Claudette Soares and Chico Buarque have known each other since the first half of 60’swhen he was the main star of Joao Sebastiao Barfamous music house of St. Pauland he was a young man attending the New Talent Nights presented by the singer in that space.
Claudette was one of the first to notice the quality of the young architecture student’s work and wanted to record his composition, From March to a sunny day, but the record company that signed him did not believe in the song. Because of this, she lost the chance to be the first artist to include a Chico song on the record.
Even so, Chico’s songs continued in the concert and album repertoire of Claudette. However, they had never recorded a song together. Now, Claudette release the single Where are you (Leila XIV), with the special participation of Chico, owner of the label Kuarup put it on digital platforms the same day September 15th to celebrate the 55 years old from the album Gil, Chico and Velloso For Claudettea classic of the singer’s discography, whose repertoire consists only of songs by Chico, Caetano Veloso AND Gilberto Gil. The production is Renato Vieira AND Thiago Marques Luiz.
the invitation to lad register with Claudette it was born in a meeting between them in the dressing room of a concert of the singer-songwriter in 2018 and, with the end of the pandemic, it finally materialized. Where are you (Leila XIV) is a partnership of lad AND John Donato released in 1987 – it is worth mentioning that the recording of the single was already planned before Donato’s death, which occurred in July of this year.
The song has an emotional component Claudette: she was also close to the pianist, who accompanied her in the recordings and also in the Rio disco plazaat the end of 50s. Donato also had the opportunity to see Claudette performing the song in concert and he liked what he heard.
Accompanied by Alexander Vianna (piano, arrangement and musical direction), John Benjamin (acoustic bass), Rafael Lourenco (drums), Thiago Faria (cello), Letizia Andrade (violin), Ricardo Proiete (violin) e Igor Borges (viola), Claudette AND lad to interpret Where are you (Leila XIV) with delicacy and feeling, but also with the natural affinity of someone who has known and loved each other for a long time. 60 years.
And here’s some more news: Claudette will record an album with new songs and production by Marco Nero AND Victor Cabral. partnerships of Nando Reis AND Ze Renato comes from Ze Manoel AND Ronaldo Bastos have already been selected for the repertoire.
Source: Terra
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