Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Promo Picture


Thanks to Waldo Fonseca from Buenos Aires (Argentina) I can show you an unknown publicity picture of Oscar Aleman. The picture is made while playing for one of his popular appearances at radio programs late 1940s.



When Theo van der Graaff visitied Oscar Aleman in his apartement in Buenos Aires, late 1979, he was allowed to make shots from his scrap books. One of the pages was dedicated to this period, with images and news paper articles about his radio performances. Oscar became very popular with his programs for Radio Belgrano ( LR3 ).

Thanks Waldo for sharing this picture with us


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Friday, August 18, 2006

Gaston Bueno Lobo




Reconstruction of a 1930 picture of Oscar Alemán in a Dutch garden (2006) ( left)
The original image of Oscar Aleman made around 1930 probably in Jac Pet's garden ( right)


The El Redescubrimiento de Oscar Aleman project brought us a lot of fun and facts about the life and musical heritage of Oscar Alemán. In our
Oscar Aleman blog spot we want to share our investigations about the research. In the mean time, Jørgen has specialized in Choro music, a Brazilian music style Oscar Aleman recorded together with Gaston Bueno Lobo around 1930. During that period Aleman and Lobo travelled through Europe with the Les Loups ( of Los Lobos) duo. During one of these trips Oscar Aleman visited his friend, Jac Pet, guitar player of the Original Ramblers, a well known Dutch jazz orchestra. The picture above ( thanks Ate) was made during that meeting.



Gaston Bueno Lobo returned to Brazil a year later, due to the fact that Oscar got a job at Josephine Baker's Baker Boys in Paris. Some sources say he committed suicide in Brazil, but Jørgen has doubts about that, as he found out that Lobo might have made some recordings late 1930s. He tells about this in his Choro blog spot.

He still has a lot of questions. A new find of records, which might contain Gaston Bueno Lobo, brought a lot of questions.

Maybe you can help him to find the truth !!

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Momenaje a Oscar

Homenaje a Oscar Alemán en el bastión tanguero de Mataderos

Como hace algunos años atras cuando la música de jazz convivía con el tango, Oscar Héctor (experto bailarín milonguero y gran amigo) y Hot Club de Boedo, probablemente el único grupo argentino que recrea el estilo de jazz que popularizaron en el Rio de La Plata
Oscar Alemán y Eduardo Ravera, retoman esa tradición tan cara a nuestro sentir y presentan en la milonga del
"Club Glorias Argentinas
"
un Homenaje a Oscar Alemán. Bragado 6875. Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Reservas al 4866-4698 o al 4687-1782.

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at 8/14/2006 06:30:00 PM

This contribution was sent to me by Hot Club de Boedo, Argentina.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Hot Club de Boedo

Waldo Fonseca sent me two pictures made at two different occasions that fit in our El redescubrimiento de Oscar Aleman project.

The Hot Club de Boedo band of Waldo Fonseca plays music in the style of the Hot Club de France. It is remarkable that this style of playing found a lot of admirers all over the world as in Argentina, where is was mixed with the tango and other local music styles. In Argentina great musicians like Louis Vola, Oscar Aleman, Hernan Oliva and Eduardo Ravera played in this style.

Si bien este tipo de jazz ha tenido su origen en Europa con la aparición del legendario Quinteto del Hot Club de Francia, es notable la aceptación y el predicamento que ha tenido en otras partes del mundo, especialmente en el Río de La Plata donde convivió con el tango y tomó características propias de nuestra idiosincrasia. En nuestro país hubo figuras de gran trascendencia basta mencionar a Louis Volá, Oscar Alemán, Hernán Oliva y Eduardo Ravera.

Founded in 2000 Waldo Fonseca keeps this tradition alive and the Hot Club de Boedo is nowadays one of the leading bands in that style.

Fundado por Waldo Fonseca hacia fines del año 2000 Hot Club de Boedo mantiene viva la tradición de este particular modo de concebir el Jazz y es actualmente uno de sus mas importantes referentes.

This photo was made at Kings, a night spot in Ramos Mejia in the province of Buenos Aires. On the picture ( from left to right): Roberto Terzano guitar; Antonio Fonseca bass, Heldo Fonseca alto sax; Eduardo Ravera guitar; Juan Masculino drums; Waldo Fonseca guitar.

Una foto que fue tomada hace 10 años en Kings, local nocturno en la localidad de Ramos Mejía, Provincia de Buenos Aires.
De izquierda a derecha Roberto Terzano: guitarra; Antonio Fonseca: bajo; Heldo Fonseca saxo alto; Eduardo Ravera: guitarra; Juan Masculino : batería; Waldo Fonseca: guitarra.

This picture is more recent. It was made at the residence of the Belgian ambassador Mr. Koenraad Rouvroy and his wife in Buenos Aires after a concert of the Hot Club of Boedo dedicated to Oscar Aleman and Eduardo Ravera. The picture was taken in an Argentine restaurant. From left to right: Waldo Fonseca, Heldo Fonseca, Mrs. and Mr. Rouvroy, Claudius Jannon and Martin Lopez Goitía.

La otra fotografìa es muy reciente de Hot Club de Boedo con el Embajador de Bélgica en Argentina Sr. Koenraad Rouvroy y su señora esposa, tomada durante una cena en un local de gastronomía patagonica en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, luego del concierto en la residencia del embajador en el que se recordaron las figuras de Oscar Alemán y Eduardo Ravera.
De izquierda a derecha Waldo Fonseca, Heldo Fonseca, La Sra y el Sr. Rouvroy, Claudio Jannon y Martín López Goitía.

Thank you Waldo for sharing this pictures with us.

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