Artist.......: Luciana Souza
Album........: Norte E Sul North And South
Label........: Sunnyside
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: BF-548
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-12-2009
str.date.....: May-13-2003
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.lucianasouza.com
track title time
01. Chega de Saudade 04:02
02. I Shall Wait 06:17
03. All of Me 05:59
04. When Your Lover Has Gone 05:09
05. Corcovado 06:14
06. No Wonder 04:59
07. Se E Tarde Me Perdoa 03:06
08. Never Let Me Go 07:42
Runtime 43:28 min
Size 60,7 MB
Release Notes:
NORTH AND SOUTH was nominated for the 2004 Grammy
Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
On NORTH AND SOUTH, Brazilian vocalist Luciana
Souza traverses both hemispheres to lend her
unique, technically accomplished voice to American
and Brazilian standards. Souza's vocal approach is
significant in that she marries the thin, studied
tonality of classic Brazilian singers like Elis
Regina to phrasings and rhythms that reflect
contemporary North American vocalists. Alternating
between English and Portuguese, Souza manages to
sound at once detached, impassioned, casual,
harmonically adventurous, rhythmically loose, and
technically precise on every cut here.
Perhaps it can be attributed to Souza's ease with
the material, but she seems to excel at the
Brazilian tunes. It is her treatments of Antonio
Carlos Jobim's bossa nova classics "Corcovado" and
"Chega de Saudade" that are the real standouts.
Souza's self-penned "No Wonder" is also engaging, a
free and easy swing through which the singer's
phrases knot and unfurl. Excellent support from a
small ensemble of musicians makes this showcase of
Souza's talents a sure bet.
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York.
Includes liner notes by Luciana Souza.
Personnel: Luciana Souza (vocals); Donny McCaslin
(tenor saxophone); Bruce barth, Fred Hersch, Edward
Simon (piano); Scott Colley (acostic bass);
Clarence Penn (drums).