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Antonio Adolfo
Encontros – Orquestra Atlantica
Tracks
02 – Pentatonica
03 – Atlantica
04 – Luizao
05 – Milestones
06 – Saudade
07 – Capoeira yá
08 – Africa Bahia Brasil (orig: Afoxé blues)
09 – Delicada jazz waltz
10 – Sa Marina
Length: 52:57
All tracks written by Antonio Adolfo, except tracks 4 and 10 (Antonio Adolfo and Tiberio Gaspar) and track 5 (Miles Davis). Orquestra Atlantica's arrangements and orchestrations: Jessé Sadoc (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 & 10) and Marcelo Martins (tracks 2, 5 & 6).
Musicians
Antonio Adolfo: piano; vocal on track 3; music directionNelson Faria: acoustic guitar on tracks 3 & 7
Claudio Jorge: acoustic guitar on tracks 4 & 8
Leo Amuedo: electric guitar on track 2
Jorge Helder: double bass; solo on track 3
Rafael Barata: drums
Zé Renato: vocals on tracks 1 & 2
Serginho Trombone: valve trombone on track 4
Jessé Sadoc: 2nd trumpet and flugelhorn; solos on tracks 1, 6, 7 & 8
Gesiel Nascimento: 1st trumpet
Marcelo Martins: tenor sax and flute; solos on tracks 2, 3 & 10
Danilo Sinna: alto sax and flute; solos on tracks 1 & 8
Levi Chaves: baritone sax and soprano sax; solo on track 10
Aldivas Ayres: 1st trombone; solo on track 10
Wanderson Cunha: 2nd trombone
Marcos Nimrichter: accordion; solos on tracks 5 & 9
Dadá Costa: percussion
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Encontros – Orquestra Atlantica. This is Antonio Adolfo's composition, “Partido samba-funk.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: antonioadolfomusic.com
Record label: AAM Music
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio Plays Dom Salvador
Tracks
02 – Transition
03 – Mariá
04 – Antes da chuva
05 – Samba do malandrinho
06 – Temátrio
07 – Gafieira
08 – Para Elis
09 – Valsa de esquina
10 – Clauditi
11 – Meu fraco é café forte
Length: 49:07
All arrangements by Duduka Da Fonseca, David Feldman, and Guto Wirtti, inspired by Dom Salvador arrangements. Track 11 arranged by Guto Wirtti.
Musicians
Duduka Da Fonseca: drumsDavid Feldman: piano
Guto Wirtti: bass
Special Guest
Jaques Morelenbaum: cello on track 8Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Duduka Da Fonseca Trio Plays Dom Salvador. This is Dom Salvador's composition, “Gafieira.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: Duduka Da Fonseca
Record label: Sunnyside Records
Alexandra Jackson
Legacy & Alchemy
Disc 1 Tracks
02 – Amazon farewell
03 – A felicidade
04 – All One
05 – Labirintos
06 – Anjo de mim
07 – Corcovado
08 – Sonho meu
09 – Palco
10 – Futuros amantes
11 – Somos todos iguais esta noite
12 – Black sailors
13 – Special bonus: Veleiros Negros
Length: 59:09
ARRANGERS: Robert Hebert (tracks 1, 3, 9 & 12); Larry Williams (tracks 4, 7, 10, 11 & 13); Arthur Maia & Robert Hebert (track 2); Banda Black Rio & Robert Hebert (track 5); Ricardo Silveira (track 6); Max Viana, Robert Hebert & Chris Walker (track 8).
CO-ARRANGERS: Arthur Maia (tracks 1, 9 & 13); Marcello Ferreira (track 1); Chris Walker (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11); Carlinhos Brown (track 2); Paulo Calasans (tracks 2 & 13); Ricardo Silveira (track 3); Marcelo Martins (tracks 3 & 11); Robert Hebert (tracks 4, 7 & 11); Ivan Lins (tracks 7 & 11); Darryl Tookes (track 7); William Magalhães & Larry Dunn (track 9); Teo Lima, João Castilho, André Siqueira & Curtis King (track 13).
Disc 2 Tracks
02 – Turns your heart around
03 – Força da imaginação
04 – Our time now
05 – Brazilica
Length: 28:46
ARRANGERS: Robert Hebert (tracks 1, 3 & 5); Larry Williams (tracks 2 & 4); Rod Temperton (track 4).
CO-ARRANGERS: Marco Brito & Marcelo Martins (track 1); Max Viana, Pretinho de Serrinha & Chris Walker (track 3).
VOCAL ARRANGERS: Chris Walker, Darryl Tookes & Curtis King (track 5).
