Carnaval – The songs were so beautiful

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Tracks

01 - É COM ESSE QUE EU VOU (PEDRO CAETANO)
02 - VASSOURINHAS (MATIAS DA ROCHA, JOANA RAMOS)
03 - OBA(Bafo dan onça) (OSVALDO NUNES)
04 - MAL-ME-QUER (NEWTON TEIXEIRA, CRISTOVAO DE ALENCAR)
05 - VAI PASSAR (FRANCIS HIME, CHICO BUARQUE)
06 - AS PASTORINHAS (BRAGUINHA, NOEL ROSA)
07 - EXALTAÇÃO À MANGUEIRA (ENEAS BRITTES DA SILVA, ANTONIO AUGUSTO DA COSTA)
08 - A LUA É DOS NAMORADOS (KLECIUS CALDAS, ARMANDO CAVALCANTO, BRASINHA)
09 - AGORA É CINZA (BIDE, MARÇAL)

Musicians

PIANO: ANTONIO ADOLFO
BASS: JORGE HELDER
GUITARS: LULA GALVAO
DRUMS AND PERCUSSION: RAFAEL BARATA
TRUMPET AND FLUGELHORN: JESSE SADOC
ALTO SAX: IDRISS BOUDRIA
TENOR SAX AND FLUTE: MARCELO MARTINS
TROMBONE: RAFAEL ROCHA
PERCUSSION: ANDRE SIQUEIRA

PRODUCED AND ARRANGED BY ANTONIO ADOLFO

Recording Engineers: Leo Alcantara (Visom Digital - Rio - BR)
Mixing Engineer: Marcelo Saboia (Escritório do Saboia - Rio - BR)
Mastering Engineer: Andre Dias (Post Modern Mastering - Migue Pereira - BR)
Illustration: Elifas Andreato
Cover Design: Bento Andreato
Special Thanks: Gabe O’Meara.

Liner Notes

Carnaval (Carnival) is also an old tradition in Brazil, where the festivities are very popular and become more “spectacular” each year. Despite the evolution of this jubilee, the songs created for the event have lost their beauty each passing year, or even disappeared.

The “golden age” of Carnaval songs corresponds to the period between the beginning of the last century, mainly between the 1920s and 1950s, with its beautiful songs, many of which were exposed through musical competitions, where the most beautiful songs were chosen. As such, some of them have become great classics of Brazilian music.

Since I was very young, I have been passionate about the Carnaval songs, mainly with typical rhythms like marchinhas, marchas-rancho, sambas and frevos. I often went with my family to see the Carnaval groups called “Blocos” celebrating in the streets or to the children's dance parties in the clubs during the 1950s. In addition to having fun with the festivities, the masks and costumes, confetti and streamers. I was fascinated when I listened to the bands playing and the people singing those beautiful songs.

And all of that always remained in my memory as an image of the past when there was great poetry in those Carnaval songs.

I definitely cannot let this wonderful influence that enriched my heart pass by without recording my take of all of this today.

And here is the result of this musical fruition, in which I embrace some of those beautiful melodies, bringing them to my musical universe today, accompanied by a team of wonderful musicians who accompanied me in recent years

And Long Live these Beautiful Carnaval Songs!!

Antonio Adolfo