INTERNATIONAL Carlos, Xuxa And Jazz Brighten Sagging Brazilian Scene By Christopher Pickard - RIO DE JANEIRO The Free Jazz Springsteen, Sting and Peter Gabriel, Festival, which, more than any other due to arrive for a Sao Paulo concert even, is responsible for the promo- on October 12. tion and sales of jazz-oriented al- The depressed record market, bums in Brazil, is slated to take place which has been badly hit by the - September 1 6 in Rio de Janeiro and return of rampant inflation in Brazil September 6 - 11 in Sao Paulo. of close to 1% a day, has received a The festival, a guaranteed sell-out, much needed boost from the release has helped introduce many new acts of a live album by Roberto Carlos and to Brazil, thanks to the massive atten- a fourth children's album by Brazil's ^tion the event, now in its fourth year, hottest star, Xuxa Meneghel. BEAUTIFUL NOISE - Noiseworks’ sdfHtled album on CBS Records ^attracts. has achieved yetanotl^ Roberto Carlos Live shipped 500,000 milestone by being accredited double platinum by the Australian Record Industry Association ^ Past festivals have introduced the units for CBS, while The band is pictured with manager Xuxa shipped Michael Brooming and Denis Handlin, Mana^im EHrec^ ^ikes of Art Blakey, Larry Carlton, 800.000 for Som Livre, with a further tor of CBS Records Australia. Chick Corea, Gil Evans, Philip Glass, 200.000 going to the stores in the two Stanley J ordan, the Manhattan Trans- weeks following its release. hr, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mc- Xuxa has replaced Roberto Carlos ^reirin, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, in the last two years as Brazil's spyro Gyra and Sarah Vaughan to largest-selling artist. Her first album, Brazil and some of these artists have Xou da Xuxa, sold 2.4 million units in since returned for more extensive 1986, its first year of release, and this ours or to support album releases. was topped by sales of 2.55 million As in previous years, the intema- units of Segundo Xou da Xuxa in 1987 ional acts will share the stage with and sales of 550,000 units of Xuxa's ome of the top names from the local Karaoke in the same year. Som Livre Irazilian jazz scene, maeof whom is confident that the new album, Xou -ise the festival as a springboard to da Xuxa 3, wiU pass the 2.5 million vider recognition throughout Brazil. unit mark by year's end. This year's international roster in- Som Livre is also looking to ex- ludes Miles Davis, Stephane Grap- pand into the business of feature film ’elli, Diane Schuur, Courtney Pine, soundtracks, as they feel they have he Modern Jazz Quartet, Yellow saturated the market with the ^ckets, the Lounge Lizards, Michael soundtracks to TV Globo's (the ^Tecker and Chuck Berry. world's fourth-largest network) After the P hugely-successful visit of popular soap operas. ina Turner earlier this year, Brazil ^les of the soap albums usually las been fairly quiet; only really com- reach one million units for both a na- t\g on to the international tour circuit tional and international compilation, SURVIVING DOWN UNDER - CBS Records Australia have announced e-om the signing of a September through April, long-term pressing and something Som Livre feels should distribution deal with the Sydney-based Survival Records. Shown ^lowever, recent visitors have in- celebrating the deal are also be possible with film (from I to r): GUI Robert, Director, Marketing and Sales, CBS Record^ '^uded Jethro Tull, Robert Cray, Australm; Mike Edwards, Business soundtracks. To reach this goal, Som Affairs Manager, CBS Records Australia; Alex Geshos, “^obert Rack and Managing Director, Survival Records; and Denis Cab Calloway, Livre has installed a new sound Handlin, Managing Director, CBS Records hile The Mission, Iggy the Australia. Pop and studio in their studio complex in Rio [ighty Lemon Drops are due this de Janeiro capable of mixing Dolby 1 onth and next, with the Amnesty soundtracks. iternational tour, with Bruce

^EY'VE GOT HER: LATOYA - LaTcnja Jackson has signed with BMG Music Intemation- under a licensing agreement with Teledec Germany, for worldwide distribution outside of '/Lan, Germarry, Austria, and Switzerland. Her new album. You're Going To Get Rocked!, TOUR OF AUSTRALIA - CBS Records Australia's Tour Of IDuty album, which features eil be released in the U.S. by RCA in mid-September. Pictured (l-r): Jim Powers, manager, a&r, songs used in the TV series and of the era, was a Top 5 hit and was recently accredited platinum -ddG Music International; Jack Gordon, LaToya's manager; by the Jackson; Heinz Henn, vp, intema- Australian Record Industry Association. Pictured (from I tor) are: Ian Gow, Managing n'lal a&r/marketing, BMG Music International. Director TEN 10 Network and Denis Handlin, Managing Director, CBS Records Australia.

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