Timeless The ComposerArranger Series Arthur Verocai (2010)

Folkjazz composerarranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists Jorge Ben Ivan Lins Leny Andrade and Gal Costa In 1972 Verocai recorded a selftitled solo LP It is a stunningly innovative effort It puts Verocai into a rarified field with the heavy string oriented music of Charles Stepney David Axelrod and Frank Zappa Released in a period marked by the Brazilian military government the album fared poorly Following its reissue in 2003 the album has become a highly influential oft sampled classic see Ludacris MF Doom and Little Brother The performance of this seminal 1972 record in its entirety brought the capacity Luckmann crowd to a stand still According to Verocai he had never played the record alive or dead His delight can be seen on the DVD The music has been mixed by Verocai himself in Rio History turned on its head and musical justice served