"What A Wonderful Bossa World" - Liner Notes & Booklet

Anna Ly & Marcio Correia: "What A Wonderful Bossa World"

Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for JSR

Distributed by Sonhos & Sons

Liner Notes by Kiko Ferreira:

"O violonista e compositor Juarez Moreira, no auge dos projetos unplugged e acústico, quando as bandas elétricas começaram a fazer seus discos acústicos, sentenciou: o futuro do roqueiro brasileiro é o banquinho e o violão.
Seguindo os passos da referência Rita Lee, que deu uma reviravolta na carreira quando fez o show e o discos bossa´n´´roll, a mineira ANNA LY assume em boa hora sua porção voz & violão.
Baixista requisitada, compositora de sotaque pessoal e personalidade, ANNA LY deixa o rock de lado e se arma de delicadezas para nos surpreender com este “what a wonderful bossa world”.
Produzido pelo experiente Arnaldo DeSouteiro, o CD apresenta um mergulho na música de diversas épocas e estilos sob a ótica da bossa nova, com a cantora dialogando de músico para músico com o violão do especialista Marcio Correia.

Como a Nara Leão dos melhores momentos, ANNA revela cores ocultas de hits internacionais, recupera (di)versões locais do mestre Pacífico Mascarenhas e prova que mesmo composições de origem mais vigorosa, como "A Menina Dança", dos Novos Baianos, e "Aviso aos Navegantes", de Lulu Santos, podem render bem em arranjos polidos e cercados de algodão colorido.

Algodão doce com dois brindes surpreendentes: "Olhos" e "Pra Te Interpretar", da safra recente da compositora ANNA LY, à vontade para cumprir a sentença de Juarez Moreira com prazer. Para ela e para quem ouve.
Kiko Ferreira - jornalista do Estado de Minas e Mercado Comum e diretor da Rádio Inconfidência - BH

Liner Notes by Wilson Garzon:
"Para a voz doce e segura de Anna Ly, nada melhor que o ritmo e a harmonia do violão de Márcio Correa. Dois artistas que se integram de uma forma perfeita para executar a bossa além da bossa. Para isso, retiraram o véu acadêmico desse estilo musical, fazendo uma renovação via pop e jazz e relendo standards. E de quebra, canções da lírica lavra de Anna receberam uma outra roupagem, agora dentro do clima bossa-pop. A participação de um produtor da envergadura de um Arnaldo DeSouteiro (cujo curriculo inclui trabalhos com Luiz Bonfá, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dom Um Romão, Mario Castro-Neves, Pingarilho, João Donato e outros icones da bossa nova) foi decisiva para a qualidade técnica da gravação. A soma de tantos talentos resultou numa música que não é só nova, mas também criativa, brasileira e universal.

Quanto ao repertório do CD, Aviso aos navegantes: a Menina dança, sendo que Tudo começou de brincadeira. Mas Pra te interpretar, utilizei a Fotografia e cliquei tanto Olhos quanto o Blackbird. Bem, como tudo foi de Pouca duração, só tenho Lamentos...Porém, quando te vi me Levando pra lua, era porque só Vivo sonhando: What a wonderful bossa world, Oba-la-lá!
Wilson Garzon – Clube de Jazz – http://www.clubedejazz.com.br/

Ficha técnica
Anna Ly: voz e baixo elétrico
Marcio Correia: violão e backing vocal
Gravado, mixado e masterizado no Estúdio Murilo Correa
Fotos da Capa: Juninho Motta
Arte da capa: Estêvão Machado
Anna Ly veste Graça Ottoni
Técnicos: Murilo Correa e Bruno Correa

Textos de contracapa: Kiko Ferreira e Wilson Garzon

Produzido por Arnaldo DeSouteiro (JSR)

Distribuido por Sonhos & Sons

Anna Ly & Marcio Correia: "What A Wonderful Bossa World", cover & credits

Anna Ly & Marcio Correia: "What A Wonderful Bossa World" [2006]
Genre: Bossa Nova
Format: CD
Release Date: April 15, 2006
Label: JSR
Catalog Number: 6051

SONGS
1. Fly Me to the Moon - "Leva-me pra Lua" (Bart Howard - vers: Pacífico Mascarenhas) 2:18
2. Vivo Sonhando (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 3:14
3. What a Wonderful World (Bob Thiele/George David Weiss) 3:50
4. Hô-bá-lá-lá (João Gilberto) 2:46
5. Blackbird (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 2:19
6. Fotografia (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 3:16
7. Pouca Duração/Começou de Brincadeira (Pacífico Mascarenhas) 2:15
8. Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer) 2:16
9. Olhos (Anna Ly) 2:53
10. Aviso aos Navegantes (Lulu Santos) 3:44
11. Till There Was You - "Quanto Te Vi" (Meredith Wilson - vers: Ronaldo Bastos) 2:04
12. Lamentos (Pixinguinha/Vinícius de Moraes) 3:08
13. Pra te Interpretar (Anna Ly) 3:28
14. A Menina Dança (Moraes Moreira/ Luis Galvão) 3:15

CREDITS
Anna Ly - Vocals, Bass (Electric)
Marcio Correia - Guitar (Acoustic)
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Producer
Murillo Correa - Engineer
Kiko Ferreira - Liner Notes
Bruno Correa - Engineer
Leticia Senna - Cover Photo
Estevão Machado - Album Design
Wilson Garzon - Liner Notes
Graça Ottoni - Fashion Stylist

ALBUM RELEASES
2006 CD JSR 6051

"Le Pop for Afternoon Tea"

"Le Pop for Afternoon Tea"
Released in 2004 by Rambling Records (RBCS 2111)
Mini LP paper sleeve special issue with gatefold cover
Compiled by Takashi Fujiwara
Includes three tracks produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro:
Track 8: "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Les Printemps) - Palmyra & Levita/João Donato
Track 12: "Lili" - Mario Castro-Neves & Samba S.A.
Track 13: "On A Clear Bossa Day" - Mario Castro-Neves & Samba S.A.

(cover signed by Joao Donato, Paulo Levita and Palmyra to Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

Rosie Carlino Live at the Cosmopolitan Club, Oct 10 & 11

Rosie Carlino
Live at Bob Egan's
The Cosmopolitan Club
New Hope, PA
October 10-11, 2007 8PM

The Cosmopolitan Club has featurd such singers as Ann Hampton Calloway and burgeoning new talent. Located at the New Hope Inn (6426 Lower York Road, Route 202) in New Hope, PA, tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased by calling 215-862-5221. www.thecosmopolitanclub.com
www.rosiecarlino.com

Rosie is currently in the studio wrapping up songs for her new album to be released October 1, 2007 and will be for sale at outlets to include Amazon.com, iTunes and CD Baby.

Check out Rosie on video (click to view):
Rosie "In Person"
"You and the Night and the Music"
"Come Rain or Come Shine"

Interview with Rosie with Joe Montague

Jocelyn Brown, today & tomorrow at Jazz Cafe (London)

JOCELYN BROWN
Live at the Jazz Cafe

Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th September
doors 7pm
£25 advance

This show replaces Chaka Khan. Refunds are available from this, and you are then eligible to purchase Jocelyn Brown tickets at a reduced rate of £20.

Rare London dates for legendary soul diva of Somebody Else’s Guy, Ain’t Nobody High Enough and Always There fame.

Born in North Carolina before later moving to New York, Jocelyn Brown came from a family where her grandmother, mother, two aunts and a cousin all sang.

Appearing initially as a soloist in church with various Brooklyn Gospel Choirs, Jocelyn’s recording career defines itself, having worked with many of the best soul, raregroove and disco artists, producers and musicians of our time including such stellar names as Luther Vandross, Bette Midler, John Lennon, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack, George Benson, Teddy Pendergrass, Culture Club, Masters At Work and many others.

Her unaccredited vocal hook for Snap's, I Got The Power, and her collaboration with Tod Terry on Keep On Jumpin' are just two of the countless examples of Jocelyn's voice being sampled across the genres, each time reinforcing her indelible impact on contemporary music.

After decades of shared ownership, the unmistakable voice of Jocelyn Brown has grown legendary, and the recent release of her first solo album, Unreleased, is a worthy testament to her gift. Don’t miss the opportunity to see one of soul music’s most inspirational singer’s perform live.

EP of the Day: "Mark Murphy - Stolen Moments Remix"

EP of the Day
Mark Murphy: "Stolen Moments" (Verve 2007) 45rpm
Including the Nicola Conte "Midnight Mood"rework
Featuring Fabrizio Bosso, Pietro Lussu, Lorenzo Tucci, Daniele Scannapieco, Pietro Ciancaglini.
Produced by Nicola Conte. recorded at Sorriso Studio (Bari)

CD of the Day - Jurgen Friedrich: "Summerflood"

CD of the Day
Jurgen Friedrich: "Summerflood" (CTI) 1998
Featuring Kenny Wheeler

Vinyl of the Day - Roberta Flack: "Bustin' Loose soundtrack"

Vinyl of the Day
Roberta Flack: "Bustin' Loose - Original Soundtrack" (MCA) 1981
Featuring Dom Um Romão, Marcus Miller, Barry Miles, Luther Vandross, Gary King, Buddy Williams, Clark Spangler, Jay Hoggard, Peabo Bryson, Jeff Mironov et al.

