Off the heels of 2017’s acclaimed archival release Just Friends – Live at the Village Vanguard from 1988, jazz clarinet icon Eddie Daniels has a new project paying tribute to the world-renowned Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist, Egberto Gismonti. Heart of Brazil features Daniels with the top-shelf trio of pianist Josh Nelson, bassist Kevin Axt and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli, plus the Grammy Award-winning Harlem Quartet. With new arrangements by Ted Nash, Kuno Schmid and Josh Nelson, Heart of Brazil collects songs from Gismonti’s classic early 1970s albums on Odeon/EMI Records, such as his self-titled 1973 album, Água & Vinho (1972), Corações Futuristas (1976), Carmo (1977) and others. The album was produced by Resonance president George Klabin, who has long felt Gismonti’s work has been under-appreciated and deserving of wider recognition. Gismonti says in his interview with acclaimed author James Gavin, “When I heard the record I felt immense joy…The repertoire spans a rich period of my composing. What a great present for my seventy years of life.”
Eddie DanielsHeart of Brazil: A Tribute to Egberto Gismonti [CD]
$13.50
2019 GRAMMY Nominee:
Best Latin Jazz Album
1 Lôro (Parrot) (5:08)
2 Baião Malandro (Badass Baião) (5:51)
3 Água e Vinho (Water and Wine) (6:07)
4 Ciranda (Folk Dance) (5:11)
5 Folia (Revelry) (4:23)
6 Maracatú (Sacred Rhythm) (5:52)
7 Adágio 5:59
8 Tango Nova (New Tango) (5:45)
9 Chôro (6:02)
10 Tango (4:40)
11 Cigana (Gypsy Woman) (7:36)
12 Trem Noturno (Night Train) (7:44)
13 Auto-Retrato (Self-Portrait) (6:44)
Eddie Daniels — clarinet, tenor saxophone
Josh Nelson — piano
Kevin Axt — bass
Mauricio Zottarelli — drums
with the Harlem Quartet:
Ilmar Gavilan — violin
Melissa White — violin
Jamey Amador — viola
Felix Umansky — cello
Arrangements by Ted Nash, Kuno Schmid, Josh Nelson
