The swinging Teleco-Teco No. 2 was introduced in April 1960 by Nora Ney as B-Side to Você Nasceu Para o Mal. Shortly after, Elza Soares released her version, arranged and conducted by Osvaldo Borba, as the third single supporting her highly successful debut album Se Acaso Você Chegasse.
Nelson Martins dos Santos aka Nelsinho do Trombone or simply Nelsinho recorded his own rendition later that year on his album A Bossa do Samba. He also arranged and conducted Miltinho’s recording of 1961, one of the finest versions of the song.
Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros’ version from 1960 was reissued credited to Dudú e seu Conjunto on disc five of the third volume of Grande Baile, a lavish series of box-sets by the mysterious Discastro label, probably released around 1965.
A fine example of the syncopated samba transformations that were ever so popular around 1960, Teleco-Teco No 2 also enjoyed some international attention with recordings by Tito Puente as well as tenor sax Player Eddie Harris
Selected recordings of Teleco-Teco No 2:
1. Nora Ney from the single Você Nasceu Para o Mal b/w Teleco-teco Nº 2 (1960, RCA Victor 80-2189-a) and the album Ninguém me Ama (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1066)
2. Renato Tito from the single Teleco-Teco No 2 b/w Marina (1960, Carroussell SE-1.005-a) and the album Gingando na Bossa (1961, Carroussell SELP 3001)
Art work for Gingando na Bossa by Washington Salles
3. Elza Soares from the single Teleco-Teco No 2 b/w Casa de Turfista Cavalo de Pau (1960, Odeon 14.651) and the album Se Acaso Você Chegasse (1960, Odeon MOFB 3166)
Art work for Se Acaso Você Chegasse by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira
4. Nelsinho from the album A Bossa do Samba (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1080)
5. Paulo Marques from the album Ba Be Bi Bo Bu Musical (1960, Chantecler CMG 2080)
6. Moacyr Marques from the album Jazz & Bossa Nova (1960, Tiger LP TR-005)
7. João Leal Brito ‘Britinho’ from the album Dançando em Hi-Fi – Britinho e Seus Azes do Ritmo (1960, Columbia LPCB 37122)
8. Walter Wanderley from the album O Sucesso é Samba (1960, Odeon MOFB 3204)
Art work for O Sucesso é Samba by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira
9. Fats Elpídio from the album Piano Bossa Nova (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1102)
10. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Saxsambando (1960, Plaza PZ 303), reissued as Desafinado (1962, Dauntless/Áudio Fidelity [US] DM 4304) and as Sax Sambando (196?, Plaza PZ 2203) and as Sambas Que Não Se Esquece (1970, Tropicana n/a) by Bil Bell
Artwork for Saxsambando by Michel Schachter
Artwork for Sax Sambando by Michel Schachter
11. Miltinho from the album Miltinho (1961, RCA Victor BBL 1113)
12. Ed Lincoln from the album Órgão Espetacular (1961, Masterpiece Master 11026)
13. Orquestra RCA Victor from the album Estéreo Samba (1961, RCA Victor BBL 1140)
14. Elza Soares from the album Elza Soares – Baterista: Wilson Das Neves (1968, Odeon MOFB 3521)
Selected medleys including Teleco-Teco No 2:
1. Sandoval Dias from the album Sambas (1961, Philips 425.629 PE)
2. Zito Righi aka Bob Fleming from the album Bob Fleming (1961, Musidisc XPL-6)
3. Noel Vernon from the album Seqüência de Ouro (1963, Musicolor/Continental MLP 9024)
Selected recordings of Teleco-Teco No 2 originally not issued in Brazil:
1. Tito Puente from the album Bossa Nova by Puente (1962, Roulette [USA] R 25193)
2. Eddie Harris from the album Bossa Nova (1963, Vee Jay [USA] VJLP3034)
TELECO-TECO No 2
Teleco teco • Teleco teco • Teleco teco • Teleco teco
Quem foi quem disse que o samba tem • Origem lá no morro meu bem • Samba nasce em qualquer lugar • Não dou exemplo pra não dar o que falar • Quando se tem ao lado um alguém • Com esse ritmo que é nosso também • Não é privilégio de ninguém
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