Caipirinha Appreciation Society BLOG

CAS 503 | Elton Medeiros

27/3/2020

By MdC Suingue
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Man, the world is falling apart and the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast blog is late in updating its blog about the music and the times of Mr. Elton Medeiros.

Though he passed away back in September 2019, we felt his legacy was not praised enough as the gentleman was not a famous face or voice for the non-initiated, though he was present in many important moments of modern samba and was writing partner to many inspired sambistas. So we decided to pay our homages and make our listeners aware of his life and work.

In the actual podcast we tried to provide you with comprehensive information about Elton, so there isn't that much left to add in this blog post. Instead we'll present you some videos to illustrate what we tell you on air, as well as some of his compositions sung by him and his partners and admirers.

Our vids of the week are:

Cartola - O Sol Nascerá
Rare images of Cartola back in 1974 gossiping about Nelson Cavaquinho and singing Peito Vazio and O Sol Nascerá in a TV show called Programa Ensaio.

Zé Keti - Mascarada
A minimalist live rendition of the song composed by Elton and Zé Keti
where we can enjoy Zé's fine singing skills.

Teresa Cristina - Tudo se transformou
Elton and Teresa Cristina, two generations of sambistas that met in the Lapa samba scene and Bar Bip Bip to strengthen the roots of samba. Here they sing on a show at TV Cultura, SP.

Paulinho Da Viola - Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega
The scenery is Castelinho, a bar on Ipanema beach that at the time was close to the so-called Dunas do Barato at Pier de Ipanema, a temporary structure that created the environment for Rio's Tropicália and meetings such as this: a young Paulinho da Viola sings and plays guitar while having a beer with some friends and Maria Bethania.

Pedro Miranda - Samba Original
Still on the beach, this time in 2015 where Pedro Miranda and group sings a song composed by Elton and Zé Keti for an interesting project called Desubicados. .

Tatyana Ryzhkova - Sons de Carrilhões (João Pernambuco)
We couldn't find a video recording of João Pernambuco for obvious reasons, but I guess the fact that he is in the repertoire of many classical guitar artists such as Tatyana Ryzhkova with this super meticulously produced piece proves his importance as a composer for contemporary musicians.

Paulinho da Viola and Elton Medeiros - "Quatro Crioulos/No Pagode do Vavá"
a badly preserved tape of Paulinho da Viola and Elton Medeiros from a show at TV Record back in1973, where they already talk with some nostalgia about Rosa de Ouro.

Paulinho da Viola and Os Quatro Crioulos - Pout-pourri
A TV show from 1980 where Paulinho da Viola reunites again Os Quatro Crioulos Elton Medeiros, Nelson Sargento, Jair do Cavaquinho and Anescarzinho do Salgueiro.

All that right below the complete playlist of CAS 503 !