Mr. Catra’s posthumous album venerates samba

Mr. Catra’s signature deep voice changed the face of funk from the second half of 90’spopularizing the beat far beyond the limits of Rio’s communities.

Reference for the MCs who arrived in the wake of their success, Catra he left the scene early, at 49 years oldbut he left behind records that reveal the funk singer’s intimacy with other musical styles.

Born in Morro do Boreltraditional birthplace of samba Rio de Janeirothe desire Mr. Catra He was passionate about rhythm. He liked to gather friends and partners at his house for lively samba sessions accompanied by barbecue, swing AND sambalanço. This intimacy was captured on the album With all due respect to sambaproject which now arrives on streaming platforms through the label Workafter years of gestation, comings and goings.

In the album, Catra go to classic samba to the romantic pagodaGo through samba rockwith the authority of those who know the line.

The project had a first version in 2012 and a second in 2015, both of which were never released commercially: they are only now arriving on the platforms in their official format. The album has entered streaming November 5the date the artist would complete 55 years old.

With all due respect to samba it was produced by the miner Pedrinho Ferreiraformer musical director of Just to counter who he has work with on his CV Alexandre Pires, Seu Jorge, Martinho da Vila AND Jorge Ben Joramong others, as well as extensive experience as an instrumentalist, musical director and arranger for national and international artists.

“Catra wanted to release a samba CD and came to me through her manager at that time. She did many shows in Uberlândia and when he came he took the opportunity to add the voices. Catra chose the repertoire, I did everything the musical starts and didn’t change anything, which was really great: it left me completely free to take care of the musical production, choose the musicians, etc. The recording and mixing were done in my studio, in Uberlândia, and the mastering in Miami”, point Pedrinho.

About the varied sound of the album, the musician and producer from Minas Gerais tells more: “Within the context of the compositions, I chose the path to follow. In the more traditional sambas we concentrated on percussion; in the more romantic ones we expanded the possibilities, but the final sound has a

unit”, evaluate.

Author of 5 of the 11 songs on the album, Local Rotten participated in the project from the beginning: “Vagner (Mr. Catra’s given name) had a lot of connection with samba, it was always his dream to do this job. When he heard my songs he went crazy! Some already existed, like “Swing 021” and “Happy Endings” , but I got “Preta Luxo” from my relationship with him: I wanted to mix funk with samba for him to record”, remembers the composer, musician and singer from Rio.

And it continues like this: “Catra wasn’t just a funk player, he was very talented, he was an incredible person. For those who only knew Mr. Catra talking about sex in his lyrics, you will be surprised when you meet Catra talking about love in samba. It’s material that he left with a lot of love and affection, because he knew what it represented not only in his career, but in the life of his children, in the life of every person who listens to this album. The due respect for samba’ will be historic”, ends.

The album’s repertoire also includes samba Mangueira is a motherWhat Mr. Catra he was proud to have been a gift from the composer Serginho You deserve itas well as three songs written by Catra himself: My sad end, your photo AND Value yourself.

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Source: Terra

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