Includes the song "Qual É, Malandrinho?"

Single of the Day: "Idris Muhammad - Bahia"

Single of the Day
Idris Muhammad: "Baia" (Kudu) 1975
Actually, the song is Ary Barroso's "Bahia" (aka Na Baixa do Sapateiro), arranged by David Matthews and produced by Creed Taylor.
Featuring Don Grolnick, Eric Gale, Wilbur Bascomb, Patti Austin, George Young etc
Cover photo by Alen MacWeeney

Quartet S.F. celebrates the music of Raymond Scott

Kayo Miki, violin, & Emily Onderdonk, viola.

CD Cover Art by Scott Contemporary Jim Flora

Jeremy Cohen, violin, & Joel Cohen, cello.

Quartet San Francisco
To Release "Whirled Chamber Music" CD
September 25,
A Follow-Up to Their
Grammy-Nominated "Latigo"

New CD Focuses on the Music of Raymond Scott
In Celebration of His Centennial

Quartet San Francisco's 2006 release Látigo, which gave passionate expression to the group's devotion to tango, was honored last December with two Grammy nominations in the Classical Crossover field, including "Best Album."

Their audacious new ViolinJazz Recordings CD Whirled Chamber Music ups the ante, presenting what violinist Jeremy Cohen calls "crossover music in its purest form." Due for release September 25, the new disc draws from a wide variety of indigenous American forms -- jazz, funk, rock, tango -- that are imaginatively crafted by Cohen for string quartet. The CD's title refers to the walls between genres coming down, with the Quartet offering, you might say, "a new whirled order."

Quartet San Francisco, established in 2001, consists of Cohen and Kayo Miki on violins, Emily Onderdonk (viola), and Joel Cohen (cello). The quartet's contemporary musical sensibilities combined with the sheer physical energy required to play these rich American styles of music provide fertile ground for the ensemble to present their unique version of World Music.

The repertoire on the new CD advances the crossover concept in stunning fashion. Seven of the tracks are by Raymond Scott (1908-1994), the iconoclastic composer, bandleader, inventor, and electronic music pioneer whose music was given its broadest exposure on Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons in the 1940s and '50s and whose centennial will be celebrated next year. "Scott's whimsical melodies and swinging rhythms are ideally suited to string players with appetites for color and character," notes Cohen.

Also included in the program are compositions by Chick Corea ("Spain"), David Grisman ("Dawg's Bull"), Duke Ellington ("The Mooche"), and Leonard Bernstein ("Gee Officer Krupke," from West Side Story). The Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces" is rendered with attitude to spare, as is the CD closer "What Is Hip?" by Tower of Power -- a statement of local pride from the Oakland-born-and-bred Cohen brothers.

"We feel passionate about this mixture of American genres," says Cohen, "and we perform each work from within the style in which it was conceived. The tradition of chamber music has taught us to play from our hearts with the highest playing standards we can apply. So when the music says swing, we swing. When the music says groove, we groove."

One thing Cohen has learned in his diverse musical experiences -- from studies with Itzhak Perlman to his two years with Forever Tango to recording sessions with Carlos Santana and John Williams -- is that "the walls between genres are in our heads. They don't really exist unless we place them there. Quartet San Francisco bridges the gap between the styles that divide us musically."

Like its predecessor Látigo, Whirled Chamber Music was recorded at Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, CA by Leslie Ann Jones, who received a Grammy nomination for her contributions to Látigo (best engineered classical album).

The work of another American original, Jim Flora, is featured on the CD cover. His pulsating, riotously colorful illustrations adorned the album covers of many jazz and classical releases for Columbia and RCA Victor in the late 1940s and '50s. Flora's exuberant, genre-defying style is its own new whirled order.

2007 Itinerary

9/21 Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz season opener, Los Angeles
9/23 Fund-raiser for the Levitt Pavilion, Pasadena, CA
10/7 Concordia Chamber Players Series, New Hope, PA
10/12 Berrie Center, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ramapo, NJ
10/13 Ocean First Center, Stafford Township Arts Center, Manahawkin, NJ
10/14 Main Stage, Algonquin Arts Theater, Manasquan, NJ
10/15 Stage One Series, Algonquin Arts Theater, Manasquan, NJ
10/20 Corning (NY) Museum of Glass, Corning Painted Post Civic Music Assoc.
10/21 In-store appearance, Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center, NYC (3:00 pm)
10/21 Christ & St. Stephen's Church (pres. by Chelsea Opera), NYC (7:00 pm)
10/25 Phelps Stokes Aud., Berea (KY) Coll., w/ Sandor & Parissa, tango dancers
11/16 La Jolla (CA) Music Society N. County Series, w/ John Santos, percussion
11/21 Christ & St. Stephen's Church, NYC, with Bob James, piano

New talent: Grace Kelly

Phil Woods presented his black leather cap to the 15-year old alto saxophonist Grace Kelly on stage last year, as Owen McNally reports in The Hartford Courant . He was enthusiastic about her interpretation of the standard "I'll Remember April". Never before had he presented one of his caps to an alto saxophonist, he said and adds: "Hooray for the future of jazz and the alto saxophone!" Kelly wears the cap for each of her gigs. She attends high school in Boston, but has already performed at Carnegie Hall and Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. She has won several prizes and recorded three CDs.

Whether she has faced any problems because of her name? No, most of her friends have no idea who the other Grace Kelly actually was. She had not been named after the actress, but was originally born as Grace Chung. Only when her mother married Robert Kelly, she received the new surname. Her mother always used to listen to Stan Getz for breakfast. All of this, though, has not done her any harm. She is a normal teenager, loves to go to the movies, to dance and has already had a boyfriend.

Joyce Cooling gig in Atlanta

Joyce Cooling Appears in Atlanta
Saturday, September 15, 2007

All roads lead to Atlanta on Saturday, September 15, 2007

Come join us for a great concert at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre
5239 Floyd Road in Mableton, Georgia

Tickets available through this link, tickets Joyce Cooling.
Come on out Atlanta area and enjoy a delightful evening of music!

Barbara Dennerlein's September news

Begeisterte Fans auf der USA-Tour

Leider schon wieder vorbei ist Barbara Dennerleins Tournee durch fünf Städte der USA. Am 15. August setzte die Maschine mit der Musikerin an Bord im heimischen München auf. Die zahllosen Eindrücke aus den zurückliegenden zwei Wochen fasst Barbara so zusammen: "es war einfach fantastisch!"

Alle Konzerte waren sehr erfolgreich und hatten eine großartige Publikumsresonanz.

Philadelphia: In der Verizon Hall des Kimmel Center, einem grandiosen Konzertsaal, der ca. 2500 Menschen fasst, befindet sich eine der größten Konzertorgeln der USA. Ein phantastisches, beeindruckendes Instrument mit einer unglaublichen Klangfülle, die wie geschaffen ist für die abwechslungsreichen Kompositionen von Barbara Dennerlein. Die Atmosphäre bei diesem Auftaktkonzert ist am ehesten mit der bei den Konzerten im Dortmunder Konzerthaus oder der Essener Philharmonie zu vergleichen.

Kaum aus den USA zurück hat Barbara Dennerlein bereits drei weitere Konzerte in Deutschland und der Schweiz absolviert. In Düren spielte sie in der Christuskirche - sowohl an der Pfeifenorgel als auch an ihrer Hammond und begleitet von Schlagzeuger Marcel Gustke - vor über 600 Zuschauern das Abschlusskonzert der Dürener Jazztage.

Dem Lokalradio Düren stand sie vor diesem Konzert in einem Interview Rede und Antwort. Dieses wird vom Lokalradio "Radio Rur" in der Sendung "Planet Jazz" mit Oliver Mark am Samstag, den 8. September von 21:04 Uhr bis 22:00 Uhr gesendet werden.

http://www.radiorur.de/rur/r

Mitte September beginnt dann die große Herbsttournee mit (bislang) 24 Konzerten in 10 Wochen. Dabei macht Barbara Dennerlein auch wieder einen Abstecher in die Niederlande, und zwar nach Amsterdam in den Orgelpark, wo sie nicht nur die Hammond B3 sondern natürlich auch die frisch renovierte Parkorgel erklingen lassen wird.

http://www.orgelpark.nl/pages/agenda/voorstelling/12439

Die weiteren Konzerttermine finden Sie wie gewohnt am Ende des Newsletters sowie - mit Weblinks zu den Veranstaltern - auf http://www.barbaradennerlein.com unter "Konzerte".

CD "Change Of Pace" jetzt auch in der Schweiz erhältlich

Seit dem 24. August ist die aktuelle CD von Barbara Dennerlein und der Deutschen Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz auch in der Schweiz im Handel erhältlich. Wir bitten die Verspätung zu entschuldigen, aber der zuständige Vertrieb sitzt in Bern... ;-)

Doppel-CD "Mozart No End" wurde neu aufgelegt

Barbara Dennerlein Fans, die schon fast alle CDs haben, können sich freuen: die lange vergriffene Doppel-CD & Video von Friedrich Gulda "Mozart No End", auf der Barbara Dennerlein in Duo-, Sextet- und Orchesterbesetzung mitgewirkt hat, wurde von Sony Classical DVD & CD vor wenigen Tagen wieder aufgelegt.