Musicians
Alexandra Jackson: lead and backing vocals on tracks 1.1, 1.2 & 1.9; co-lead and backing vocals on tracks 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3 & 2.4; whistle on track 1.3; vocals on track 1.5; co-lead vocals and whistle on track 1.6; co-lead vocal on track 1.7; all vocals and whistle on track 1.10; lead vocals on tracks 1.11 & 2.5; lead and backing vocals, whistle on track 1.13; all vocals on track 2.1Arthur Maia: bass on tracks 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10 & 2.1; bass and acoustic guitar on track 1.2; acoustic bass on track 1.13; bass solo on track 2.3
Teo Lima: drums on all tracks except 1.8, 1.12, 2.3 & 2.5
Ricardo Silveira: electric guitars on track 1.1; acoustic guitar on tracks 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1 & 2.3; guitars on tracks 1.9 & 2.2; electric guitar and solo on track 1.11
Armando Marçal: percussion on tracks 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 & 2.2
Marco Brito: keyboards and solo on track 1.1; keyboards on tracks 1.3, 1.6 & 2.1
Marcello Ferreira: acoustic guitar on track 1.1
Marcelo Martins: tenor sax and solo on track 1.1; flute on tracks 1.2, 2.5; woodwinds on tracks 1.3 & 2.1
Heber Ribeiro: additional keyboards on track 1.1
Cassio Duarte: percussion on track 1.1
Chris Walker: backing vocals on tracks 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 & 1.11; vocals on track 1.4
Darryl Tookes: backing vocals on tracks 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11 & 2.4
Curtis King: backing vocals on tracks 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11 & 2.4
Paula Santoro: backing vocals on track 1.1
Paulo Calasans: acoustic piano and keyboards on track 1.2
Pretinho de Serrinha: percussion on tracks 1.3, 2.1 & 2.2
Jessé Sadoc: horns on track 1.3; flugelhorn on track 2.5
Elisa Queiros: backing vocals on track 1.3
Darryl Jones: bass on tracks 1.4, 1.9, 1.11, 2.2 & 2.4
The Bossa Nova Noites Orquestra: arranged and conducted by Charles Floyd on tracks 1.5, 1.9 & 2.5; arranged and conducted by Larry Williams on tracks 1.7 & 1.10
Leonardo Amuedo: acoustic guitar on track 1.6
Larry Williams: acoustic piano on tracks 1.7 & 1.11; keyboards on track 2.4
Robertinho Silva: drums on track 1.7
Gustavo Leite: percussion on track 1.9
Orquestra Atlântica: horns on tracks 1.9 & 1.11
Kevin Spears: kalimba on tracks 1.12 & 2.5
André Siqueira: percussion on track 1.12
Max Viana: electric guitar on track 2.1; acoustic guitar and solo on track 2.3
Aldivas Ayres: trombone on track 2.1
Marcelo Mariano: bass on track 2.3
Steve Sykes: guitar on track 2.4
Holly Petrie: backing vocals on track 2.4
Featured Artists
Carlinhos Brown: percussion and vocals on track 1.2Paulo Jobim: co-lead vocal on track 1.3
Daniel Jobim: co-lead vocal and acoustic piano on track 1.3
Al Jarreau: duet vocal on track 1.4
Larry Williams: keyboards and flute on track 1.4; acoustic piano on track 1.10; keyboards on track 2.2; tenor sax solo on track 2.5
Oscar Castro-Neves: vocals on track 1.4
Banda Black Rio/William Magalhães: keyboards on track 1.5
Hubert Laws: flute on track 1.5
Ivan Lins: duet vocal on track 1.6; co-lead vocal on track 1.7; vocals on track 1.11
Miles Davis: trumpet on track 1.7
Antonio Carlos Jobim: co-lead vocal on track 1.7
Dona Ivone Lara: co-lead vocal on tracks 1.8 & 2.3
Max Viana: backing vocals on track 1.8
Pretinho da Serrinha: percussion on track 1.8; vocals and percussion on track 2.3
Larry Dunn: keyboards and Moog solo on track 1.9; synth solo and kalimba solo on track 2.5
Al McKay: guitars on track 1.9
Ricardo Silveira: acoustic guitar on track 1.10; acoustic guitar and electric guitar solo on track 2.5
Paulo Calasans: acoustic piano and Rhodes on track 1.13
João Castilho: acoustic and electric guitars on track 1.13
André Siqueira: percussion on track 1.13
Curtis King: vocals on track 1.13
Jessé Sadoc: horns on track 2.1
Chris Walker: co-lead vocals on track 2.2; co-lead and backing vocals on track 2.4
Rod Temperton: keyboards on track 2.4
Siedah Garrett: co-lead vocal on track 2.4
Armando Marçal: percussion on tracks 2.4 & 2.5
Darryl Jones: bass on track 2.5
Teo Lima: drums on track 2.5
Marco Brito: Rhodes and solo on track 2.5
The Bossa Nova Noites Orquestra
Concertmaster: Ricardo AmandoViolins: Ricardo Amando, Carlos Mendes, Marco Catto, Fernando Pereira, Ivan Scheinvar, Ayran Nicodemo, Anderson Pequeno, Maressa Carneiro, Marluce Ferreira, Sônia Katz, Márcio Sanches, Adonhiran Reis, Fernando Matta, Camila Bastos, Daniel Albuquerque, Giseli Sampaio
Violas: Ricardo Taboada, Dhyan Luckas, Cecilia Mendes, Jéssé Máximo
Cellos: Hugo Pilger, Pablo de Sá, Alceu Reis, Lilian Moniz
Flutes: Marcelo Martins, Eugenio Ranevsky, Rubem Schenck
Oboe: Rodrigo Herculano
Trumpets: Jessé Sadoc, Gesiel Nascimento, Vander Nascimento
Horns: Philip Doyle, Ismael Oliveira
Trombones: Aldivas Ayres, Wanderson Cunha
Bass trombone: Leandro Dantas
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Legacy & Alchemy. This is the bonus track, “Veleiros Negros,” written by Carlinhos Brown. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Websites: www.AlexandraJMusic.com and www.Legacy-and-Alchemy.com
Record label: IT/IS Telecom LLC