Luciana Souza - Brazilian Duos CD

Brazilian Duos songs COME AWAY WITH ME won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical). "Don't Know Why" won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Arif Mardin won the 2003 Grammy Award for Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical). A direct descendant from the pedigree of one of the 20th century's virtuosos, Norah Jones might not be on such a lofty artistic level as her dad Ravi Shankar, but certainly inherited some musical intuition from him. With nary a sitar nor raga within earshot, the young newcomer sounds ...

Brazilian Duos CD music Madeleine Peyroux's unique blend of jazz and pop was first unveiled on 1996's DREAMLAND, where she sounded like a postmodern heir to the smoky-voiced tradition that ran down from Billie Holiday through the likes of Karen Dalton and Judy Roderick. Though Peyroux made a splash with her debut, she quickly dropped out of the music scene, not to appear again until eight years later with the long-overdue follow-up, CARELESS LOVE. Here, Peyroux tackles material from a variety of sources; some songs were written expressly for her by such contemporary songsmiths as Jesse Harris (who penned Norah Jones's breakthrough hit, "Don't Know Why"). Perhaps most striking, though, are her interpretations of older compositions. Peyroux redefines the darkly yearning Leonard Cohen tune "Dance Me to the End of Love" as a sultry invitation rather ...

Brazilian Duos buy CD music Singer Luciana Souza's blend of Brazilian pop and jazz takes a slightly unusual but very enchanting turn with NEW BOSSA NOVA. Produced by her husband Larry Klein (who's worked with Joni Mitchell and Peter Gabriel), Souza takes on a set of songs almost entirely by pop and rock artists. She lovingly remakes in her own image songs by the Beach Boys ("God Only Knows"), Sting ("When We Dance"), and Randy Newman ("Living Without You"). Special guest James Taylor appears, contributing vocals to his own "Never Die Young." Luciana Souza proves how adaptable bossa nova is to American pop, and vice versa, graciously advancing the form instead of merely preserving it. Personnel: Luciana Souza (vocals); Romero Lubambo (cavaquinho); Chris Potter (tenor saxophone); Edward Simon (piano); Matt Moran (vibraphone); Scott Colley (bass guitar); Antonio Sanchez (drums).

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Brazilian Duos CD music The third album by Brazilian singer Luciana Souza, TIDE is a delightful collection of modern bossa nova tunes. The 10 songs are sung in both English and Portuguese, and feature a traditional small combo lineup including the requisite acoustic guitar, flute, and percussion. Highlights include "Fire and Wood," "Once Again," and a version of the Antonio Carlos Jobim standard "Tide." Audio Mixer: Helix Hadar.

Brazilian Duos buy CD music Luciana Souza moves to the Sunnyside label for her second album, an ambitious project focusing on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). In all, four of Bishop's poems receive original musical treatments. But in a rather bold move, Souza includes two of her own song-poems, "Daze" and "Do Tell," which stand up quite well in comparison. Six more originals with wordless vocals complete the program. Souza's partners in this endeavor -- pianist Bruce Barth, saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Marlon Browden -- do a superb job with her delicate but often quite difficult material. Barth and Souza go it alone on two of the Bishop poems, "Argument" and "Imber Nocturnus." "Sonnet," which opens the disc and returns as a reprise, has a surprising, almost Carole King-like pop-folk vibe. The remarkable "Insomnia" finds Souza involved in a bit of semi-vocalese, capturing the night imagery in the swooping, rapid play of syllables. Admirers of this record will be interested in hearing Souza on Andrew Rathbun's True Stories, a like-minded encounter with the poems of Margaret Atwood. ~ David R. Adler Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on May 3 & 4, 2000. Personnel: Luciana Souza (vocals); Chris Cheek (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano). Audio Mixer: A.T. Michael MacDonald. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (05/03/2000-05/04/2000). Photographer: David Korchin. Arranger: Luciana Souza. Personnel: Luciana Souza (vocals); Chris Cheek (saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); John Lockwood (bass); Marlon Browden (drums).