After yesterday's posting, I wanted to include a photo and brief video of another mestre who we are privileged to still have among us. Zeca da Cuíca is quite up there in his years and he has lost his sight, but can still make a cuíca talk. As I have said before, you don't just get to use the instrument as a surname for nothing!
Mestre Zeca played on some essential samba recordings from the 1970s. Worth mention are João Bosco's Galos de Briga (1976) and Tiro de Misericórdia (1977), as well as the Partido em 5 series that I am so fond of and have talked endlessly about in this blog! You can read up on that post featuring Candeia and my favorite percussionist Doutor here. There are also some songs featuring Zeca from these albums. The song I would like to share today is perhaps the most exemplary of Zeca da Cuíca at the top of his game in a song that is about the instrument itself! Zeca's solo comes in toward the end.
"O Ronco da Cuíca" (João Bosco e Aldir Blanc)
from the album Galos de Briga (1976)
And this is Mestre Zeca playing at yesterday's conference on samba:
Roncou, roncou!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Mestre Zeca da Cuíca do Estácio
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4 comments:
Great photo! It's nice to see your smiling face. :)
I met Zeca earlier this year - he is a very pleasant and helpful guy, a real pleasure to spend some time with him. By the way - he is from estacio not Salgueiro!
Thanks for that Paul!!! That is what I thought. At the conference were the Velha Guarda do Salgueiro, also in red & white. I also saw his name appear somewhere else as "do Salgueiro" so I thought there was some mistake...
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho.
Prometo que passarei aqui para fazer olhar com muita calma e servirá como minha fonte de estudo.
Obrigado.
Também tenho um trabalho parecido com o seu em; www.agogosambacarnaval.blogspot.com
Abraço, André Costa
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