Es war Barbara Dennerlein ein großes Anliegen, dass diese schönen Aufnahmen wieder erhältlich sind. In der Zeit vom 1989 bis 1995 hat Barbara Dennerlein zahlreiche Konzerte mit dem "Enfant terrible" der Klassik, dem rastlosen Grenzgänger zwischen Mozart und Jazz, gegeben. Über diese Zusammenarbeit schwärmt sie heute noch: "Von Friedrich Gulda habe ich gelernt, dass Klassik und Jazz, so unterschiedlich sie in ihrem Entstehen und Verständnis auch sein mögen, doch auf wunderbare Weise miteinander in Einklang zu bringen sind. Das hat in mir den starken Wunsch geweckt, diese beiden Welten auch in meinen eigenen Kompositionen zusammenzuführen, was mir in dem Projekt 'Change Of Pace' auch gelungen ist."

Nach "Change Of Pace" also geht es quasi 'back to the roots' - die Doppel-CD ist ab sofort wieder erhältlich.


Interview mit AllAboutJazz.com

Die Website "All About Jazz" bringt derzeit als umfangreiches Feature ein Interview mit Barbara Dennerlein, das die Musikerin kurz vor ihrer Abreise in die USA geführt hat. Dieses sehr ausführliche, englischsprachige Interview dürfte auch hierzulande den Fans so manche Frage beantworten, die sie selbst schon immer einmal stellen wollten.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26534

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Enthusiastic fans celebrate USA tour

"It was fantastic!" This is how Barbara puts her USA tour impressions into words. After having travelled five cities within two weeks she began to write down kind of a short diary on the flight back to Munich.

The concerts have been very successful and enormously receipted by the audience.

Philadelphia: The Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center is a wonderful concert hall for approx. 2500 people and has one of the biggest concert organs in the USA. It is a fantastic, impressive instrument with unbelievable richness in sounds that seems to have been made for Barbara's diversified compositions.

One visitor was so impressed that in an internet blog immediately after the show he recommended:
"She'll be at Joe's Pub in NYC in a duo format tomorrow night, so what are you waiting for?"

New York: Joe's Pub has developed to a very popular jazz club since it has been established about ten years ago. It was the ideal venue for Barbara's first Hammond concert on her tour. The concert has been supported by the German Consulate General in New York. Barbara played a wonderful white Hammond chop (with MIDI pedals) from The Hammond Store USA and was assisted by the great Scott Neumann on drums. Among the audience were the jazz guitar players Russ Spiegel, member of Barbara's 'Bebab' band in Europe for many years, and Ronnie Jordan.

The concert and an interview were recorded for "Hammond Heroes", a documentary film project about the Hammond organ and its famous players.
http://www.hammondheroes.com

The next days Barbara had time to give interviews for CNN Headline News and to Pete Fallico’s "The Doodlin' Lounge" radio programme on KCSM in San Mateo and KUSP in Santa Cruz. You can listen to that radio interview if you follow this link:
http://www.bebab-jazz.de/doodlinlounge/

San Jose: The San Jose Jazz Festival is a three days lasting event on many stages in the city's festival zone. Barbara's concert was recorded by KCSM radio station San Mateo and will be broadcasted on October 21st. Together with her sidemen Brian Pardo on guitar and Paul Van Wageningen on drums Barbara celebrated a firework of swinging jazz and was as happy as the audience, people who wrote comments in blogs, Barbara's website guestbook and e-mails:

San Diego: The biggest open air pipe organ in Bilboa Park waited for Barbara's top tour final. She had flown to San Diego between her concerts in Berkeley and San Jose to rehearse and registrate for her concert. Barbara played in front of 1600 people a long two set concert. It was the first complete jazz concert on this 1914 built organ at all. The audience was enthused by this rare concert event and pleased Barbara with rich applause after the bass pedal solos, loud "bravo!" shouts between the titles and standing ovations at the end. After the concert the organ technician who recorded the concert via MIDI came to Barbara and told her amazed that she had played 86,457 notes in her second set - which sets a new mark instead of the previous "record" of classical organist Olivier Latry with about 30,000 notes.

"Barbara was impressed by fans that came three times to her concerts in Berkeley, San Jose and San Diego (which is a 1500 km round trip).
concert photos from San Diego: http://robert-harrington.com/spreckels/070813dennerlein/

CD "Change Of Pace" now released in Switzerland

We are sorry about the delayed CD release in Switzerland. "Change of Pace" with Barbara Dennerlein and the 'Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz' is now available. Release date was August 24th.

"Mozart No End" re-issued on CD and DVD

This is a hot tip for Barbara Dennerlein fans who have already collected almost all of her albums: Friedrich Gulda's superb "Mozart No End" that had been sold out for many years in both CD and LaserDisc formats is now beeing reissued by Sony Classical and it's also available on DVD!!! You can hear Barbara Dennerlein in duo, sextet and orchestra line-ups together with the "enfant terrible" of classical music, Friedrich Gulda, who died in 2000.

Barbara Dennerlein is happy that these recordings are available again. Between 1989 and 1995 Barbara played numerous concerts together with the great pianist who loved both classical music – especially Mozart - and jazz. Barbara says: "I have learnt from Friedrich Gulda that classical and jazz music can be put together in a wonderful way, though they differ so much in their approach to music as an art and in the way of playing them. Since then it has been a dream for me to merge these two worlds together in my own compositions. Thus, my collaboration with Friedrich Gulda is one of the roots of the 'Change Of Pace' project."

Interview on AllAboutJazz.com website

www.AllAboutJazz.com is actually featuring Barbara Dennerlein with an interview in English. Germany-based AAJ correspondent Alan Bryson spoke with Dennerlein at length about her career, the challenges she's faced and the people she's had the good fortune to meet and play with over the years.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26534

You might also check out http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=2660
where registered members can listen to an entire track from Barbara's album "Love Letters". But hurry - this link will be active only for one week.

German Radio interview

Another interview that has been recorded during the jazz days in Dueren will be broadcasted by "Radio Rur" on September 8th as part of the "Planet Jazz" radio show (9 p.m. - 10 p.m.).

http://www.radiorur.de/rur/r

Harvest concert tour

In the second half of September Barbara will start her 2007 harvest tour. 24 concerts within 10 weeks are already scheduled. Barbara will mainly tour through Germany but she will also visit the Netherlands, Italy and Austria.

Destaques da "Ad Lib" - Setembro/2007

"ADLIB" - September 2007 issue
Cover Story: Prince

Trio Of Doom
Masterpiece Story "Word Of Mouth / Jaco Pastorius"
Jacksoul
jaja
Best 10 - Jazz Songs Of The Beatles
J-Jazz in Showa Era
Tim Hauser
Risa Junna
Atsuki Kimura x Fusanosuke Kondo
Blues Alley Japan

Spotlight : Che'nelle / Emilie Claire Barlow / Kelly Sweet / Kiyomi Suzuki

ADLiB Audio Topics
Jacket Gallery
ADLiB Chart

New Disc
Imported Disc
Coming Soon
Super Stars in Electric Bass
Star Story - Jimi Hendrix
History Of R&B / Soul Music
Keiko Matsui
Hajime Mizoguchi
Chiaki Ishikawa

Tokyo Jazz 2007
Tribute Albums
Toshiki Kadomatsu - No End Talk
Soul Kiss
AOR
Tina / Katsumi Horii
Shiro Sagisu / Cindy Suzuki
Yuji Muraoka / Paper & Web
Sound Planet
Yumi Kudou / Yoshinori Ohtomo

ADLiB Archives
Desert Island Discs

Hot Live Report : Dimension / Marlene & Masato Honda / etc.
Resona Tokyo Midtown Music For Design Bank
Koichi Osamu
Kiyotsugu Amano

Interviews : David T.Walker / Cold Blood / George / New York Voices / Ne-Yo
News Of The World
News In Japan
Concert Information
Letters
Last Chorus

Julien Lourau's new projects

The saxophonist Julien Lourau gets a carte blanche for his concert at the festival Jazz à la Villette, as Dominique Queillé reports in Libération and Vincent Fertey in Le Figaro . He plays besides Wayne Shorter whom he loves as a saxophonist but also as a composer, and Steve Coleman whom he knows since his M-Base days. Lourau presents three projects during the festival: his new collaboration with the DJ Jeff Sharel which is kind of an homage to Chicago house music of the 90s; an Afro-Cuban project named Rumbabierta in which he is joined by the flutist Orlando Maraca Valle; and with his longtime friend Laurent Coq in the quartet Saigon, a project they developed last year, first in Haiti, then in Vietnam.

