Duas Vozes
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Duas Vozes is an album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti
and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos
recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label. The album follows the duo's 1977 collaboration Dança Das Cabeças
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Egberto Gismonti
Egberto Gismonti Amin is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.Gismonti began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study orchestration and analysis with Nadia Boulanger and the composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple...
and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....
recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label. The album follows the duo's 1977 collaboration Dança Das Cabeças
Dança Das Cabeças
Dança Das Cabeças is an album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label. The album was Gismonti's first for the European label which established the beginnings of a long and productive association.-Reception:The Allmusic review by...
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Alvaro Neder awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Egberto is very fond of percussive attacks and ethereal configurations, both acquiring superior importance in his music, not being necessarily attached to or supportive for a musical theme or melody".Track listing
- All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated
- "Aquarela do BrasilAquarela do Brasil"Aquarela do Brasil" , known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.-Background and composition:...
" (Ary BarrosoAry BarrosoAry Barroso was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV...
) - 6:01 - "Rio de Janeiro" - 6:27
- "Tomarapeba" (Traditional) - 3:42
- "Dancando" - 7:55
- "Fogueira" - 5:52
- "Bianca" - 6:41
- "Don Quixote" (G. E. Carneiro, Gismonti) - 7:41
- "O Dia, À Noite" (Naná Vasconcelos) - 3:52
- Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in June 1984
- "Aquarela do Brasil
Personnel
- Egberto GismontiEgberto GismontiEgberto Gismonti Amin is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.Gismonti began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study orchestration and analysis with Nadia Boulanger and the composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, dilruba, wood flutesFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, voiceVoiceVoice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal... - Naná VasconcelosNaná VasconcelosNaná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....
- percussion, berimbauBerimbauThe berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. The berimbau's origins are not entirely clear, but there is not much doubt about its African origin, as no Indigenous Brazilian or European people use musical bows, and very similar instruments are played in the...
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