VA - Christo Redentor (A Butterboy Compilation)

 

CRISTO REDENTOR

VA - Christo Redentor (A Butterboy Compilation)

Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide. The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Duke Pearson wrote the song, ‘Cristo Redentor,’ (Christ the Redeemer).The song is a slow hymn, a graceful peaceful musical walk of respect and tribute to the power of humanity and art.

Pearson said he was inspired to write the song while in an airplane over Rio De Janeiro. He was on tour with the late, great Nancy Wilson. Pearson forged a friendship and working relationship during his career with the great Donald Byrd. No accident that Byrd recorded ‘Cristo Redentor,’ in 1970.   Pearson arranged the very famous and legendary Byrd version. It is a certified gold record. Byrd’s trumpet captures the awe Pearson must have felt as he saw the statue over Rio so high above the people below. The statute has its own history and presence now.

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Track lists

01 Duke Pearson Cristo Redentor 3:53

02 Canned Heat Cristo Redentor 8:19

03 Billy Larkin & the Delegates Cristo Redentor 4:38

04 Bobby Watson & Jack Walrath Cristo Redentor 6:04

05 David Fathead Newman Cristo Redentor 6:47

06 Harvey Mandel Cristo Redentor 3:48

07 Charlie Musslwhite Cristo Redentor 5:54

08 Jon Batiste Cristo Redentor 2:21

09 David Sanborn & Duke Pearson Cristo Redentor 9:41

10 Brian Tyler Cristo Redentor 6:22

11 Bill McGee Cristo Redentor 5:54

12 Dave Posmontier Cristo Redentor 6:32

13 David Sanborn Cristo Redentor 5:47

14 Ed Cherry Cristo Redentor 6:57

15 Saimaa Cristo Redentor 8:17

16 Vince Guaraldi Cristo Redentor 4:48

17 Mark Hummel Cristo Redentor 7:37

18 Johnny Lytle Cristo Redentor 4:44

19 Teisco Del Rey Cristo Redentor 4:41

20 Donald Byrd Cristo Redentor 5:42

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