PRE-8 Radio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro-DF

Original auditorium at Radio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro-DF... on top of the world, ma!

The first sky-scraper to appear in Rio de Janeiro in 1930, the Art-Deco building 'A Noite' was projected by French architect Joseph Gire and his Brazilian counterpart Elisário Bahiana (who also built São Paulo's Viaducto do Chá) and immediately occupied by the evening paper 'A Noite'. In 1940, Radio National moved into 'A Noite' and occupied the top three floors. 

'A Noite' building still under construction.

'A Noite' building seen from Avenida Rio Branco.

An afternoon at the Auditorium of Radio Nacional. One can clearly see a majority of Black females. Some malevolent elements of local media started calling them 'macacas de auditório' (auditorium's monkeys) in a racist slur that lasted for more than 40 years.  

Radio was extremely popular among the lower classes in the 1940s and 1950s and the chance of getting a seat at Radio Nacional auditorium to see their idols sing in person was something to be cherished. 

Some women tried to hide their faces from the camera... maybe their husbands or parents didn't know they took the afternoon off to go and see their favourite singers at Radio Nacional.

MC Paulo Gracindo reads a text on the microphone of Radio Nacional in 1959, while child-actor Pablito Calvo who shot to world fame due to his role as 'Marcelino pan y vino', does his own thing...

Marlene sings at Radio Nacional auditorium in 1956, during celebrations for PRE-8's 20 years.

Orlando Silva, Wanderléa com 13 anos e Paulo Gracindo. 

Herbie Mann & Bossa Nova 1 9 6 1

Herbie Mann was born Herbert Jay Solomon in 16 April 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents. He attended Lincoln High School in Brighton Beach. His first professional performance was playing the Catskills resorts at age 15.

An American jazz flautist in 1961 Mann toured Brazil, returning to the United States to record with Brazilian musicians, including Antonio Carlos Jobim and guitarist Baden Powell. These albums helped popularize bossa nova in the US and Europe. He often worked with Brazilian themes. 

Herbie's last appearance was on 3 May 2003, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and he died less than two months later on 1st July 2003, at the age of 73, after a long battle with prostate cancer. 

Roberto Menescal & Herbie Mann at the studios of Philips Records, Edifício Cineac, in Rio.

Tom Jobim ponders his next move being watched by Herbie Mann who's been watched by Nesuhi Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records.

Esse é o estúdio original da Philips, edifício Cineac, centro do Rio. O da camisa listada é o Nesuhi Ertegun, grande amigo da bossa nova em NY, anos 60, foi presidente da WEA e do Cosmos. Com o irmão Ahmet eles fundaram a Atlantic Records. Numa das vezes veio ao Brasil tentar comprar o Pelé para o Cosmos. Jantamos no Antonio's porque ele estava preocupado com uma possível reação negativa da torcida brasileira. Temor de atrapalhar as vendas dos LPs, CDs etc. (Additional information corteously forwarded by João Luiz de Albuquerque).

more about Herbie in Brazil:  http://www.jazzwax.com/2013/05/herbie-mann-bossa-nova-62.html

Sylvia Telles, Tom Jobim, Roberto Menescal & Marcos Valle. 1964

brothers Ahmet Ertegun and Nesuhi Ertegun - founders of Atlantic Records.

Ahmet Ertegun, Duke Ellington, ?, Nesuhi Ertegun, ? , ?  in Washington, D.C.