Arthur Verocai

This official reissue of Arthur Verocai’s classic self-titled album from 1972 sounds very much like the epitome of a labour of love for Mr Bongo. The press release states the Brighton-based jazz funk archivalists have had this album on top of their reissue hitlist and with the permission of Sir Arthur himself have come through with this official vinyl reissue in newly remastered form from the original Continental master tapes.

Do we need to set the scene for this masterclass in long players from Verocai? The ten tracks bristle with sonic fusion, transcending genre to become something more than Brazilian jazz funk across its sublime 29 minutes.

𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙞 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖, 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖, 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯, 𝙈𝙋𝘽, 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠. 𝙏𝙞𝙥!