Djembe & Mande Music Page/Review Section (last revision 02/11/99) TITLE: TRIBAL WORLD ARTIST: DUDU TUCCI FORMAT: CD NUMBER: CD WW 114-2 COMPANY: THIRD EAR PRODUCTIONS On Saturday, I got myself a new samba CD from Dudu Tucci. It's great if you like samba and you'll get more than 70 minutes of really nice music on it. Dudu Tucci da Silva, was born 1955 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both  parents were opera singers; he was thus  introduced to music at a very early age. While still a child, he drummed for Umbanda ceremonies. After school, he studied classical percussion, flute and musical science at Brooklin's Paulista conservatory. Traveling through Latin America in the mid seventies, he studied the musical traditions of various and the spirituality embedded in the music. His friendship with the Brazilian composer Arrigo Barnabé, which began the 80s, led him to the Berlin Jazz Festival, invited by George Gruntz. Since then, he has lived in Germany. Working with the dancer Ismael Ivo in an acclaimed production  "Ritual of a Body in the Moon" between 1982 and 1985, he became a member of Reinhard Flahtischler’s ethnic percussion project "Megadrums", touring through Germany, Switzerland and Australia. He was honored as well on the Asia tour with the Korean drum group Samul Nori. Dudu Tucci is a very popular teacher in Germany, many if not  most of the 50 Samba schools now in existence in Germany were opened on his initiative. Together with Tiago de Oliveira Pinto he published his book "Samba and Sambistas in Brazil". “In a tour de force through Brazil” street rhythms, Dudu Tucci presents a selection of sophisticated Samba arrangements and Samba Reggaes, as well as contemporary Afoxé, with Wolfgang Puschnig on saxophone and Kay Eckhardt de Camargo on bass. However, the master drummer's 18 (!) compositions, always recorded with compassion and with a virtuoso performance, are the main focus of  attention, rendered here on conga drums, surdo and timbales, pandeiro, talking drums, berimbau and a whole range of other percussion instruments. A true celebration of rhythm! to order:     http://www.weltwunder.com     weltwunder@t-online.de Let me include a statement from the CD cover:    "I would rather belong to a tribal world           than to a modern society       Where there is no coming together                But being apart        I would rather be called tribal         At least i would not be alone            But one with my people             And with the rhythms             We play and we LIVE"                       Dudu Tucci Wouldn't it be nice to find a bit more of that spirit on djembe-l, ... one with the people on the list and the rhythms we play ... instead of the whole swearing and cursing the last time? The liner notes are a bit a disappointment and this is not a significant feature of this record, but seems to be the label's policy. Although the CD comes with a 12 page booklet, there is little information about the rhythms found in there. It would have been nice, at least to name the rhythms played by Dudu. for the lover of Brazilian music, who's not an expert of that genre, it would help a lot. Though the notes are readable and include a nice photo of the artist with his berimbau and two of Dudu's poems, one cited below: Confesso que dentro de mim Existe um tambor cravado vivo Encarnado na minha alma. Sempre sendo; Como a mais suave das minhas respirações Vivo quente úmido pulsante tambor transcedental Culminante orgástico eterno. Veiea da minha existencia que continuará a existir Após a minha morte. I confess that inside me A drum exists Encarved alive, embodied in my soul Always being, like the softest of my breathing Alive, warm, wet, pulsating, transcendental drum Vein of my existence which will continue to exist Even after my death.                                    Dudu Tucci The contents of the CD Remarkable is, that all 18 titles on this CD are not only written, composed and arranged by Dudu Tucci, but also played by himself. Only on three tracks he 's accompanied by bass and saxophone. 1)Sampablack (Afoxé) Dudu Tucci: Congas,Pandeiro, Xequere, Repinique, Surdos, Timbales,Timbas 2)Swingado Dudu Tucci: Berimbau,Congas,Gongs,Surdos, Timbas,Snare, Shaker 3)Come along and dance Dudu Tucci: Conga, shaker, Snare, Surdos, Timables, Timbas, Voice  Kay Eckhardt de Camargo: Bass 4)Madela's road (Hip hop) Dudu Tucci: Caixis, Cow Bells, Xequere, Surdos, Talking Drums, Timbas Wolfgang Puschnig: Saxophone Kay Eckhardt de Camargo: Bass 5)Deixa Cair Dudu Tucci: Cuica, Pandeiro, Repinique, Shaker, Snare, Surdos,Tamburims, Timbas, Whistle 6)Mulungu (Baiao) Dudu Tucci: Congas, Cowbell, Snare, Surdoes, Triangle,  Zabumbas 7)Aganju Dudu Tucci: Congos, Caixixis,Congas, Cowbell, Gong,  Repiniques, Shakers, Surdo, Wood Blocks 8)You are the one Dudu Tucci: Berimbao 9)Timbas Dudu Tucci: Bell, Claves, Congas, Snaer, Surdos, Timbas 10) Ao de ossanhe (Candomblé, sacred rhythm for the  orisha of herbs andmedicine) Dudu Tucci: Atabaques, Cow bells, 11) Heartbeat Dudu Tucci: Congas, Pandeiro,  Repinique, Tamburim, Timbas, Voice 12) Voices of the Berimbau Dudu Tucci: Berimbau 13) Diario Perdido Dudu Tucci: Caixixis, chimes, Congas, Rum,Surdos,Timbas,Xylophone,Zabumba, Voice Guilherme Castro: Bass 14) Agabi (Candomblé, a rhythm that belongs to Xango,  Iansa, Ogum and Oxossi) Dudu Tucci: Atabaques, Cow bells, 15) Papo de Esquina Dudu Tucci: Cuica, Pandeiro, Repique de Mao,Surdo,  Tamburim 16)Saphira Dudu Tucci:Berimbau, Congas, Voice 17) Bom dia Rio Dudu Tucci: Flute, Shaker, Snare, Surdos, Tamburims, Timbas, Repinique 18) Native Drummer Dudu Tucci: Congas Peace  Johannes Schya [ToC] [REVIEW SECTION]