UNIQUE JAZZ-INSPIRED TAKES ON THE BELOVED MUSIC OF CARNAVAL
reimagined by Antonio Adolfo and his Brazilian Jazz Octet
Pianist, composer, and Brazilian jazz master ANTONIO ADOLFO has gained international fame for his gorgeous reharmonization of both jazz standards and Brazilian songs. He has reimagined Milton Nascimento, Jobim, bossa nova, samba, choro, and baião compositions as jazz, as well as creating soulful, Brazilian-tinged interpretations of Cole Porter and Wayne Shorter, among others. On his newest album, CARNAVAL (Carnival), Adolfo once again applies his pitch-perfect touch to Brazilian music that is rarely ¬- if ever ¬- thought of as jazz.
Carnaval is a festival that happens over a few days, just before Lent. Traditionally, many people fast during Lent, giving up meat, sugar or other foods and drinks. Carnaval is an opportunity to enjoy these pleasures for the last time. The festival features parades, bands, dancing, costumes, and street parties. The music is lively and upbeat, combining elements of traditional Brazilian music, like sambas, marchinhas, marchas-rancho, and frevos, with African rhythms and European influences.
Featuring:
• Lula Galvao (guitar)
• Jorge Helder (double bass)
• Rafael Barata (drums and percussion)
• Jesse Sadoc (trumpet and flugelhorn)
• Idriss Boudria (alto sax)
• Marcelo Martins (tenor sax and flute)
• Rafael Rocha (trombone)
• Andre Siqueira (percussion)
Tracks:
1) “É Com Esse Que Eu vou” (I am Going With This One) is a partido alto samba composed in 1948 by Pedro Caetano.
2) “Vassourinhas” (Vassourinhas Carnaval Club) is a frevo created by Matias da Rocha and Joana Batista Ramos in 1909.
3) “Oba (O Bafo da Onça)” (Breath of the Jaguar) is an ijexá/samba composed in 1962 by Osvaldo Nunes.
4) “Mal-Me-Quer” (She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not), a classic Carnaval song written in 1940, by Newton Teixeira and Cristóvão de Alencar.
5) “Vai Passar” (It’s Going To Be Ok) was composed in 1984 by Chico Buarque and Francis Hime in the old big samba parade style.
6) “As Pastorinhas” refers to the girl singers of Carnaval and was written by two great composers, Braguinha and Noel Rosa, in 1934.
7) “Exaltação à Mangueira” (Ode to Mangueira) was created by Eneas Brittes and Aloysio Augusto da Costa for the Carnaval of 1956.
8) “A Lua É Dos Namorados” (The Moon Belongs to Lovers), a very beautiful marchinha composed by Klecius Caldas, Armando Cavalvanti and Brasinha for the Carnaval of 1960.
9) “Agora É Cinza” (Now It is Ashes) by the great Bide (Alcebiades Barcellos) and Marçal (Armando Marçal) for the Carnaval of 1933.
ABOUT ANTONIO ADOLFO
A multi-Latin Grammy and Grammy nominee, Adolfo’s songs have been recorded by Sergio Mendes. Herb Alpert, Stevie Wonder, Earl Klugh, Elis Regina, Dionne Warwick and many other pop and jazz artists. He is also passionate about mentoring the next generation of musicians and has run the Centro Musical Antonio Adolfo, for the past 40 years. Adolfo is author of a dozen instructional music books in print.
Brazil has an abundance of great musicians, but not all are adept at jazz. Antonio Adolfo, though, has been recording and performing with top musicians who are fluent in both styles.
CARNAVAL available at antonioadolfo1.bandcamp.com and online everywhere.
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