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Clarice Cissa Paz
Cissa Paz

Tracks

01 – Reza cigana
02 – Rainha ginga
03 – Cobrinha
04 – Onda mansa
05 – Toro brabo
06 – Saluba
07 – A beira e o mar
08 – Nila
09 – O Mundo gira

Length: 40:40
Composer credits: track 1 (Cissa Paz & JP Silva); track 4 (Cissa Paz, JP Silva & Inácio Rios); track 9 (JP Silva). Production and all arrangements by JP Silva, except track 2 (Nelson Freitas) & track 6 (Rodrigo Ferrera).

Musicians

Cissa Paz: vocals; claps on track 1; ferro gaita on track 5
JP Silva: guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3 & 5; bandolim on track 3; cavaco, 6-string and 7-string guitars on track 4; cavaco & guitar on tracks 5, 7, 8 & 9
Patrick Ângello: 7-string guitar on tracks 1, 6 & 7
Rodrigo Ferrera: electric bass on tracks 1 & 7; bass on tracks 2, 5, 8 & 9; acoustic bass on track 3; fretless bass on track 6
Anderson Vilmar: percussion on all tracks except 4
Paulinho Criança: claps on track 1; drums on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Leonardo Guimarães: claps on track 1; fretless bass on track 4
Nelson Freitas: piano on track 2; accordion on track 9
Rafael Chaves: percussion on track 4
Pedro Costa: electric guitar on track 5
Carol D'Ávila: flute on track 7; alto sax on track 8
Alexandre Flauta: tenor sax on track 8

Special Guests

Nicolas Krassik: violin on tracks 1 & 3
Davi Vieira: vocals & percussion on track 8

— from Jongo da Serrinha —
Luiza Marmello, Lazir Sinval & Deli Monteiro: vocals on track 7

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Cissa Paz. This is “Reza cigana” (Gypsy prayer) written by Cissa Paz and JP Silva. (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: www.cissapaz.com

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Catina DeLuna
Lado B Brazilian Project

Tracks

01 – Lavadeira do Rio and Maracatu
02 – Garota de Ipanema
03 – Cavalo marinho
04 – Contrato de separação
05 – Chovendo na roseira
06 – Estrela azul
07 – O canto da Ema
08 – Encontros e despedidas
09 – Lamentos
10 – Quase frevo
11 – Fotografia

Length: 63:06
All arrangements by Otmaro Ruiz.

Musicians

Catina DeLuna: vocals; body percussion on track 7; background vocals on track 9; piano on track 11 & first half of track 1
Otmaro Ruiz: piano; vocal arrangement on track 5; background vocals on track 9
Larry Koonse: guitars
Edwin Livingston: bass
Aaron Serfaty: drums

Special Guests

Alex Acuña: percussion on track 8
Bob Sheppard: flute on track 3; alto flute on tracks 4 & 8
Nick Mancini: marimba on tracks 1, 3 & 6
Mike Shapiro: udu (clay pot) on track 6
Clarice Cast: water bucket sounds on track 1; pandeiro on track 2; percussion on tracks 3 & 10; tabla & percussion on track 5
Greg Beyer: berimbaus & alfaias on track 1

Choir on tracks 1 & 5

Afton Hefley, Adrianne Duncan, Francis Benitez, Naomi Taniguchi, Maya Ruiz, Pam McLean, Catina DeLuna, Nick Mancini, Jason Luckett & Otmaro Ruiz.

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Lado B Brazilian Project. This is “Cavalo marinho” (Sea horse) written by Simone Guimarães and Juarez Moreira. (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: www.catinadeluna.com
Distribution: CDBaby, iTunes and Amazon

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Fato
Próximo

Tracks

01 – O homen
02 – Bandida
03 – Raiz
04 – A fio
05 – Rumo ao sumo
06 – Presente de partida
07 – Tem que esquecer
08 – Labirinto
09 – Tristeza
10 – Indivídua
11 – Carros blindados
12 – Vez por outra
13 – Vagabundo II