Destaques da "Swing Journal" de Setembro/2007

Swing Journal - September 2007 issue
Cover Story: John Coltrane

THE QUARTET Featuring HERBIE HANCOCK, WAYNE SHORTER, RON CARTER, JACK De JOHNETTE
New World of Jazz Piano
Jazz Masterpieces Storu - Prestige Part1
New Faces New Sounds 2007
Oscar Peterson Tribute Concert @ Carnegie Hall
Jazz It Up - Jazz History by Korean Comic
Biographies of Japanese Jazzmen: Eiji Kitamura
Soul Goes to Jazz!!
Question in Jazz - for beginners
HOT NEWS World / Japan
48th Annual SwingJournal Readers Poll 2007 Starts!
New York Jazz Monthly
Topics
Jazz on AIR

The Monthly Disc Review
Top Chart
SJ Gold Discs
Import Discs
New Discs Release Information

SJ Gold Disc Preview: "Shadow of Your Smile / Grant Stewart"
SJ Gold Disc Preview: "Counter Current / Hino-Kikuchi Quintet"
SJ Gold Disc Preview: "Breakfast on the Morning Tram / Stacey Kent"
USA - France - Italy: Euro/US Summer Jazz Festivals 2007
Let's Dig the Re-issued Discs
Domestic Jazz Festivals in Autumn
J-Jazz in Showa Era Part 3
Terashima Records

What's Up Now! : Tim Hauser / Niels Lan Doky / Antonio Sanchez / New York Voices / Miki Yamaoka / Yoshiko Saita / Hiroshi Hata / Daiki Yasukagawa
Readers Plaza : Jazz Spot Pilgrimage Returns / Readers / Jazz Allnighters by Tatsuo Sunaga / Yasukuni Terashima's Daily Life
Swing Street : Yozo Iwanami / Music / Topics
Q&A

Live Report : Marlene Meets Masato Honda B.B. Station / Michel Camilo / Marica Hiraga With Manhattan Jazz Quintet / Walter Lang Trio / The Manhattan Transfer / Diane Schuur / Eric Alexander + Grant Stewart
Comin' Soon!
Live & Jazz Spot Guide

JAZZ SOUND & VISUAL
SwingJournal New Listening Room
SJ Selections
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Kahlil Kwame Bell returns to Gillespie Auditorium tonight!

Join us for another exciting jazz evening this Tuesday evening, September 4 at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the New York City Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway), when Kahlil Kwame Bell returns with his group. There will be 2 shows at 8:00 and 9:30 p.m.

Kahlil Kwame Bell has been called one of the most prolific musicians in the industry today. His career began at a mere two years of age when his father and uncle introduced him to West African drumming of the Ancient Mali Empire. He furthered his study of drumming at Bloomingdale House of Music at age ten. By the age of fifteen, he enrolled at the Harlem School of the Arts. Upon his arrival, he received his first job assisting dance movement classes where he worked for two years. He graduated from Rice High School and attended the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, where he assisted classes for Alfrida Derby, a dancer who was part of the original Olatunji Drum and Dance Company.

After graduating with his B.A. in Communicative and Creative Arts in May, 1990, he returned to the Harlem School of the Arts to teach. During his six year tenure, he found time to perform, record and accompany jazz greats such as Ron Carter, Roy Hargrove and Baba Olatunji, just to name a few. The Summer of 1996, Kahlil substituted for renown percussionist, Don Alias, while he was touring with David Sanborn. He has pIayed percussion for R/B artist, Erykah Badu during the European leg of her tour.

In addition, Kahlil has worked with the legendary Roberta Flack, which allowed him the opportunity to work with other music legends including Peabo Bryson, James Ingram, Ashford and Simpson and Luther Vandross. To date, Kahlil has traveled the world extensively doing what he loves and does best. He has recorded over 50 recordings including his own CD entitled, “Gift of Forgiveness,” which was released in February, 2001. He is credited for composing all of the music on his CD.

Admission is 15.00, 10.00 for students.

Tickets will be sold at the door, or call 212-222-5159 for reservations and information.

Jazz Tuesdays
in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium
The New York Baha'i Center
53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway)
Two shows: 8:00 and 9:30 p.m.

Grammy SoundTable: the legacy of Power Station Studios

Cindy Blackman tonight, Aug 4, at Dizzy's Club, NY

Tuesday-Sunday, September 4-9
THE CINDY BLACKMAN PROJECT
7:30 & 9:30pm with an additional set at 11:30pm on Fri/Sat

Cindy Blackman, drums; J.D. Allen, tenor saxophone; Fionn O Lochlainn, guitar; Carlton Holmes, piano; George Mitchell, bass

Cindy Blackman, "one of the hottest drummers in the business," (Star-Gazette) moves easily from straight-ahead jazz to rock to funk and back again. A New York street performer in her early beginnings, Blackman (a LP artist) has performed with retro funk rocker Lenny Kravitz, and a wide assortment of jazz artists such as Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Don Pullen, Hugh Masekela, Pharaoh Sanders, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Bill Laswell, Buckethead and many more.

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AFTER HOURS
(no reservations necessary)
Tuesday-Saturday, September 4-8
SHAREL CASSITY

CD of the Day: "Faith Howard & Visions - He's Got Everything"

CD of the Day
Faith Howard & Visions: "He's Got Everything" (CTI) 1996

Vinyl of the Day: "Grover Washington, Jr. - Side Star"

Vinyl of the Day
Grover Washington, Jr.: "Side Star" (Kudu) 1983
Produced by Creed Taylor
Featuring Johnny Hammond, Randy Weston, Billy Cobham, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Beck, Gary King, Randy Brecker, Idris Muhammad, Eric Gale, Bernard Purdie et al.
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder

Single of the Day: "Stellinha Egg"

Single of the Day:
"Stellinha Egg" (Odeon) 1973
Arranged, Conducted & Produced by Lindolpho Gaya
Featuring João Donato and Azymuth (José Roberto Bertrami, Alex Malheiros, Ivan Conti) plus strings & horns

Valerie Capers tonight, Sept 3rd, at Dizzy's Club, NY

Monday, September 3
VALERIE CAPERS QUINTET
Special Monday Night Presentation!
7:30 & 9:30pm

Pianist and composer Dr. Valerie Capers is the first recipient of Essence magazine's "Women of Essence" Award for Music. Throughout her career, Dr. Capers has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and Branford Marsalis' JazzSet. She has also performed with a roster of outstanding artists, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Brown, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Slide Hampton, Max Roach, James Moody and Paquito D'Rivera, among others.

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A aventura cinematográfica de Diane Hubka

Artigo escrito por Arnaldo DeSouteiro em 27 de Agosto de 2007 e publicado originalmente em 3 de Setembro de 2007 no jornal "Tribuna da Imprensa"

A aventura cinematográfica de Diane Hubka
Temas de Jobim, Bonfá, Mancini e Mandel são recriados brilhantemente pela cantora
Arnaldo DeSouteiro

No último dia 16, o clube californiano Jazz Bakery – fundado há onze anos e ainda hoje dirigido pela cantora Ruth Price em Los Angeles, na região conhecida como Culver City, famosa pelos estúdios de cinema – ficou pequeno para a platéia que compareceu à festa de lançamento do CD “Diane Hubka goes to the movies”, editado pelo selo 18th & Vine Records, com distribuição da Allegro. O frisson se justifica. O disco ganhou cotação máxima na bíblia japonesa do jazz Swing Journal (“a maior descoberta desde Roberta Gambarini”), quatro estrelas e meia no All Music Guide e vem tocando bastante nas FMs ainda dedicadas ao jazz, especialmente na Costa Oeste, para onde Diane se mudou em 2004, após duas décadas batalhando em NY. Isto mesmo, duas décadas. Ou seja: Diane está longe de ser uma novata, embora somente agora seu talento esteja sendo descoberto em grande escala.

O projeto deste quarto CD demorou três anos para ser concluído. As gravações começaram em agosto de 2005 em West Hollywood, avançaram pelo ano seguinte e a masterização aconteceu em 2007. Porém, a sensação é de um projeto orgânico, sem discrepâncias internas, sejam estéticas ou de ordem técnica. O renomado historiador Scott Yanow assina o objetivo texto do encarte, sem tirar a surpresa com que o ouvinte é brindado ao degustar o trabalho no CD-player. Ao contrário do que o título pode induzir, nada soa óbvio, e esta é a primeira de muitas proezas alcançadas pela cantora.

Belas releituras

A idéia de tratar, jazzisticamente, canções de trilhas sonoras já rendeu vários projetos; em sua grande maioria, pouco memoráveis. O álbum de Diane é uma louvável exceção, impecável sob todos os aspectos. O canto da blond, sem firulas gratuitas, soa límpido e cativante, em total sintonia com os arranjos criativos e bem arquitetados do pianista Christian Jacob, colaborador de Flora Purim e Tierney Sutton. Ao longo de 60m30s, não há um único minuto pouco inspirado. As surpresas se sucedem a cada faixa, de forma impactante, graças às soluções rítmicas e harmônicas encontradas.

Ninguèm precisa se assustar imaginando performances tresloucadas. Diane felizmente não optou por transfigurar as canções, de submete-las a tratamentos amalucados ou exóticos, a solução mais fácil que muitos (de Cassandra Wilson a Marisa Monte) adotam para dar a falsa impressão de “mudernidade”. Os temas são respeitados em suas essências, com as inovações estéticas criteriosamente aplicadas com extremo cuidado e bom gosto. Claro que o sensacional repertório é um grande trunfo, mas nunca representa a garantia de um grande disco justamente por conta dos riscos da “mudernização” ou, no extremo oposto, excessiva respeitabilidade – algo que, por exemplo, transformou “Talk of the town”, da fantástica Cheryl Bentyne, em um disco enfadonho.

