Here we go on another Bossa Nova international release provided by Caetano Rodrigues. I don't need to say that Caetano has been taking awesome albums to Loronixers, but this time he is making something very special and unique. Susanna McCorkle is really special, she was an interpreter before embracing a singing career, being fluent on several languages, such as: Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese in addition to English, her mother language.This is Susannah McCorkle - Sabia (1990), for Concord Jazz, featuring ten Brazilian songs plus Estate, switching between Portuguese, English and Italian. It is amazing how she makes so good on such different languages. You will have a very pleasant album, beautiful and sad, Susannah McCorkle kept hidden a chronic depression during years and career problems lead her to commit suicide in 2001, New York City. Tracks include:
01 - Tristeza (Sadness, Please Go Away)
02 - Estate (Summer)
03 - Vivo Sonhando (Living on Dreams)
04 - Dilema (Dilemma)
05 - Sabia (Songbird)
06 - So Many Stars
07 - So Danco Samba (I Only Dance the Samba)
08 - Manha de Carnaval (Sunrise)
09 - Pra Machucar meu Coracao (The Day we Said Goodbye)
10 - Travessia (Bridges)
11 - A Felicidade (Happiness)
Great Caeatano- I heard Manha de Caranval a long time ago. I got very intersted to the saxophonst and it is Scott Hamilton who is famous for his tenor sound in style of the old sax tenor giants.
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Zeca Esse Caetano é um retado como dizem os baianos. Esse Cd é bom demais. A Susannah foi uma excelente cantora, injustiçada pelas gravadoras. Adorava o Brasil e nunca veio até aqui o que não impediu de gravar em portugues. Sua interpretação de Manhã de Carnaval e Travessia é fora de serie. Pena que se suicidou tão jovem em meio a uma crise depressiva, assim como seu pai havia feito antes.
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Classy! I heard some of her Brazilian work on the Japanese Cafe Apres-midi series, but this album really blew me away. I can't stop playing her version of Estate. Thanks for bringing this record to light!
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