Being the first record produced by the singer herself, Alegria is, as said before in this text, essentially authorial. Recorded between Rio, São Paulo, and New York, with the musical direction of Cristovão Bastos, the work became full of remarkable richness in its new arrangements tied to the original concept. In this way, pandeiros, alfaias, and congas created harmonies with the guitars, flugelhorns, piano, bass and even a celesta, forming an extremely coherent blending of all this sound. On each stop, a special guest musician: in New York, Vinicius Cantuária participates in the title track, in a partnership with the singer; Jamie Leonhart lends his voice to the luminous Abraçar o Sol; together with Michael Leonhart (o the youngest American to be awarded Grammy, at age seventeen), Beatriz explored the sounds of vintage instruments from last century, like Hammond, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, celesta, besides playing the original theremin. In Rio, Jorge Helder, Carlos Bala and Cristóvão Bastos recorded all the bases of each song; while Bocato contributed with his trombone. In São Paulo, there was the meeting with the perfection that is Tom Zé in the humoros Pelo Buraco.
Alegria
DM4555
4/17/2009