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Jazz 14/02/2018

Jazz Pianist Ricardo Bacelar Crafts A Masterful Celebration Of Latin American Music From A Brazilian Perspective

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Jazz Pianist Ricardo Bacelar Crafts A Masterful Celebration Of Latin American Music From A Brazilian Perspective
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Last July, pianist-composer-arranger Ricardo Bacelar jetted from his home in Brazil to Miami, the place he calls "the center of Latin music in the world," where he gathered an ensemble of Latin American musicians to honor the roots of Brazilian music while incorporating each musician's unique culture on a jazz-centered album. An ambitious vision that he conceived with an international view with the project's producer, Cesar Lemos (Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio), the 15-track "Sebastiana" drops March 30 from Bacelar Productions. Preceding the sprawling set list of hallmark Brazilian reinterpretations and originals written or co-written by Bacelar is the ethereal "Nothing Will Be As It Was," featuring two Americans - vocalist Maye Osorio and pedal steel guitarist Steve Hinson - on the multi-format crossover radio single portrayed in a striking animated video (https://bit.ly/2EUf7VL).

Bacelar and Lemos had never worked together prior to "Sebastiana." They authored a pair of tunes for the disc, "Suco Verde" and "Sernambetiba, 1992," the latter being a swoon-inducer graced by Lemos' celestial vocalizations on the track named for the street where the two friends first met and shared an apartment 25 years ago. The Brazilian duo's comprehensive approach for the contemporary jazz and trippy fusion session included inviting musicians from Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and the U.S. to play on the date. The collective employed uniquely Latin American rhythms and instruments on the lushly-layered tracks such as vallenato (a Colombian rhythm performed using a diatonic accordion and vallenato box), sangueo (a Venezuelan rhythm constructed of cumaco and mina drums), bomba (a Puerto Rican genre originating in the West Indies and derived from the west coast of Africa using drums made from barrels), timba (an energizing Cuban rhythm), the Andean charango (a stringed instrument part of the lute family), and the bandoneon, a concertina with roots in Argentina.

"When I recorded the album, I wanted to pay homage to Brazilian music presenting the distinct performances of Latin American musicians, who put elements of their own cultures into the fusion of influences, giving a lot of personality to the work. I wanted to make a Brazilian music record for the international market, inserting other elements to add another point of view and extol the importance of this special repertoire," said Bacelar. "Jazz is the language of improvisation and communication. The fusion of elements of cultures and influences in a recording turns the music into a transmission vehicle of knowledge."

Along with the two new Bacelar-Lemos tunes and three stirring solo piano pieces from Bacelar - "River of Emotions," "Parts of Me" and "The Best Years" - "Sebastiana" revisits songs from Brazilian composers Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Flora Purim, Luiz Gonzaga, Lo Borges, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Milton Nascimento, Ronald Bastos, Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Victor Martins and Jose Roberto Bertrami, and were given sparkling arrangements by Bacelar. The record includes vocal drops of the late Jackson do Pandeiro, an influential Brazilian percussionist and singer, adding character and cultural impact to the offering.

In the 1980s and 90s, Bacelar was a member of the popular Brazilian rock band Hanoi Hanoi before dramatically changing musical directions to release his intimate solo debut, "In Natura," in 2001. Preoccupied with his work as a lawyer focused on the staunch defense of copyrights and intellectual properties, he didn't release another album until 2016's "Concerto Para Moviola," a concert DVD and CD recorded live with an eight-piece band. For more information, please visit https://ricardobacelar.com.br.

"Sebastiana" contains the following songs:
"A Volta da Asa Branca"
"Suco Verde"
"Nothing Will Be As It Was"
"River of Emotions"
"Menina Baiana"
"Somewhere in the Hills"
"Partido Alto"
"Parts of Me"
"Sambadouro"
"Oh Mana Deixa Eu Ir (Caico Cantiga)"
"Sebastiana"
"Depois dos Temporais"
"Vento de Maio"
"Sernambetiba, 1992"
"The Best Years"






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