CLAUDIO SLON

Dick Farney has the accompaniment of great musicians on an early stage of their carrers. Claudio Slon plays drums; the third from left to right, just arrived from Argentina, his birth land. If Slon looks familiar, you are probably remembering an Astrud Gilberto cover artwork, A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. Unfortunately Claudio has passed a few years ago, in 2002. The sax player is the legendary Hector Costita, also from Argentina. Costita is a well-known artist to many Loronixers who had alread the chance to reach Costita's earlier releases. The bass player is Mario Algusto Monteiro da Silva. Tracks include:

01 - Swanee RiverR (S. Foster)
02 - These Foolish Things (Marvel Strachey)
03 - Rge Blues (Dick Farney)
04 - Improviso Nº 1 (Dick Farney)
05 - Georgia On My Mind (S. Gorrel / H. Carmichael)
06 - Tangerine (Mercer / Schertzinger)
07 - Improviso Nº 2 (Dick Farney)


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Born: Argentina--November 12, 1943
Died: Denver, CO--April 16, 2002
Performed and recorded with top local groups. Won Brazilian Jazz Critics' Poll "New Star" award at age 17. Joined the São Paulo Philharmonic Orchestra for two years as first Percussionist. Signed with producer Creed Taylor to record in New York as part of the Walter Wanderley Trio; their single for Verve Records ("Summer Samba") reached #3 in Billboard Magazine's singles chart; their first album release ("Rain Forest") was awarded Platinum status in 1970. Continued his studio work in New York, moving after a year to California, where he worked and toured with groups in the Jazz, Latin, Country, Brazilian, and Rhythm and Blues idioms, as well as continuing his studio work as drummer, percussionist, and producer.
From the Claudio Slon page on All Music Guide:
"Top Brazilian drummer Claudio Slon performed with The Walter Wanderley Trio and Sergio Mendes' Brazil' 66 during the '60s, and appeared on many Brazilian sessions overseen by Creed Taylor for the Verve label, including such label spotlights as A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness by Astrud Gilberto, Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Samba '68 by Marcos Valle. Born in Brazil, Slon recorded with several groups from an early age, and won a country-wide jazz critics' poll while still a teenager. He performed in The São Paulo Philharmonic for several years as well, but left the country for New York to join The Walter Wanderley Trio.
The success of the Wanderley Trio's top five single "Summer Samba" and platinum debut album Rain Forest brought recording work of all kinds for Slon during the period, including a high-profile gig with Jobim and Frank Sinatra on the album Sinatra and Company and its accompanying television special. He joined Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 by the end of the decade. Slon appeared with the group for almost a decade, and has also played with Dori Caymmi, Paulinho DaCosta, John Pisano, and Joe Pass, among others. Slon also co-led (with Milcho Leviev) the Leviev-Slon Quartet, releasing albums for Vartan Jazz (Jive Sambas) and Elephant (When I'm 64), the latter recorded with Herbie Mann. Now based in California, Slon continues to work in the studio as a drummer, percussionist, and producer."--John Bush, All Music Guide.