Ainda sobre os arranjos, a grande lição de Christian reside em obter tanto frescor e originalidade usando um formato “convencional” de piano (ele próprio), contrabaixo (Chris Colangelo), bateria (Joe LaBarbera), Larry Koonse (guitarra) e o extraordinário Carl Saunders (trompete & flugelhorn), veterano da banda de Stan Kenton e atual primeiro trompete na orquestra de Bill Holman. Uma postura corajosa nesta época em que até mesmo arranjadores consagrados têm, irresponsavelmente, enveredado por instrumentações pouco ortodoxas, modernosas, visando manter uma pseudo-jovialidade mercantil.

Roteiro impecável

O período coberto pelo repertório vai de 1937 (“All God’s chillun got rhythm”, tema de Bronislaw Kaper cantado por Ivie Anderson na trilha da impagável comédia hípica “Um dia nas corridas”, dos geniais Irmãos Marx!) a 1979 (“Close enough for love”, pungente balada de Johnny Mandel para o score de “Agatha”). No tema de Mandel, com letra arrasadora de Paul Williams (o letrista de “Love dance” que Ivan Lins, mal assessorado, esnobou), Diane desvia do clima baladeiro e embarca em inesperado andamento médio, apenas com acompanhamento de baixo & guitarra, evitando as comparações com Shirley Horn e Tony Bennett. Mesma atitude sabiamente adotada no tema-título de “Wild is the wind” (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington), valseado de modo altamente elegante.

Outro ponto alto acontece em “Lovers in New York”, tema instrumental de Henry Mancini para “Breakfast at Tiifany’s” – a letra foi feita posteriormente por Jay Livingston & Ray Evans. No flugel, Carl Saunders exibe sua destreza e uma sonoridade aveludada comparável a Art Farmer, construindo brilhante solo em torno de variações sobre “Joy spring”, de Clifford Brown, que ele passa o tempo todo circundando, sem explicitar a citação. Tão chique quanto a leitura de piano & voz para “The bad and the beautiful” (David “Laura” Raksin & Dory Previn).

Em “I’m Old Fashioned” (Jerome Kern & Johnny Mercer), charmosamente bossanoveada, Hubka consegue a melhor gravação desde a de Paul Desmond em 1975, no álbum “Pure Desmond”, com Koonse fazendo seu solo no violão. Diane teve ainda a excelente idéia de escolher duas pérolas semi-esquecidas: as canções-título de “You only live twice” (John Barry & Leslie Bricusse), do filme de James Bond de 1967, “Só se vive duas vezes”, e “The long goodbye” (John Williams & Johnny Mercer), na qual outra vez Saunders rouba a cena – sem trocadilho – no flugelhorn.

Hubka parte para um improviso em sinuoso scat, seguido por solos ebulientes de Koonse e Saunders, na crepitante recriação de “He’s a tramp” (Sonny Burke & Peggy Lee, safra 1955) em ritmo de samba puxado por Joe LaBarbera, um dos meus bateristas prediletos. Acompanho a carreira de Joe desde a associação com Chuck Mangione, e tive o prazer de assistir suas performances com Bill Evans (nos últimos concertos do pianista no Brasil em 1979) e posteriormente Tony Bennett, inclusive quando supervisionei e apresentei um especial de TV filmado para a Rede Manchete em 1985 no Teatro do Hotel Nacional. Sem dúvida, pela soma de tantas qualidades, é o batera que todo cantor deveria pedir a Deus.

Tela brasileira

Há duas músicas de autores brasileiros. A primeira é de Tom Jobim, originalmente gravada como “Children games” na trilha de Tom Jobim para “The Adventurers” (1970), e depois rebatizada “Double rainbow” quando Gene Lees adicionou letra em inglês para ser cantada por Miucha no LP “The best of two worlds”, de Stan Getz & João Gilberto, em 1975. No Brasil, ficou conhecida como “Chovendo na roseira”, após a gravação no célebre “Elis & Tom”. O arranjo de Jacob usa “All blues”, de Miles Davis, como linha de baixo, obtendo multívolo efeito.

“Sempre quis gravar esta música, e fiquei surpresa quando descobri que pertencia a uma trilha sonora”, comenta Diane. “Pena que, na minha opinião, o filme é muito ruim, embora tivesse tudo para ser bom, com aquele grande elenco. Mas irei seguir sua sugestão de ouvir as outras músicas da trilha. Certamente Jobim é um dos meus heróis e tive a felicidade de assisti-lo uma vez no Carnegie Hall, poucos anos antes de sua morte”.

Bonfá está representado por sua obra mais conhecida, “Manhã de carnaval”, da trilha de “Black Orpheus” (1959), cantada com a letra original de Antonio Maria. Único momento em que Diane adota o esquema voz & violão, no caso um 7 cordas tocado pela própria cantora e confeccionado sob medida para ela pelo luthier Greg Brandt. “Meu professor, Bill Bittner, tocava uma Gibson L-7 e aquilo me marcou”, revela a cantora, que também estudou com o guitarrista Howard Alden.

Talvez não por acaso, o disco que começou com Bronislaw Kaper, um dos ídolos de João Donato, termina com outra jóia do mesmo autor – e logo a preferida de Donato: “Invitation”, do filme homônimo de 1952, em deliciosa pulsação de samba-jazz. Que gravação! A introdução de piano dá uma pista falsa do clima. Na entrada de Diane, em mais uma aula de fraseado e expressividade, para não falar da perfeita dicção, a banda dispara num samba em andamento rápido, com LaBarbera primeiro nas vassouras (ao melhor estilo de João Palma) e depois nas baquetas, usadas para estimular o solo de Saunders em vôos rasantes no trompete com surdina. Desfecho perfeito para um dos melhores discos de 2007.

Legendas:
O jazz vai ao cinema
“O novo disco da cantora Diane Hubka, dedicado a recriações jazzísticas de temas de filmes, é analisado por Arnaldo DeSouteiro, que desde já o coloca como um dos melhores lançamentos deste ano”
“Charme, ousadia e criatividade são características marcantes do CD que será um divisor de águas na carreira da cantora”
“Apoiada por grandes músicos e excelentes arranjos, Diane Hubka redescobre jóias pouco regravadas”

"O Passarinho", Part 8 - "Bossa Na Praia"

Another successful CD compilation, "Bossa Na Praia", came out in Europe including the track "O Passarinho", composed by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Gazzara and Ithamara Koorax.

"Bossa Na Praia"
Compilation
Release Date: July 20, 2007
Format: CD
Label: SDJ (Suoni Di Jato)
Catalog Number: SDJCD 012

"O Passarinho", Part 7 - More about "La Pupa e il Secchione"

Italian magazine Gente, number 42, October 19 2006, 170 pages, size 23x29 cm (1 inch = 2,54 cm). This is one of the most popular Italian magazines dedicated to celebrities and gossip. Cover story: Martina Stella.
It also features a 3-page story about the TV reality show “La Pupa e il Secchione” (3 pag), which includes the song "O Passarinho" (written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Gazzara and Ithamara Koorax) on its soundtrack.

More stories:

Stefano Accorsi & Laetitia Casta
TV Series: dog Rex
Fashion: Christina Aguilera, Uma Thurman, Maria Sharapova, Charlize Theron, Carmen Kass, Rosario Dawson, Eva Longoria
Luca Zingaretti
Margherita Grambassi
Italian Royalty prince Amedeo di Savoia
Anna Oxa

"O Passarinho", Part 6 - "Obsesión Latina"

"Suave - Obsesión Latina", released on July 17, 2007, and considered "the latin compilation of summer 2007" by the European press, includes such radio hits as the original version of "O Passarinho", written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Gazzara and Ithamara Koorax.

"Suave - Obsesión Latina"
(Steamroller CD5206)
Genre: Pop
Style: Dance, Latin Pop
Release Date: July 17, 2007
Label: Steamroller
Catalog Number: SRCD 6206
Barcode: 8030615062065

Presentazione

La compilation latina dell’estate 2007 I brani piu’ richiesti Con “suave “ dai media considerato il nuovo tormentone di questa stagione Ed inoltre altre hit del momento come “breaking the law” , “o passarinho, ”son que son” e “close to you” in rotazione sui maggiori network radiofonici.

