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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 15013-2
Barcode: 13711501322
Musical Style: Jazz
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Streets Of Sao Paulo [05:43] | 6 | Brazilian Images [06:00] |
| 2 | Parque Do Flamengo (Flamingo Park) [05:44] | 7 | Amazonia [05:33] |
| 3 | Vida Noturna (Night Life) [06:36] | 8 | Funky Town [04:58] |
| 4 | Ana [04:02] | 9 | Mulher Solitaria (Lonely Woman) [06:13] |
| 5 | Som Do Rio (The Sound of Rio) [05:17] | 10 | Sambinha (Little Samba) [03:11] |
Description:
Paul Horn has long been fascinated with the dynamic musical culture of Brazil. During a visit to this vibrant country, he met up with guitarist André Geraissati. Their artistic rapport led to an explosive recording session in which a series of colorful and innovative Brazilian images arose seemingly without effort. Although Geraissati is a highly respected musician in his homeland, his new collaboration with Horn has given him wider recognition abroad. Paul Horn has a reputation for introducing talented Brazilian artists to listeners in the United States and Europe. His 1976 recording, The Altitude of the Sun , brought guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti to the attention of the North American public. Much has happened in the Brazilian record industry since then, most notably in the technological advancements and Western pop influences that seem to have taken over the country's music scene. Yet, from the first notes of Sambinha (Little Samba), Horn and Geraissati prove that acoustic-based music has its charms at the hands of accomplished artists. In the process, they illustrate that more traditional Brazilian forms like the samba are still ripe with potential. BRAZILIAN IMAGES not only encompasses upbeat Latin jazz improvisations, it also explores a more atmospheric side of music making. On Mulher Solitária, for instance, Horn's ethereal soprano sax solos and Geraissati's gentle guitar lines float through a delicate mist of sound created by the rain stick and subtle percussion cues. With the help of Brazilian percussionists Joãm Parahyba and Airto Moreira, Brazilian Images is a spirited exploration of contemporary Brazilian sounds that remain faithful to the country's vivacious musical heritage.
Biography:
A classically trained flautist, Paul Horn played jazz with Chico Hamilton, served as a top studio musician in Los Angeles and recorded with his own quintet in the early 1960s. During that time, he won two Grammy® Awards for his Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts. Increasing dissatisfaction with the Hollywood lifestyle led Horn to India on his search for alternatives, where he studied meditation and began to explore other ways of playing his instrument. The success of his intuitive and contemplative improvisations on Inside the Taj Mahal proved that audiences were ready for a new approach and opened the door to a series of recordings inside acoustic and architectural wonders around the world, including Inside the Great Pyramid and Inside the Cathedral. Both Horn's cross–cultural collaborations and his highly refined works for more conventional Western ensembles have garnered much critical acclaim.
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