Saudade
Renato Braz
Released 2015
Run Time: 72 minutes 10 seconds
Produced by: Paul Winter, Dixon Van Winkle, and Kit Thomas
©℗2015 Earth Music Productions, LLC
Regarded in Brazil as “the João Gilberto of the 21th century,” Renato Braz is presented here in his debut album for the US, along with the Paul Winter Consort, Dori Caymmi, Ivan Lins, and The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble. With his sublime clarion voice, Renato sings 15 of the most beautiful songs ever to come out of Brazil, composed by Dori Caymmi, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins, Chico Buarque, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Theo de Barros, Mario Gil, and Oscar Castro-Neves. The album is imbued with the spirit of longing the Brazilians describe with their word “saudade.”
“From the first strains of “Anabela” I am hypnotized by the haunting voice of Renato Braz. He has a smooth, melancholy, infectious style that heralds Brazilian culture with romantic, Portuguese tones. I don’t need to understand the lyrics, because the beauty of his voice and his emotional delivery says it all. On his first CD release in the U.S., he offers fifteen songs bred and beloved in Brazil. His elegant delivery entices you to love them too.”
– Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs
Performers
Renato Braz | Voice, Guitar, and Percussion
Ivan Lins | Keys and Voice
Paul Winter | Soprano Saxophone
Paul McCandless | Oboe & English Horn
Eugene Friesen | Cello
Teco Cardoso | Bamboo Flute and G Flute
Dori Caymmi | Acoustic Guitar
Gerson Oikawa | Acoustic Guitar
Mario Gil | Acoustic Guitar
Theo de Barros | Acoustic Guitar
Webster Santos | 12-String Guitar
Gerson Pikawa | Electric Guitar
Toninho Ferragutti | Accordion
Don Grusin | Piano
Nelson Ayres | Piano
Paul Sullivan | Piano
Altamir Salinas | Violin
Ayrton Pinto | Violin
Estela Ortiz | Viola
Watson Clis | Cello
Sergio Brandao | Bass
Nilson Matta | Bass
Sizao Machado | Bass
Paulo Martins | Bass
Eliot Wadopian | Bass
Gordon Gottlieb | Drums
Jamey Haddad | Drums
Cafe | Percussion
Bre | Percussion
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble | Chorus
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