Gyudmed Tantric University Voices Of Buddhism CD

Ronie Mesquita - "We were earning barely $100 dollars a week in Brazil as the economic crisis hit when the military took over the government. But, in Mexico City we could earn $400 a week plus our flights and expenses paid. It became like a kind of gold mine for brazilians. The Tamba Trio had arrived one month before we did. Basically, our group was the Bossa Três with Luiz Carlos Vinhas on piano and Leny Andrade and Pery Ribeiro singing - which made us the Gemini V." As with most of the better trios early success in the US translated into big-time success in Mexico and Vinhas' group was no exception. As Gemini V the band worked Carlos Lyra in Mexico City performing his play 'Pobre Menina Rica' ('Poor Little Rich Girl') and the translation into Spanish was by a young author called Gabriel Garcia Marquez, then living in Mexico. In 1968 Vinhas left the group after a row and went back to Rio, where he remained for the rest of his life (rumours have it that his wife was jealous and wanted him home!). Now broken up, the Gemini V nucleus of Ronie and Otávio needed a new pianist, so after Vinhas' departure Ronie and Otávio sent word to their long time friend Osmar Milito, ...

Their music features kaleidoscopic renditions of folk music molded into the unique personal group style from the regions of Bessarabia, Galitsia and Bukovina, performed on tsimbl (Jewish dulcimer), 2 violins, 3-string viola, 19th Century C ...

The album's center lies with her sophisticated writing and arrangements, her pure, beautiful vocal work - sung mostly in French and English, along with some Chinese and Spanish - and her piano and accordion playing. She also enlisted over 20 musicians to give each of her songs just the right mood...sometimes intimate, sometimes epic."Le Grenier" and "Je Sais Qu'Tu M'aimes" combine energetic Django-esque swing with the kind of sardonic lyrics that were the stock in trade of legendary singers like Serge Gainsbourg and Georges Brassens. "1, 2, 3" and "Le Chemin" echo with the sounds of the musette dance hall and sparkle with Jessica's inventive and dreamy arrangements. "Le Velours et la Soie" is a playful and sexy linguistics lesson, with Chinese and ...