feliz aniversário, caetano veloso!

"Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born August 7, 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso, is a composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist."



"De Cara" / "Eu quero essa mulher" [ "Araçá Azul" - (1973) ]



"É proibido proibir" (1968) Caetano sings while an audience riots because of his using a rock band for accompaniment.



"O Estrangeiro" (1989)

Not The Horns From Hell

And that is not a five-dollar trombone...



Ian Smith, Ricardo Tejero, Katarzyna Kuchnicka @ Boat-ting, London, 08/02/10

Ian Smith: Trumpet
Ricardo Tejero: Sax
Katarzyna Kuchnicka: Trombone

Shuffleboil presents Straight Horns & Tubs

Steve Noble (drums), Shabaka Hutchings (clarinet) @ Boat-ting, 07/05/10



Paul Dunmall (soprano sax) (also tenor), Chris Corsano (drums) @ Cafe Oto, London, 07/23/10



Lol Coxhill (ss), Steve Noble (dr), John Edwards (bass) @ Boat-ting, London, 08/02/10

So fresh and so clean

Andrew D'Angelo leads his big band through a blazing version of his song "Gay Disco"...I'm tired listening to it, let alone having to play it.



At the Bleecker Theatre, NYC, May 2010