Black Orpheus
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Oct 15, 2026
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
Yeah.
Diallo RiddleHOST
And I'll always think of Black Orpheus whenever I hear her voice.
Diallo RiddleHOST
Um, but also because of, uh, A- Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
Yeah.
Christine La MonteGUEST
And on Friday nights, they would show one or two foreign films.
Christine La MonteGUEST
So all those great films like Yokimbo, and Wild Strawberries, and all the great Italian films, Japanese films, so the international films really got to me, and Black Orpheus, my favorite film-
Betsy BushHOST
Mm
Christine La MonteGUEST
... of all.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
You had to wait.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
And for me, it was a movie called Black Orpheus.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
And I was young and the screen filled with all of these beautiful black people singing and dancing.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
They were in Brazil.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
And I remember thinking, oh my God, I just love it.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
The love they shared with each other.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
And that was it, Black Orpheus.
Sheryl Lee RalphGUEST
When I came to California, I was walking through Westwood and there was a huge poster of the film, Black Orpheus.
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happy day that has come The sun, the sky came up And in each color it shone The dream came back then
Ben VaughnHOST
We have been listening to Manja de Carnaval from the Black Orpheus soundtrack composed by Louise Bampha.
Ben VaughnHOST
And before that, we heard Eyesight to the Blind, a Sonny Boy Williamson song performed by Mose Allison.
Ben VaughnHOST
And before Mose Allison, we heard Sly and the Family Stone from 1971 with a tune called Poet.
David HusomHOST
Even Stan Getz and the husband and wife duo, Astrid and João Gilberto, with their hit song with Goetz of The Girl from Ipanema that got everybody doing the bossa nova.
David HusomHOST
But actually, the interest in Brazilian music really came a few years earlier with the movie Black Orpheus and the tremendous soundtrack with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfoy.
David HusomHOST
By the way, the recent movie, Hadestown, which is great, by the way, and the 1959 Brazilian film, Black Orpheus, both draw much from the same Greek myths.
David HusomHOST
And yes, Tillman's did jump into the bossa nova with both feet.
David HusomHOST
In fact, Toots proved his smooth chromatic harmonica was the perfect instrument for playing that smooth, swinging Brazilian sound.
David HusomHOST
And that does not mean he ignored the master songwriters of Brazil, including Luis Bonfá, Elaine Ellis, and Gilberto Gil.
David HusomHOST
He also recorded some major American talent for the album, including Dave Grusin on piano and Lee Rittenhour on guitars.
David HusomHOST
Luis Bonfa surprises his guitar intro as Toots takes the melody that opens the song, Mania de Carnival, or Morning of the Carnival, from the movie Black Orpheus.
Colin MacCormackHOST
there's this whole element.
Colin MacCormackHOST
Like, I was kind of thinking about, like, Black Orpheus, where there's this idea in that movie of, like, these are reincarnations of this tale, right? This is Orpheus and Eurydice.
Colin MacCormackHOST
Again, they're just in a new place, but they're repeating their story.
Colin MacCormackHOST
And I was expecting, right, like, you have Dante and Gemma, I guess, is Gael Gadot.
Len WebbHOST
Happy September and Doc to school.
Len WebbHOST
The movies that have been on my mind lately are In the Mood for Love and Black Orpheus.
Len WebbHOST
Both films are on my list as we speak.
Len WebbHOST
I have a question for you both.