The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

Recordings of Simone Dreyfus-Roche
31st October, 1955

August, 2016
📻 Velhos Mestres

M Waldemar in 1955!

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01.

Torpedeiro e encouraçado

3:35

02.

Parana

5:37

03.

Torpedeiro e encouraçado. Tum-tum-tum

7:11

04.

Instrumental

2:56

05.

Abalou cajueiro

4:24

06.

Zum-zum-zum

4:24

M Waldemar in 1955
Information

DREYFUS, Simone. Bahia, Brésil Capoeira, 31st Oct 1955.
Paris, CNRS/Musée de l'Homme, editado em disco LP Brésil n.2 Bahia, Paris: Musée de L'Homme MH16, 1956
Source

Study by Pol Briand

Photo gallery
The front cover of the vinyl

The back cover of the vinyl

Brésil Vol. 2

With berimbaus:
M Zacarias,
M Waldemar,
M Traíra
Pandeiro: ?

With berimbaus:
M Zacarias,
M Waldemar,
M Traíra
Pandeiro: ?
Playing: Raimundo Pequeno de Pastinha? e ?

Musique d'accompagnement des lutteurs de Capoeira

Simone Dreyfus-Roche (born 1925, later Dreyfus-Gamelon) in 1955
Simone Dreyfus-Roche, 1955

About M Waldemar:

«[..] there [in Pero Vaz] were two special places - Zacarias's Dive and Mr Waldemar's Shed, where the capoeira fights and rooster fights took place, always on weekends. When Mr Joaquim Fiuza [born in 1946] was a young boy, he always went to these two places to have fun, to dance and drink at the Dive and watch the incredible capoeira shows in the Shed. He remembers how the clapped hands for Mr Waldemar and, in chorus, called him "Seven Springs" [there was also another mestre by that name, who had a roda close to Waldemar's] thanks to his fast movements and the ability to play capoeira without dirtying his white clothes, that were used on weekends, as any good capoeirista would.»
Araújo, 2010
«The deceased Traíra was who took care of the roda. I went there, gave my order and went to have a beer. I was made.»
M Waldemar in Abreu, 2003
«In the interview that [Marcel Gautherot] gave me, already mentioned, he comments that «the only thing the groups [including that of M Waldemar?] asked me was rum. They never asked money for being photographed. It was always between friends».»
Segala, 2012