# Coisas

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***Coisas*** is an album by Brazilian composer [Moacir Santos](/source/Moacir_Santos) recorded in 1965 and released on the Forma record label. The album was listed by [Ben Ratliff](/source/Ben_Ratliff) in his 100 most important recordings and by [Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) in their [100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records](/source/List_of_Rolling_Stone_Brasil_100_Greatest_Brazilian_Music_Records).[1][2]

## Reception

Although the album was not met with acclaim when first released, it has gone on to receive praise. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* described the album as "one of the great accomplishments of modern Brazilian music".[1] Writing for the *Village Voice,* Larry Blumenfeld called the album a "brilliant record".[3] Ben Ratliff wrote that the album sounds like it was a mixture of [West Coast jazz and samba](/source/West_Coast_jazz) and the [arrangements on Blue Note recordings](/source/Blue_Note_Records).[1] Ratliff had earlier described the album as "a brilliant unification of large-ensemble jazz arranging, wickedly persuasive songwriting and Afro-Brazilian rhythm."[4] The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars, writing that the album "melds the various tonalities and flavors of creative jazz to the heart of Brazil's folkloric and emergent musical traditions."[5]

Original copies of the album are hard to find with records selling for large amounts of money.[6][7]

The song “Coisa No. 5” was later given lyrics by Mario Telles and renamed “Nanã”. The song has been recorded by over 100 artists including [Edison Machado](/source/Edison_Machado), [Eumir Deodato](/source/Eumir_Deodato) and [Sergio Mendes](/source/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes).[8][1]

## Track listing

1. Coisa nº 4 ([Moacir Santos](/source/Moacir_Santos)) - 04:03
1. Coisa nº 10 ([Mário Telles](/source/M%C3%A1rio_Telles) - Moacir Santos) - 02:47
1. Coisa nº 5 (Mário Telles - Moacir Santos) - 02:27
1. Coisa nº 3 (Moacir Santos) - 02:20
1. Coisa nº 2 (Moacir Santos) - 02:43
1. Coisa nº 9 (Moacir Santos) 04:57
1. Coisa nº 6 (Moacir Santos)
1. Coisa nº 7 (Moacir Santos) - 03:06
1. Coisa nº 1 ([Clóvis Mello](/source/Cl%C3%B3vis_Mello) - Moacir Santos) - 03:00
1. Coisa nº 8 ([Regina Werneck](/source/Regina_Werneck) - Moacir Santos) - 03:08[9]

## Personnel

- Moacir Santos - Baritone Saxophone
- Dulcilando Pereira - Alto Saxophone
- Jorge Ferreira Da Silva - Alto Saxophone
- Geraldo Medeiros - Baritone Saxophone
- Gabriel Bezerra - Bass
- Armando Pallas - Bass Trombone
- Giorgio Bariola - Cello
- Peter Dautsberg - Cello
- Watson Clis - Cello
- [Wilson Das Neves](/source/Wilson_das_Neves) - Drums
- Alberto Soluri - Engineer
- Nicolino Cópia - Flute
- Geraldo Vaspar - Guitar
- Wadi Gebara Netto - Music Director, Recording Supervisor
- Elias Ferreira - Percussion
- Chaim Lewak - Piano, Organ
- Luiz Bezerra - Tenor Saxophone
- Edmundo Maciel - Trombone
- João Gerônimo Meneze - Trumpet
- Júlio Barbosa - Trumpet
- Claudio Das Neves - Vibraphone[9]

## References

1. Ratliff, Ben (2002). [*Jazz : a critic's guide to the 100 most important recordings*](http://archive.org/details/jazzcriticsguide00ratli). New York : Times Books. ISBN 978-0-8050-7068-2.

1. "Os 100 maiores discos da Música Brasileira". *Rolling Stone Brasil*. **13**: 109. 2007.

1. Thurber, Jon (2006-08-12). ["Moacir Santos, 80; Composer, Arranger of Brazilian Pop Tunes"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-12-me-santos12-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved 2021-10-14.

1. Ratliff, Ben (31 October 2005). ["Critics' choice: New CD's"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/433170195). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*

1. Jurek, Thom. ["Coisas Review"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/coisas-mw0000470898). *[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)*

1. Davis, Joe (2014-06-11). ["Brazil for beginners: 10 essential Brazilian records to soundtrack your World Cup"](https://thevinylfactory.com/features/brazil-for-beginners-10-essential-brazilian-records-to-soundtrack-your-world-cup/). *The Vinyl Factory*. Retrieved 2021-10-13.

1. Blumenfeld, Larry (August 2004). ["MOACIR SANTOS"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/232235937). *[Village Voice](/source/Village_Voice)*

1. Ratliff, Ben (2006-08-14). ["Moacir Santos, 80, a Composer Revered in Brazil's Jazz History, Dies"](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/arts/music/13santos.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2021-10-14.

1. ["Moacir Santos – Coisas (1965, Vinyl)"](https://www.discogs.com/release/3405342-Moacir-Santos-Coisas), retrieved 2021-10-13

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