Guinga - Noturno Copacabana

 

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Dipping in to Noturno Copacabana this week on Caminhos do Jazz, guitarist-composer-singer Guinga's deep blue-noir 2003 masterpiece. Check the title cut below. An encapsulation of Francisco Bosco's dark lyric is here. Wikipedia page on Guinga is here. Lyrics in Portuguese for the full album are here. Photo credit: Manfred Pollert.

 

 

Album Credits

 

Guinga's sixth album, released in 2003 by the Velas Recording Company. Artistic production by Paulinho Albuquerque, arrangements by Paulo Aragão and Lula Galvão, and special appearances by Leila Pinheiro, Fátima Guedes, Quarteto Maogani and Ana Luiza.  

 

Guinga - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 12); vocals (track 11) 

Lula Galvão - acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 9); acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 13) Jorge Helder - bass (all tracks except 12 and 13) 

Carlos Malta - flutes (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 14) 

Paulo Sérgio Santos - clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 14); alto sax (track 2); clarinet (tracks 4 and 7) 

Jessé Sadoc - flugelhorn (track 1); trumpet (tracks 4 and 5) 

Sergio de Jesus - trombone (tracks 2 and 4) 

João Cortez - drums (tracks 2 and 9) 

Nailor Proveta Azevedo - alto sax (tracks 4, 6, 7 and 10); soprano sax (track 7) 

Marcelo Martins - tenor sax (track 4) 

Bocão - trumpet (track 4) 

Flavio Melo - trumpet (track 4) 

Nelson Oliveira - trumpet (track 4) 

Armando Marçal - percussion (tracks 4, 7 and 11) 

Davis Chew - cello (track 8) 

Gilson Peranzzetta - accordion (track 9)

Andrea Ernest Dias - flutes (track 10, 11 and 14) 

Guinga, Rodrigão, Paulinho: vocals (track 11) 

 

*Maogani Quartet (track 12) 

Marcos Alves: Acoustic guitar 

Carlos Chaves: Acoustic guitar 

Paulo Aragão: Acoustic guitar 

Marcus Tardelli: Acoustic guitar 

 

*Strings (tracks 3, 6, 10) 

Violins: Ricardo Amado, Michel Bessler, Bernardo Bessler, José Alves, Paschoal Perrota and João Daltro 

Violas: Jesuina Passaroto and Marie Christine Bessler 

Cellos: Iura Ranevsky and Marcus Ribeiro 

 

ARRANGEMENTS 

Track 1 "Garoa e Maresia" and Track 5 "Noturno Copacabana" - Lula Galvão 

Other tracks - Paulo Aragão 

Collaboration on track 4 "Desaguença" - Nailor Proveta Azevedo

 

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