Credits
Gazzara - Performer
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Composer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Percussion
Ithamara Koorax - Lead Vocals, Vocal Effects
Cinema 2 - Performer
Massimo Sanna - Bass
Nina Vasquez - Vocals
Pachanga - Performer
Marco Lamioni - Guitars, Producer
Born Kings - Performer
Massimo Bellaroba - Producer, Remix, Arranger
Croma Latina - Performer
Luisito Rosario - Vocals
Silvia Graditi - Arranger, Producer
Los Van Van - Performer
P. Belletti - Vocals
Aventura - Performer
Margareth Menezes - Vocals
Dano Leeflang - Remix
Kysha 25 - Performer
Magisterio - Performer
Jeroen Goeijers - Remix
Relight Orchestra - Performer
Selma Hernandes - Vocals
Hispanico Latino - Performer
Deejaybrizi - Performer
Carlo Nasi - Producer
Toco - Performer
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfer
Adrian Posse - Producer

Tracks
1 Cinema2 “Suave”
2 Combo de la Muerte “Breaking the law”
3 Nina Vasquez “Que Hiciste”
4 Pachanga “Close To You”
5 Born Kings “Conciencia” (Hip Hop Latino)
6 Hispanico Latino “Ajena”
7 Croma Latina ft. Luisito Rosario “Son Que Son” (Album Mix)
8 Aventura “Hermanita”
9 Kysha25 (feat. Los Van Van) “Ahi Maria”
10 Magisterio “La Botella” (Bacha Cha Remix)
11 Hispanico Latino “Mi Busqueda” (Milonga Remix Buenos Aires)
12 Toco “Contradiçao”
13 Gazzara feat. Ithamara Koorax "O Passarinho" (Album Version)
14 DeejayBrizi feat. Selma Hernandes “Remedios”
15 Relight Orchestra feat. Margareth Menezes "Elegibô” (Mark Lanzetta Raggamix)
16 Cinema2 “Suave” (2men 1leg Radio Edit )

"O Passarinho", Part 5 - "Big Sur: Formentera"

The 2-CD set "Big Sur: Formentera" includes the dancefloor hit "O Passarinho", written by Gazzara, Arnaldo DeSouteiro and Ithamara Koorax.

"Big Sur: Formentera" [2007]
A fine selection of chill out and nu-house tracks
Compiled & Mixed by Marco Fullone
Genre: Electronica
Style: House, Lounge, Chill Out
Release Date: July 16, 2007
Format: 2-CD Set
Label: Halidon
Catalog Number: H6501
Barcode: 8030615065011

Presentazione

Selezione prestigiosa di livello musicale internazionale. Tutti brani di ultimissima produzione. La raccolta presenta il meglio della musica chillout (cd1) e della nu house (cd2) che l’odierno panorama musicale propone. Ogni traccia contenuta in questo doppio sarà tappa obbligata per i molti deejay che quest’estate avranno l’intenzione di stupire con le nuove sonorità del momento. Del resto, garantisce Marco Fullone. Numero uno in questo genere musicale e direttore artistico, ormai da anni, di Montecarlo Night in onda tutte le sere su Radio Montecarlo. Ma questa selezione ha ragione di esistere solo e soltanto in virtù del luogo che la ispirata. Il posto dove tutto questo prende vita, e si evolve in modo meraviglioso e naturale: la nota spiaggia del Big Sur di Formentera. La musica vi trasporterà per incanto davanti ai tramonti di Formentera, al suo mare, alle sue irrefrenabili notti d’estate. Il Big Sur Life è oggi il luogo di aggregazione giovanile che gode di grande fama. Situato a Formentera, immerso in una splendida spiaggia bianca è divenuto uno dei music bar più alla moda, conosciuto dai vacanzieri di tutta Europa. Qui si trascorrono le serate, a partire dall’ora del tramonto, momento di puro relax in cui vige l’usanza di salutare l’uscita di scena del sole con un lungo applauso...

CREDITS
Marco Fullone - Compilation, Mix
Tom Novy - Remix, Additional Production
Ithamara Koorax - Vocals, Composer, Special Effects
Gazzara - Performer
Maysa Leak - Vocals
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Arranger, Composer, Producer, Percussion
Mario Berger - Performer
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfers
Cataldo - Remix
Massimo Sanna - Bass (Electric)
Christophe Goze - Performer
Marco Lamioni - Guitar (Electric), Producer
Danny Tenaglia - Remix
Todd Terry - Performer
Kenny Dope - Remix
Francesco Gazzara - Keyboards, Composer, Arranger, Producer
Ursula Rucker - Vocals
Dennis Ferrer - Remix
Siedah Garrett - Vocals
Joker Juice - Performer
Kevin Yost - Remix
Geraldo Brandão - Engineer
Jannae Jordan - Vocals
M-Swift - Performer
Vanessa Haynes - Vocals
Alex Natale - Performer
Parov Stelar - Remix
Adrian Bahil - Additional Production, Engineer, Mixing, Arranger
Bob Salton - Associate Producer
Dan Anderson - Engineer

Tracks
CD 1
1 Achillea – Vivir
2 Physics feat. Alexandra - So Glad (Main Vocal)
3 Freemasons featuring Siedah Garrett - Rain Down Love (After Hours rmx)
4 Mario Berger – Hawaii
5 Stereo Mutants fear Jannae Jordan - I Wanna Go (Afterlife rmx)
6 Floor Jivers - Fleur de Mer
7 Joker Juice – Nature Devotion
8 Nuala – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
9 Massivan - You Have To Care About Love
10 Christophe Goze - Le Coeur Grenadine
11 Cataldo - Darkside (rmx)
12 Lupe - Hardmony
13 Delerium feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian - Angelicus
14 Bent - Beautiful Otherness
15 Fous De La Mer - Clairs De Lune
CD 2
16 Danny Tenaglia - Dibiza (Bring The Drums Back) (Island Groove rmx)
17 Todd Terry All Stars- Get Down (Kenny Dope Main Pa Mix)
18 Fish Go Deep feat. Tacey K – The Cure and the Cause (Dennis Ferrer rmx)
19 Paris Match feat. Maysa Leak - Family Affair (M-Swift Jazoulster rmx)
20 Osunlade - April
21 Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light (Main Mix)
22 Alex Natale & Fluid Deluxe feat Jo - Sunshine Theme's
23 Moba Sound – My Cats (Island Groove rmx)
24 M-Swift Feat Vanessa Haynes - Kosmic Love
25 Parov Stelar – Love (Club Version)
26 Harley&Muscle feat. Gerideau - Deeper Love (Kevin Yost's Deep Rework)
27 Haldo - Moody
28 Gazzara - O Passarinho” (Tom Novy rmx)
29 Mystic Diversions feat. Nadine Renee – Janeiro (Mobasound vs Massivan rmx)
30 Domez - Fields of Mars (Venus Mix)

RELEASE
2007 2-CD Set Halidon SIAE H6501

"O Passarinho", Part 4 - The EP, remixed by Tom Novy

Gazzara: "O Passarinho" - Tom Novy RMX [EP]
Song written by Gazzara, Arnaldo DeSouteiro and Ithamara Koorax
Remixes by DJ Tom Novy

Genre: Electronica
Style: Acid Jazz, Dance, House, Techno, Dub
Release Date: June 29, 2007
Format: 12'' Vinyl EP
Label: Ritmica
Catalog Number: RIT 028

Homebase Entertainment Productions, 2007
Published by Diladdarno / Ritmica Srl / Universal Music Italia Srl
Distributed by Level One

TRACKS
A1. O Passarinho - "Tom Novy Remix" (7:34)
B1. O Passarinho - "Tom Novy Vocal Mix" (5:16)
B2. O Passarinho - "Tom Novy Dub Mix" (4:04)

CREDITS
Gazzara - Performer
Ithamara Koorax - Vocals, Mouth Percussion, Composer, Vocal Effects
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Arranger, Composer, Producer
Marco Lamioni - Guitar, Executive Producer
Tom Novy - Remix, Additional Production, Engineer, Arranger
Massimo Sanna - Bass
Francesco Gazzara - Fender Rhodes, Composer, Arranger, Programming
Bob Salton - Associate Producer
Qzilla - Artwork
Dan Anderson - Engineer
Adrian Bahil - Additional Production, Engineer, Mixing, Arranger
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfers

RELEASES
2007 12" Ritmica 028

"O Passarinho", Part 3 - "Club Pineta: 50th Anniversary"

The 2-CD set "Club Pineta: 50 ème Anniversaire" - released on June 6, 2007, to celebrate the 50 years of one of Europe's most popular clubs - includes the track "O Passarinho", written by Gazzara, Arnaldo DeSouteiro and Ithamara Koorax, and remixed by DJ Tom Novy. Also featuring tracks by Quincy Jones, Chic, Marvin Gaye, Candi Staton, Thelma Houston, Donna Summer, Patrick Juvet and many others.

Tracklist selected by Gianni Morri & Luca Cassani

Artistic Consulting: Bob Salton

Edit & Mix by Sergio Cerruti

Club Pineta in Milano Marittima it’s one of the most vip club of the Italian’s Coast, a lot vip confirm their ambition to the anonymity. Enter inside Pineta is like feeling yourself in a fashion boutique; you feel like in a showroom between top models and beautiful people. Pineta style is a lovely imitated cocktail of involved music, beautiful women and high quality service. Eight pines enter in the premises from the pavement and hole the ceiling in order to breathe and to open themselves. Particulary fascinating is the Pacifico Dinner, annexed restaurant, so much loved by the celebrities. In September '06 on Club Pineta's cake have been extinguished 50 candles, many as the years of activities of a local symbol that has contributed to throw again the image of the Romagna’s Italian Coast. Club Pineta is opened all the year on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday night. Frequent customers include basically all Italian football players, rich folk, Giancarlo Fisichella, Vitantonio Liuzzi (both F1 drivers) and famous European TV stars.

