Sanfona is an album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti

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...

 recorded in 1980 and 1981 and released on the ECM label. The double album

Double album

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 features one disc of studio material with Gismonti's Academia de Dancas quartet and one disc of solo material recorded live.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating "With fine notes and spoken bits by Gismonti, listeners will find much in the way of Brazilian musical and cultural history to compliment the music. A perfect overview for the curious fan".

Track listing

All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated

Disc One:

1. "Maracatu" - 8:24
2. "10 Anos" - 7:33
3. "Frevo" - 8:11
4. "Loro" - 5:34
5. "Em Família/Sanfona/Dança Dos Pés/Eterna" - 21:10

Disc Two

1. "De Repente" - 16:07
2. "Vale Do Eco" - 7:46
3. "Cavaquinho" - 7:59
4. "12 de Fevereiro" - 8:09
5. "Carta de Amor" - 5:06
   • Disc One recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1980. Disc Two recorded at the America Haus in München, West Germany in April 1981.

Personnel

• Egberto Gismonti
  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...
  
   - 10 string guitar, 8-string guitar, Indian organ, piano
  Piano
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  , voice
  Voice
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• Mauro Senise - soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
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  , alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
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   (Disc One)
• Zeca Assumpção - bass
  Double bass
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   (Disc One)
• Nene - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion (Disc One)