"Saga" coming out all over the world

Rodrigo Lima's 2-CD set "Saga" is coming out this week, released worldwide by JSR. Recorded in LA, NY, Rio and Curitiba. Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for Jazz Station Records, with a magnificent cover photo by Pete Turner, it features an all-star cast: Hermeto Pascoal, Don Sebesky, Hubert Laws, Raul de Souza, Anat Cohen, Mike Mainieri, Hugo Fattoruso, Zé Eduardo Nazario, Frank Herzberg, Sammy Figueroa, Aline Morena, Jamil Joanes, Laudir de Oliveira, João Palma, Sergio Barroso, Cesar Machado, Ithamara Koorax, Carol Ma, Gene Back, Alice Hamlet and many others. Chief Engineer: Victor França. Additional engineering: Jay Messina, Beto Japa, Aaron Nevezie, Mario Jorge Bruno, Hal Batt, Ben Elliot etc.

During my 32-year career as a recording producer, I've had the honor to work with such masters as Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dom Um Romao, Joao Donato, Eumir Deodato, Mario Castro-Neves, Thiago de Mello, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Jay Berliner, Gene Bertoncini, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dexter Payne, Art Farmer, Azymuth, the list goes on and on. But I can assure that "Saga" is one of the best albums I've ever produced. And Rodrigo is a brilliant newcomer to the contemporary jazz scene, a true guitar wiz. The CD is already on sale at Dusty Groove, CD Baby, Amazon etc. Cheers!

And here are some pics from the recording sessions:

(Rodrigo Lima, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, engineer Mario Jorge Bruno)

(Hermeto Pascoal, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Aline Morena)

(Rodrigo Lima & Don Sebesky)

(Joe De Vico, Don Sebesky, Rodrigo Lima)

(Rodrigo Lima, Don Sebesky & The Strings)

(Zé Eduardo Nazário)

(Hugo Fattoruso & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Hugo Fattoruso)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Hugo Fattoruso, Rodrigo Lima)

 (Hugo Fattoruso & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Lulu Martin & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Andrea Nestrea, Hugo Fattoruso, Rodrigo Lima)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Raul De Souza)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Raul DeSouza)

(De Souza, Fattoruso, Lima, Nazario, Herzberg)

(Anat Cohen & Rodrigo Lima)

(Cesar Machado, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Sergio Barroso)

(Frank Herzberg, Italo Simao, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Mario Jorge)

(Frank Herzberg)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Victor França)

(Raul De Souza aka Raulzinho)

(Hugo Fattoruso, Jamil Joanes, Frank Herzberg, Ze Eduardo Nazario)

(Jamil Joanes)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Rodrigo Lima, Hugo Fattoruso)

(João Palma & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Hubert Laws)

(Ithamara Koorax, Andrea Nestrea, Raul De Souza)

(Alice Hamlet)

(Mike Mainieri)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Lulu Martin)