1957—2007: LO STORICO LOCALE DI MARINO MARITTIMA COMPIE 50 ANNI. E HA VOLUTO FESTEGGIARLI NEL MODO MIGLIORE, CON UNA DOPPIA COMPILATION ESCLUSIVA RICCA DI RECENTI SUCCESSI E DI CLASSICI DELLA DISCO MUSIC, DAGLI CHIC AD IKE & TINA TURNER.

Viale Romagna, 66

48016 Milano

Marittima (RA),

Italy

"Club Pineta: 50ème Anniversaire" [2-CD Set] (2007)
Various Artists
Release Date: June 06, 2007
Format: 2-CD Set
Label: Ritmica
Catalog Number: RTM 019

CREDITS
Marvin Gaye - Vocals, Composer
Gazzara - Performer
Thelma Houston - Vocals
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Arranger, Composer, Producer, Percussion
Ithamara Koorax - Vocals, Composer, Mouth Percussion
Moby - Arranger, Performer
Donna Summer - Vocals
Chic - Performer
Nile Rodgers - Guitar, Arranger
Quincy Jones - Arranger, Producer
Patti Austin - Vocals
Steve Lukather - Guitar (Electric)
John Robinson - Drums
Louis Johnson - Bass (Electric)
Ian Underwood - Synthesizer
Ernie Watts - Sax (Tenor)
Paulinho da Costa - Percussion, Mouth Percussion
Jerry Hey - Arranger, Trumpet
Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes
David Wolinski - Hohner Clavinet
Greg Phillinganes - Synthesizer
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
JIm Gilstrap - Vocals (Backg)
Kim Hutchcroft - Sax (Alto)
Bill Reichenbach - Trombone
Tom Bahler - Vocals (Backg)
Bruce Swedien - Engineer
David Van DePitte - Arranger, Conductor
Peter Jacques Band - Performer
Candi Staton - Vocals
Ike & Tina Turner - Performer
Marco Lamioni - Guitar, Arranger
Tom Novy - Remix, Additional Production
Hot Chocolate - Performer
Massimo Sanna - Bass
KC & The Sunshine Band - Performer
Bob Sinclar - Remix
Alex Gaudino - Performer
Crystal Waters - Vocals
Francesco Gazzara - Fender Rhodes, Composer, Arranger
Bob Salton - Associate Producer
Qzilla - Artwork
Relight Orchestra - Performer
Dan Anderson - Engineer
Fred Rister - Remix
Adrian Bahil - Additional Production, Engineer, Mixing, Arranger
Joaquim Geraud - Remix
Cerrone - Performer
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfers
Patrick Juvet - Vocals
Gino Soccio - Performer
Ed Cherney - Engineer

Tracklist:
CD1
1 DAVID GUETTA “Love is gone” (Fred Rister & Joaquim Geraud remix)
2 CAMILLE JONES “The Creeps” (Fedde le Grand remix)
3 ERIC PRYDZ vs FLOYD “Proper Education” (Original mix)
4 PARIS AVENUE “Feel it” ( Extended mix)
5 PHUNK NOUVEAUX “Someone” (Club mix)
6 DJ DAMI & RELIGHT ORCHESTRA feat.VINCENT “Woman” (Relight Orchestra Funk Mix)
7 RELIGHT ORCHESTRA & P.N.S. feat. ‘EL RUMBERO’ “Beso d’amor” (Robert-Eno, Montana & Lanzetta 70’s mix)
8 BOB SINCLAR feat. GARY ‘NESTA’ PINE & DOLLARMAN “The sound of freedom”
9 FRATTY “ Loco-motive” (Fratty Funk mix)
10 ALEX GAUDINO feat. CRYSTAL WATERS “Destination Calabria” (Original mix)
11 DE SOUZA feat. SHENA “Guilty” (Eddie Thoneik remix)
12 BOB SINCLAR feat. RON CARROLL & MZ TONI “Everybody Movin’”
13 MARTIN SOLVEIG feat. JAY SEBAG “ Something Better”
14 BOOTY LUV “Boogie 2 Nite” (Seamus Haji Big Love Club Mix)
15 DJ DISCIPLE feat. DAWN TALLMAN “Work it out” (Tort & Ruff meets Dj Disciple Rmx )
16 MOBY “New York New York” (Tocadisco’s mix)
17 GAZZARA feat. ITHAMARA KOORAX: "O Passarinho” ( Tom Novy remix)
CD2
18 MARVIN GAYE “What’s going on”
19 THELMA HOUSTON “Don’t leave me this way”
20 IKE & TINA TURNER “Nutbush City Limits”
21 HOT CHOCOLATE “You sexy thing”
22 CANDI STATON “Young hearts run free”
23 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND “I’m your boogie man”
24 CHIC “Everybody dance”
25 QUINCY JONES “Ai no corrida”
26 FIRST CHOICE “Hold your horses”
27 CHANGE “The glow of love”
28 PATRICK JUVET “I love America”
29 CERRONE “Love in C minor”
30 MACHO “I’m a man”
31 GINO SOCCIO “Dancer”
32 DONNA SUMMER “I feel love”
33 PETER JAQUES BAND “Walking on music”

Club Pineta 50ème Anniversaire
N. catalogo: RTM019
Barcode: 8030615010899
Data di uscita: 06-06-2007

"O Passarinho", Part 2 - "La Pupa e il Secchione" soundtrack

Pictured above are the covers of both issues (CD and Rivista+CD) of the soundtrack from "La Pupa e il Sechione", the most successful reality show of the Italian TV. Broadcasted by TVI (Italia Uno), its official soundtrack features the original version of the song "O Passarinho", composed by Gazzara, Arnaldo DeSouteiro and Ithamara Koorax.

Among the participants on the show are Vittorio Sgarbi (Berlusconi's ex-collaborator) and Alessandra Mussolini (Mussolini's granddaugther).

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Cartaz, CD e edição especial (revista com CD encartado) do reality show de maior sucesso na história da TV italiana, "La Pupa e il Secchione", cuja trilha sonora inclui a música "O Passarinho", composta por Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Ithamara Koorax e Gazzara.

Espécie de "Big Brother" italiano, produzido pela mesma Endemol para a estação Italia Uno, teve, entre seus participantes, figuras controvertidas e de grande popularidade na Itália, como Alessandra Mussolini (neta do ditador Benito Mussolini) e o político Vittorio Sgrabi, um ex-colaborador do primeiro-ministro Silvio Berlusconi processado por corrupção).

Presentazione

La compilation ufficiale del TVI (Italia Uno) reality show più seguito di questa stagione televisiva! Sette giovani geni, ragazzi la cui unica aspirazione è trascorrere le serate a risolvere problemi di matematica o dilettandosi di astrofisica, hanno convissuto con altrettante fanciulle, belle e spigliate e dall'intensa vita sociale...E il divertimento non poteva che essere assicurato! Le pupe hanno ammaliato i loro secchioni e le imprese cultural-erotico-demenziali dei vari Monti (forse il personaggio tv dell'anno), Rampinelli, Silvia, Rosy, Congedo...

La Pupa e il Secchione è la versione italiana del reality show Beauty and the Geek, trasmesso per la prima volta da Warner Bros negli Stati Uniti nel 2005

Marchio originalle "La Pupa e il Secchione" autorizatto da Endemol.

Tracklist for
"La Pupa e il Secchione - Original Soundtrack" [2006/2007]
Steamroller SRCD011

SONGS
1. La Pupa e il Secchione (D. Benati)
2. Right Guy Meets Right Girl (D. Benati)
3. Rock This Party (S. Conrad/N. Goulborne/F. Poulet)
4. Elegibô (R. Zulu)
5. Horny As A Dandy (Mousse T./E. Renalls/C. Taylor)
6. Pull Shapes (The Pipettes)
7. I Was A Ye-Ye Girl (L. Manzi/R. Passera/P. Sears)
8. Vipera Vip (R. Passera/D. Benati)
9. Paparazzi (G. Silvi/R. Nanni)
10. Just A Little (M. Escoffery/G. Hammond/J. Hagan)
11. Sexy (K. Dreyer/T. Dreyer)
12. Nasty Girl (Vanity)
13. Is It 'Cos I'm Cool? (Mousse T./E. Renalls)
14. O Passarinho (Gazzara/Arnaldo DeSouteiro/Ithamara Koorax)
15. Rama Lama Lama (Paul Derrick)
16. Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe)
17. Take A Picture (G. Silvi/R. Nanni)
18. Ciao Ciao Goodbye (Cagliero/Cimini/Danieli)

CREDITS
Bobby Sinclar - Performer, Producer
Ithamara Koorax - Vocals, Mouth Percussion, Composer, Vocal Effects
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Producer, Composer, Percussion
Gazzara - Performer
Marco Lamioni - Guitar (Electric)
Robert Passera - Performer
Massimo Sanna - Bass
Relight Orchestra - Performer
Dan Anderson - Engineer
Francesco Gazzara - Fender Rhodes, Arranger, Composer, Programming, Producer, Engineer
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfers

Release Dates:

First issue: November 17, 2006

Second issue: February 5, 2007
Label: Steamroller

Catalog Number: SRCD 011

Type: Soundtrack
Styles: Urban Pop/Rock Dance / Electronica
Moods: Energetic / Humorous / Playful / Silly / Lively / Rousing / Fun
Themes: Hanging Out / TGIF

"O Passarinho", Part 1 - "Brother and Sister"

O primeiro post de Setembro não poderia deixar de ser relativo à minha felicidade neste verão (europeu), graças ao sucesso da música "O Passarinho", originalmente composta para o álbum "Brother and Sister" da superbanda Gazzara. Depois de "Love Needs Time", primeiro single do CD, a faixa "O Passarinho" foi escolhida como segundo single, lançado em fins de julho. Mas, mesmo antes desta honraria, com direito a excelentes remixes do DJ Tom Novy, a gravação original de "O Passarinho" começou a tocar bastante nas rádios, depois nas pistas de dança, entrou em diversos charts em toda a Europa e, agora, estourou de vez.