Length: 46:22
Credits: Track 1 – music & lyrics: Ulisses Galleto; Track 2 – music: Grace Torres, lyrics: Ulisses Galleto; Track 3 – music: Ulisses Galleto, poem: Neuza Pinheiro; Track 4 – music: Ulisses Galleto & Grace Torres, lyrics: Marcelo Sandmann; Track 5 – music: Ulisses Galleto, poem: Paulo Leminski; Track 6 – music: Daniel Fagundes, lyrics: Ulisses Galleto; Track 7 – music: Felipe Hickmann, poem: Amarildo Anzolin; Track 8 – music & original German lyrics: Edith de Camargo, Portuguese lyrics: Ulisses Galleto; Track 9 – music: Daniel Fagundes, lyrics: Luiz Felipe Leprevost; Track 10 – music & lyrics: João Cavalcanti & Pedro Luís; Track 11 – music & lyrics: Sérgio Monteiro Freire; Track 12 – music: Grace Torres & Benito Rodriguez, lyrics: Benito Rodriguez; Track 13 – music & lyrics: Ulisses Galleto.

Musicians

Daniel Fagundes: voice on tracks 1, 5, 8 & 9; vocals on track 2; voice & vocals on track 4; guitar on track 6; tamancalha on track 7; voice & tamancos on track 10; pandeiro & vocals on track 11; guitars on track 12; voice, tamancos & tamborim on track 13
Ulisses Galleto: programming, steel guitars & nylon-string guitar on track 1; vocals on track 2; bass & programming on track 3; fretless bass, steel guitar & nylon-string guitar on track 4; basses on track 5; bass on tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 12; bass & tamancos on tracks 10 & 13
Sérgio Monteiro Freire: guitar & soprano saxophone on track 1; baritone saxophone on track 2; soprano saxophone on tracks 5 & 10; voice and soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophones on track 6; voice & alto saxophone on track 7; guitar & digitech time machine on track 8; guitar on tracks 9 & 13; voice, vocals & guitar on track 11; tenor saxophone on track 12
Grace Torres: synthesizer on track 1; acoustic & electric pianos on track 2; synthesizer & effects editing on track 3; piano & synthesizer on track 5; piano on track 6; electric piano on tracks 7, 9 & 11; piano, synthesizer & sample editing on track 8; voice, vocals & synthesizer on track 12; piano, synthesizer & tamborim on track 13
Priscila Graciano: drums on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8; voice, vocal effects & congas on track 3; moringa, congas, chapa vassourada & vocals on track 4; moringas, xequerê & caixa on track 5; drums & congas on track 6; drums & DM-5 module on track 9; pandeiro, reco-reco & tamancos on track 10; drums & vocals on track 11; drums with hands, cajón, caixa & surdo on track 12; tamborim & pratos on track 13

Special Guests

Alonso Figueroa: accordion & automations on track 2
Bárbara Kirchner: voice & vocal effects on track 3; choir on track 12
Benito Rodriguez: choir on track 12
Cesar Munhoz: improvisation with samples of the voice of Edith de Camargo on track 8
Gabriel Schwartz: flutes on track 4
João Cavalcanti: voice & vocals on track 2
Lenine: voice & vocals on track 4
Neuza Pinheiro: improvised vocals on track 7; voice & vocals on track 12
Ozéias Costa: trumpet on track 5
Pedro Luís: 12-string guitar on track 3; triangle on track 11; voice & surdo on track 13
Silvia Contursi: choir on track 12
Walter Francisco Schneck, Jr.: choir on track 12
Yuri Queiroga: programming, loops, synthesizers & sample editing on track 3
Zé Loureiro Neto: ralador on track 2; tamancalha on tracks 3 & 10; cowbell on tracks 7 & 9; chocalho on track 11; loops & chocalho on track 12; drums, darbuka, cowbell, tamancalha & loops on track 13
Rodrigo Campello: 7-string guitar & programming on track 10

Choir on track 12

Bárbara Kirchner, Benito Rodriguez, Neuza Pinheiro, Silvia Contursi, Walter Francisco Schneck, Jr. & FATO

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Próximo. This is “A fio” written by Ulisses Galleto and Grace Torres, with lyrics by Marcelo Sandmann. It features Daniel Fagundes and special guests Lenine on vocals and Gabriel Schwartz on flutes. (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: www.fato.org