One of last year’s most critically acclaimed albums, Cassia Eller AND Vittorio Biglione in Blues arrives this month at physical vinyl format. The album, recorded in 1992 and released posthumously in December 10, 2022, When Cassia would complete 60 yearsreceived last May the Brazilian Music Award in the category Foreign Language Project.
The work is one of the pearls of the previous collection polygram, now under the responsibility of Universal Music. The physical release of an album of this magnitude immortalizes the work of the two talented artists.
Fruit of the musical encounter of one of the most extraordinary voices of our popular music with the virtuosity of the renowned guitarist Victor Biglionethe album was one of the most anticipated albums of recent times 30 years. The work brings together enlightened reinterpretations of blues and rock classics in a rare creative outfit in which the vocal power of Cassia Eller fits perfectly with the sound of the guitar billon.
After recovering the album originals, we settled on a remastering adapt the work to the technical parameters of execution in new media, a mission entrusted to the award-winning sound engineer Ricardo García: “The quality of the recording made at the time is very good and the adjustments were minimal. It is important to note that this 30-year-old record is not a dated work. Its sound is contemporary”praise.
This story begins after the musician goes to the WE early 1991: “I resented it because we didn’t have a rereading work in Brazil that expressed the richness that the blues language brings with it”, says the instrumentalist and arranger, who selected the repertoire and looked for a female voice to embody the project.
And goes on: “A producer friend, Lígia Alcantarino, referred me to a beginning singer called Cássia Eller. I heard Cássia sing the song ‘Por Agora’, by Renato Russo, in which she quoted ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’, by Lennon and McCartney, in the introduction. I immediately saw that he had this imprint”rewinds the nationally and internationally renowned guitarist, who at that time already had three solo albums, one International Grammys with the group transfer to manhattanin 1988, and was already one of the most in-demand studio musicians, which later led him to be the most recorded and performed guitarist in MPB history.
Cassiain turn, they had released their first album, Cassia Eller (PolyGram, 1990), with a repertoire dominated by rock’n’roll, and had earned critical acclaim, paving the way for an apotheotic career that would earn him numerous accolades, such as the Latin Grammyin 2002, the awards sharp (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2002), Multishow (2002), among others.
“I remember Cássia coming to my house very shy. I gave her the repertoire and, three days later, in the first rehearsal with the band, she had already learned all the songs, with stunning interpretations and full of personality. fall, for her not I knew those works until then”reveals billon.
Sandwiched between Cássia’s first and second albums, deceit (PolyGram, 1992), the project in collaboration with Victor Biglione ended up not going out. But the famous musical encounter leads to anthological concerts by the duo at flying circus and not Free Jazz Festivalsince 1992, on the night they would play albert king AND Robben Ford.
In fact, it was the memory of these audience-evoked performances that kept the anticipation for this album’s release so long: “Had the record been released at that time, it would certainly have given a major boost to Cássia’s international career, which is unmatched by many foreign singers”wager billonmusician with extensive experience in festivals around the world, having subsequently won a Latin Grammy with Milton Nascimento for his participation in the quiet album singerin 2000, and was a finalist in the 2016 edition with the solo Mercosur.
“Cássia Eller is one of the greatest female voices in the history of Brazilian music, as well as being a behavioral reference for many young people who accompanied her until her death. With such a short career, she has left a definitive work. people always wants Cássia fans are grateful for this initiative! This work with Victor Biglione combines this desire to hear her again, and more, with the certainty that we once again have a Cássia in good company, after all, we are talking about one of the most great guitarists in Brazil”testifies the journalist and researcher Chris Fuscaldo.
Composed of 10 trackstwo of them instrumental, Cassia Eller & Victor Biglione in Blues brought together high-level musicians in the studio, recruited by Biglione, who signed the arrangements and shared the musical production with the saxophonist Ze Nogueira. Join the baseband Andre Gomes (electric bass), Andre Tandeta (drums), Marcos Nimrichter (organ), Ricardo Leao (keyboards) e Nico Assunta (acoustic bass), died early 2001, playing in two tracks.
billon he squanders his technique throughout his work, engaging in inventive dialogue with Cassia Eller. You also need to record the chilling suit of metals that have come together Ze Nogueira (alto and soprano sax), Ze Carlos Ramosor Anvil (alto saxophone), Chicco Sa (tenor saxophone) bidinho (trumpet) e Serginho Trombone (trombone), died 2020.
Capture, mixing and mastering was done at the time by Sergio Muralo.
Source: Terra
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