Já posso dizer que "O Passarinho" é o maior sucesso de Arnaldo DeSouteiro como compositor, sem comparação com as minhas outras experiências nesta área como letrista. Sem desmerecer as anteriores. Afinal, a letra (em parceria com Paulo Malaguti) para "Broadway Bossa Nova", que me transformou em parceiro oficial de Dave Brubeck, recebeu duas gravações diferentes de Ithamara Koorax, lançadas em singles e incluidas nos álbuns "Bossa Nova King Best Box" (1996) e "Bossa Nova Meets Drum 'n' Bass" (1998). Ambas de grande repercussão no Japão e elogiadas pelo meu querido amigo Brubeck, que solicitara uma tradução literal antes de autorizar a Derry Music a preparar o contrato de edição.

No verão passado, "Samba da Copa" (letra de Arnaldo DeSouteiro para o tema de Fabio Fonseca e Pedro Leão) ameaçou estourar na Europa. Incluida na compilação "A Trip To Brazil Vol.5: Copa do Mundo 2006", que produzi para a Universal, chegou a tocar bastante nas rádios, principalmente na Alemanha, mas também na Áustria, Inglaterra, Suiça e Itália. Começou a entrar no setlist de vários DJs importantes e havia a possibilidade de virar single enquanto o Brasil seguia na Copa a trancos e barrancos. Porém, com o vexame da precoce eliminação da seleção brasileira, a música foi parando de tocar e o disco, do qual me orgulho muito pelo trabalho de pesquisa e pela qualidade da seleção musical e dos textos, foi parando de vender.

De qualquer modo, aliás, desvinculada agora do momento futebolístico, "Samba da Copa" (título conferido por mim, logicamente sob a aprovação de Fabio e Perdro) terá novas boas chances em breve, por estar incluida no aguardado novo disco do Fabio Fonseca Trio, "Opus Samba", já anunciado na Billboard.

Voltando a falar de "O Passarinho", preciso salientar a importância de sua escolha para a trilha sonora de "La Pupa e il Secchione", simplesmente o reality show de maior sucesso da TV italiana no momento - recordista absoluto de audiência, equivalente ao "Big Brother", e criado pela mesma empresa Endemol. Postarei em breve mais detalhes sobre o programa, mas centenas de vídeos estão no YouTube. E fico ainda mais feliz porque a versão incluida na trilha foi a original, co-produzida por mim antes dos remixes. Esta inclusão em "La Pupa e il Secchione" alavancou o sucesso de "O Passarinho" de uma maneira impressionante, fazendo disparar a execução da música nas rádios e nos clubes.

Tanto que, nos últimos dois meses, além do single e do CD com a trilha do reality show da TVI - comercializado também em edição especial, encartado em uma revista sobre o programa -, as versões originais e remixadas de "O Passarinho" também têm sido selecionadas para compilações recém-lançadas não apenas na Europa, como também no mercado asiático (Japão, Coréia, Taiwan, Singapura, Hong Kong, China) e até nos Estados Unidos. Entre elas: "Big Sur: Formentera", "Club Pineta: 50th Anniversaire", "Suave - Obsesión Latina", "Bossa na Praia" e outras programadas para os próximos meses.

Todas serão detalhadas nos posts seguintes. Hoje, me limitarei aos créditos do álbum "Brother and Sister", sem o qual nada disso estaria acontecido.
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The first message posted in September couldn’t be other than a comment about my happiness & joy regarding the fact that my song “O Passarinho” (originally written for the superband Gazzara album “Brother and Sister”) became a hit in this European summer. After “Love Needs Time”, the first single from the CD, the track “O Passarinho” was chosen as the second single, released in late July. But even before the issue of the excellent remixes by top German DJ Tom Novy, the original version was receiving heavy airplay and also became a dancefloor hit, appearing in many charts all over Europe. Now, it really boomed!

I can already say that “O Passarinho” is, up to now, Arnaldo DeSouteiro’s biggest hit as a composer, far more sucessful than any of my previous efforts as a lyricist. After all, the lyrics I co-wrote with Paulo Malaguti for Dave Brubeck’s “Broadway Bossa Nova”, was recorded twice by Ithamara Koorax for the albums “Bossa Nova King Best Box” (1996) and “Bossa Nova Meets Drum ‘n’ Bass” (1998). Both were approved by my longtime dear friend Dave Brubeck, and became very successful in Japan, where Ithamara’s recordings of the tune remain being included in several compilations through the yaers.

In the 2006 summer, “Samba da Copa” (lyrics written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for a theme by Fabio Fonseca and Pedro Leão) almost became a hit in Europe. Almost...!Included on the “A Trip to Brazil Vol.5: Copa do Mundo 2006” compilation, which I had produced for Universal, it received a lot of airplay, mainly in Germany, but also in Austria, England, Switzerland and Italy. “Samba da Copa” began to appear in the setlist of many famous DJs and could have become a big dancefloor hit if the Brazilian soccer team had done a better “performance”. Although I remain very proud of that compilation for its artistic content, it didn’t achieve the huge sales that the label had anticipated. Blame it on the Brazilian fiasco in the 2006 World Cup.

Anyway, I keep good hopes for “Samba da Copa”, since it will be included on Fabio Fonseca Trio’s upcoming album “Opus Samba”, already mentioned on Billboard.

Back to “O Passarinho”. It’s essential to tell how important was the fact that it was selected for the soundtrack of “La Pupa e il Secchione”, the most popular reality show on the Italian TV – it’s the Italian “Big Brother”, created by the same Endemol company. Soon I’ll be posting more details about the show, but you can find anything about it Googling and checking the YouTube. It’s also worth to mention that “O Passarinho” was included in the soundtrack on its original version, which I co-produced with Gazzara.

After the big “help” of having the song included in the “La Pupa e il Secchione” soundtrack, released on CD as well as on a special issue inserted in a magazine about the reality show, “O Passarinho” has been selected for several best-selling compilations. In the last two months, both the original and the remixed versions, have appeared in such albums as “Big Sur: Formentera”, “Club Pineta: 50th Anniversary”, “Suave – Obsesión Latina”and “Bossa na Praia”, available all over Europe, as well as in the American and Asian markets (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, China). And there are many more scheduled for release in the next months. All will be detailed here in a soon future, but for today I am including below the credits from Gazzara’s album “Brother and Sister”, the one that started all this success.

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Gazzara: "Brother and Sister"
(Silence/Ritmica CD SILRIT0010)
Distributed by Halidon

SONGS
1. Love Needs Time (Gazzara)
2. Love is the Answer (Gazzara)
3. Brother and Sister (Gazzara)
4. Rio Funk (Gazzara)
5. O Passarinho (Gazzara/Arnaldo DeSouteiro/Ithamara Koorax)
6. Lost Time in Porto (Gazzara)
7. Back to Memphis (Gazzara/Yasemin Sannino)
8. Train to Sambaville (Gazzara)
9. Pay to Play (Gazzara)
10. The Miracle of Your Smile (Gazzara/Yasemin Sannino)
11. Hang Up On My Baby (Isaac Hayes)
12. Orinoco (Gazara)
Bonus Track:
13. Brother and Sister - Canterbury Mix

Recorded at Boogie Productions (Rome), Silence Studio (Florence), Sound Way Studios (Los Angeles)

CREDITS
Gazzara - Producer, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Piano (Acoustic), Moog Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Engineer, Arranger
Bob Salton - Executive Producer
Marco Lamioni - Electric, Nylon & Slide Guitars, Producer
Andrea Varani - Cover Photo
Qzilla - Artwork
Ithamara Koorax - Vocals (Lead), Mouth Percussion, Vocal "Bird" Effects
Eduardo Piloto Barretto - Flute
Massimo Sanna - Bass (Electric), Guitar (Electric)
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangements
Mauro Mirti - Drums, Percussion
Julia Bernat - Digital Transfers
Dan Anderson - Engineer
Yasemin Sannino - Vocals (Lead)
Luca Fogagnolo - Bass (Acoustic)
Wendy Lewis - Vocals (Lead & Backing)
Desirèe Mohammad - Vocals (Lead & Backing)
Jo Oakey - Vocals (Backing)