Virgilio Armas Trio
De Repente (LP)
FormatLPLabelWe Are Busy BodiesGenreJazz & Improvisation
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In 1970, the Virgilio Armas Trio released De Repente on the tiny Discos A&B label, very likely a one-off, self-financed project. Virgilio Armas recalls: “The nightlife in Caracas of the 1950’s and 1960’s inspired me to record an album in 1970, with songs influenced by the Jazz, Bossa and Latin genres. De Repente was created with my beloved Piano, and my long-time musical partners Rodolfo Buenaño (bass) and Guillermo Tariba (drums).”
The style is very much influenced by the harder post-Bossa Nova ‘Balanço’ style of numerous Brazilian piano/bass/drum trios, and is easily equal to the best of them, while somehow also managing to incorporate a uniquely Venezuelan rhythmic sensibility. Highlights include ‘Petite Mambo’, ‘De Repente’ (Part 1 & 2), and ‘Venezuela En Fiesta’.
Format
Artwork [Original] – Jesús Emilio Franco
Artwork [Restoration] – Steve Lewin
Contrabass – Rodolfo Buenaño
Drums, Congas – Guillermo Tariba
Photography By – Rubén Sanchéz
Piano, Electric Piano – Virgilio Armas
Producer – Buenaño*, Armas*
Remastered By – Noah Mintz
Artwork Restoration - Steve Lewin
2022 Remastered reissue.
Limited edition of 700 copies.
Release notes
2022 Remastered reissue
| A1 | De Repente | 1:55 | |
| A2 | De Repente (Part II) | 4:29 | |
| A3 | If | 4:20 | |
| A4 | Petite Mambo | 5:28 | |
| A5 | In Time | 3:25 | |
| B1 | Aguas De Marzo | 4:33 | |
| B2 | Venezuela En Fiesta | 2:56 | |
| B3 | Bumping On Sunset | 5:04 | |
| B4 | Misty | 3:37 | |
| B5 | C Jam Blues | 5:25 |
- Jesús Emilio Franco
- Artwork [Original]
- Steve Lewin
- Artwork [Restoration]
- Rodolfo Buenaño
- Contrabass, Producer
- Guillermo Tariba
- Drums, Congas
- Rubén Sanchéz
- Photography By
- Virgilio Armas
- Piano, Electric Piano, Producer
- Noah Mintz
- Remastered By
