Passos e Assovio Guinga & Gabriele Mirabassi

• 1 Passos e assovio 03:59
• 2 Odalisca 03:09
• 3 Igreja da Penha 04:31
• 4 Ellingtoniana 06:55
• 5 Cheio de Dedos 02:50
• 6 Tangará 04:50
• 7 Noturna 04:15
• 8 Nítido e obscuro 02:23
• 9 Tom e Vinícius 03:51
• 10 Avenida Atlântica 05:42
• 11 Bolero de Satã 05:38
• 12 Melo Baloeiro 04:33
• Total Runtime 52:36

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"Passos e assovio" – Wir gehen ein paar Schritte und pfeifen dazu.“ Hinter diesem unprätentiösen CD-Titel, frei übersetzt, verbirgt sich ein ganzes Universum an bezaubernden Klängen. Guinga wird in seiner Heimat Brasilien schon längst als einer der größten Komponisten seines Landes verehrt. Er schuf eine Musiksprache, die zwischen der Klassik Heitor Villa Lobos, dem Choro, dem Bossa Nova und dem Jazz einen eigenen, faszinierenden Weg gefunden hat. Zusammen mit seinem kongenialen Weggefährten, dem italienischen Klarinettisten Gabriele Mirabassi, präsentiert er zwölf intime, delikate und in sich ruhende Songs, die den Zuhörer in magische Welten versetzen. Die Virtuosität des Duos besteht darin, selbst in den langsamsten Passagen wahre Musik erklingen zu lassen. Musik aus einem Atem, in jedem Moment spannend und emotionsgeladen, die zwar tropisch lässig klingt, aber immer wieder mit gewagten Harmoniefolgen den Hörer überrascht. Guinga lässt mit seinem hervorragenden Gitarrenspiel kleine, feingeschliffene Harmonie-Diamanten erklingen. Und keiner singt dazu die Melodien so wunderbar wie Gabriele mit seiner Klarinette.

Guinga, Gitarre
Gabriele Mirabassi, Klarinette

Guinga
"The most beautiful chords of the suburb" - Guinga (nee Althier Carlos de Souza Lemos Escobar), was born in Madureira (a neighborhood in the north side of Rio de Janeiro city) in 1950. He began composing at age 16, and later began classical guitar studies under Jodacil Damasceno for five years.

He worked professionally as a guitarist, accompanying artists such as Clara Nunes, Beth Carvalho, Alaíde Costa, João Nogueira and Cartola. He had many of his songs recorded by musicians like Elis Regina, Michel Legrand, Sergio Mendes, Leila Pinheiro, Chico Buarque, Clara Nunes, Ivan Lins and many others.

His compositions are partnerships with Paulo Cesar Pinheiro, Aldir Blanc, Chico Buarque, Nei Lopes, Sergio Natureza, Nelson Motta, Simone Guimaraes, Francisco Bosco and others. He has recorded a dozen CDs. Revered by critics, with increasing frequency has been considered "the largest and most important composer of Brazil today.". So tell him his peers. To cite only one, the wizard of sounds Hermeto Pascoal: "a guy like that only appears every hundred years".

In 2002, Guinga biography was written by journalist Mario Marques (Guinga, Os mais belos acordes de subúrbio, Ed Gryphus). In 2003 he had launched his songbook (Music de Guinga, Ed Gryphus). His CD “Rasgando Seda” in partnership with Quinteto Villa-Lobos, released in 2012, was nominated for Latin Grammy as Best Instrumental CD of the Year.

His most recent work, “Roendopinho”, release through Acoustic Music Records, is collecting inumerous good reviews in specialized media.

Guinga is now widely considered to be Brazil's most innovative songwriter, as well as one its foremost guitarist. He is known for drawing on many musical genres, including chore, samba, frevo, modish, waltz, foxtrot, blues, classical music, and jazz. His compositions are often harmonically and rhythmically complex yet melodically accessible and emotionally resonant.

He has just won the first Prize at the Premio Da Musica Brasilieira 2015 in the section "The Best Brazilian Song".

Collaborations with: Elis Regina, Esperanza Spalding, Sergio Mendes, Dave Liebman, Toots Thielemans, Chico Buarque, Leila Pinheiro, Monica Salmaso, Ivan Lins, Clara Nunes, Lenine, Michel Legrand, Quinteto Villa Lobos, Nelson Gonsalves, Lula Galvao, Banda Mantiqueira, Orchestra Philarmonica di Los Angeles...

Hermeto Pascoal said of him (as quoted by Daniela Thompson) "He's somebody who only appears once every hundred years."

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