Styles: Clarinet And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:44
Size: 112,0 MB
Art: Front
(3:44) 1. Amphibious
(3:03) 2. Coisa No 1
(3:21) 3. Outra Coisa
(3:49) 4. Coisa No 6
(4:07) 5. Coisa No 10
(4:31) 6. Naña (Coisa No 5)
(3:48) 7. Coisa No 9
(4:31) 8. Mãe Iracema
(4:25) 9. Oduduá
(5:25) 10. Maracatucutê
(4:47) 11. Paraíso
(1:07) 12. Carrossel
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:44
Size: 112,0 MB
Art: Front
(3:44) 1. Amphibious
(3:03) 2. Coisa No 1
(3:21) 3. Outra Coisa
(3:49) 4. Coisa No 6
(4:07) 5. Coisa No 10
(4:31) 6. Naña (Coisa No 5)
(3:48) 7. Coisa No 9
(4:31) 8. Mãe Iracema
(4:25) 9. Oduduá
(5:25) 10. Maracatucutê
(4:47) 11. Paraíso
(1:07) 12. Carrossel
This intimate jewel finds Cohen's clarinet and Marcello Gonçalves' 7-string guitar wrapped up in the work of one of Brazil's greatest composer-arrangers the late Moacir Santos. Gonçalves took Santos' scores and arranged/reduced them to fit this duo, reframing these songs while retaining the allure or duende, if you prefer endemic to the originals. Making this happen was no small musical feat, as there's quite a bit going on in Santos' compositions, but these two make it look easy. Moods and mannerisms vary here, but good chemistry remains a true constant. "Amphibious" utilizes unison lines and twining gestures in service of painting excitement, "Coisa No. 1" holds onto sportive sentiments while traveling on a cooler flow, "Outra Coisa" has an intoxicating rhythmic and melodic standing that proves potent, and "Coisa No. 6" appears as a picturesque starry night coming into its own. Further highlights include a somewhat frolicsome "Nanã (Coisa No. 5)," a "Mãe Iracema" that moves from uncertain beginnings into a hip and catchy groove stream, and a mournful "Paraíso" that wouldn't have felt out of place on Cohen's Poetica (Anzic Records, 2007). A dozen Santos tunes in total are given over to investigation here, and not a one carries a wasted thought. ~ Dan Bilawsky https://www.allaboutjazz.com/anat-cohens-brazilian-bonanza-outra-coisa-and-rosa-dos-ventos-by-dan-bilawsky.php
Personnel: Anat Cohen: clarinet; Marcello Gonçalves: 7-string guitar.
Outra Coisa
I'm catching up on some recent postings. This one is charming, elegant, whimsical, witty. Moacir Santos was one of the Brazilian greats. Doesn't say so in the blurb above, but someone or other called him, I believe, the Brazilian Ellington. Another interesting fact about him: he worked early on in his career with the German-born but naturalized Brazilian Hans-Joachim Koellreuter -- so, however "popular" he may have been in his approach, he also had a foot in the "classical" camp. (I do believe H-JK was naturalized; he certainly spent the best part of his creative life here.) As for Moacir Santos, by birth he was pernambucano. I.e., he was a Northeasterner, but then he spent the largest of his career and ultimately died in Southern California -- but, forgive me, fans of Sérgio Mendes and Dori Caymmi, without making the compromises those guys did. Don't get me wrong and think this CD sounds like Nino Rota. It doesn't. But I believe Fellini could have used this sound to the same effect to which he used Nino Rota. Dare I say that Anat Cohen, on the clarinet, brings a little echo of klezmer to the enterprise? Very cool CD. Thanks, Silkys.
ReplyDeleteThank You always Mark!
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