD (2006)
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Antônio Melo
Inspiration
Dexofon Records
Audio CD (2004)
Thiago de Mello, voted third best percussionist of the year in the USA by Down Beat Magazine Reader's Poll is featured on organic percussion on this CD, along with clarinetist Dexter Payne, himself among the top ten clarinetisis in the same pool.
Inspiration was in the Recording Academy (NARAS) entry list to be considered for a Grammy nomination under the Contemporary World Music Albun category (72).
Click here to buy Inspiration
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Susannah McCorkle
Hearts and Minds
Concord Records
Audio CD (2000)
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Luiz Bonfá
The Bonfá Magic
Caju Music
Audio CD (1991)
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