Artist.......: Maria Joπo
Album........: Joπo
Label........: Polydor / Universal Music Portugal
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: 06025-1733089-4
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Apr-21-2007
str.date.....: Apr-18-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.mariajoao.org
track title time
01. Retrato em preto e branco 03:44
02. Partido alto 03:45
03. Rosa 03:20
04. E.C.T. 02:50
05. Escurinha 02:22
06. Canto de Ossanha 04:04
07. Valsa brasileira 03:24
08. Dor de cotovelo 03:56
09. Tico-tico no fubß 01:44
10. No tabuleiro da baiana 03:50
11. O silΩncio das estrelas 04:41
12. A outra 04:19
13. Choro bandido 03:04
14. Meu namorado 02:35
Runtime 47:38 min
Size 58,10 MB
Release Notes:
Maria Joπo (voice) was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
She started her musical life in 1982, in the Jazz
School of the Hot Club, in Lisbon, and joined the
Big Band of the school in April. In the summer of
the same year she began singing with her own band.
During 1983 and 1984 she worked in Portugal with
the Quinteto Maria Joao, and in the Portuguese TV.
The breakthrough on the Portuguese music scene was
in the International Jazz Festival of Cascais in
1984, when audience and critics alike praised Maria
Joao for her outstanding performance. A promotion
tour through West Germany in April and May 1985,
included a radio concert as well as a TV production
with German TV - ZDF. In July she won the first
prize for the best group at the competition at the
International Jazz Festival of San Sebastian.
Concerts in Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Holland,
Austria, Germany and Switzerland followed.
In 1987 Maria Joπo began to work with the German
saxophone player Christof Lauer, in April she
started to sing with the Japanese piano player Aki
Takase. In 1989 the Duo played several Festivals
with Nils Henning ╓rsted-Pedersen and Miroslav
Vitous, she also began her colaboration with David
Friedman and Charlie Mariano.
With "Cal Viva" Maria Joπo presents a complete band
from Portugal on her tour in November '91 which is
based more than her other projects in the
traditional music of Portugal. With this band she
published a new CD on Enja Records during the fall
'91.
Since 1992 Maria Joπo also worked with Lauren
Newton (Tage neuer Musik Essen 1991 / Big Band
Meeting Mⁿnchen 1992) and in Trio with Christof
Lauer and the piano players Bobo Stenson and Mario
Laginha (Jazzfestivals Madrid, Ansbach,
Delmenhorst, Vocaltage Graz all 1992). She was
invited guest during the Olympic games in Barcelona
in August 1992.
In April '94 she did an important concert during
the Festival in Lisbon with Trilok Gurtu, Christof
Lauer and Mario Laginha which was recorded by the
Portugues Television. In the fall (1994) she signed
a five-years-contract for the Label Verve. Her Duo
record with Mario Laginha for that label under the
title Danτas was out worldwide April '95, her
second album is recorded during the fall 95 with
Dino Saluzzi, Manu KatchΘ, Ralph Towner and her
steady partner Mario Laginha (out spring '96). As a
result of all, Maria Joπo and Mario Laginha played
the International Festivals of Montreux, Den Hague,
Malaga and Leipzig in 1995.
New Verve recording called Fabula in summer '96
with Dino Saluzzi, Ralph Towner, Manu KatchΘ, Kai
Eckhardt, Mario Laginha a.o, which was presented
during the Festivals of Berlin, Rome, Leverkusen,
Lisbon, Strasbourg in November '96.
Finaly, after some years, Maria Joπo records a solo
album - "JO├O" - with 14 songs taken from the vast
Brasilian repertoire.
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