Organ Jazz Samba Percussion - Andre Penazzi

 

Tempa Do Boneco De Palha

Organ Jazz Samba Percussion

Andre Penazzi

Super-Sound

Audio Fidelity DFM 3020

1963

From the back cover: Andre Penazzi Filho, the popular virtuoso organist introduced by Audio Fidelity in this recording, is a native of Rio Claro, Brazil. When he was scarcely out of his 'teens, Penazzi settled in Sao Paulo, where he made the rounds of night clubs as a pianist. After being heard extensively in numerous night spots, he became a staff pianist with Radio Bandeirantes. This was followed by a move to Radio Tupi, in Sao Paulo, where he again served as a staff pianist for several years. After leaving Radio Tupi, Penazzi returned to the night club circuit, filling engagements at Sao Paulo supper clubs, and gradually acquiring an international reputation as a virtuoso in international popular music.

Penazzi's fame was enough to fill any night spot then. This was proved by the huge crowds of enthusiastic patrons who filled the roof of A Gazete in Sao Paulo for three consecutive years – from 1942 to 1945 – to hear him. After 1945, by which time his reputation had spread widely, Penazzi was called to Rio de Janeiro, where he won kudos in the popular Copacabana supper club. He returned to Sao Paulo two years later to open the Oasis Night Club, and another two years later he returned to the A Gazette roof, where he began his career as an organist.

In 1950 Penazzi was selected to open another night club – the Arpege, in Sao Paulo. The next year he made a few recordings, and made numerous appearances on television in the role of both organist and pianist. Since 1960 he has divided his time among musical revues, radio and television appearances, recording and proving himself one of the most highly sought artists for dances and balls. He was discovered in 1962 by Sebastiao Bastos, an Audio Fidelity representative in Brazil, who signed him to join Audio's roster of artists.

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