Monday, February 11, 2008

Nana Caymmi - Nana (1977)

I was googling something that I cannot remember this week when I found an article written by Aramis Millarch in 1977 at the great Tabloide Digital. Millarch said that Nana Caymmi was among the top five Brazilian singer and ironically she was widely unknown by the audience in Brazil. Immediately, I went to Loronix to Find It Nana Caymmi and I got surprised when Find It returned only one album, made available almost two years ago. It is necessary to bring Nana Caymmi to Loronix first page. Let's see.

This is Nana Caymmi - Nana (1977), for RCA Victor, featuring Joao Donato, Dori Caymmi, Durval Ferreira (diretor criativo) and Dorival Caymmmi as special guest on track 02 - Milagre. This is a beauty of an album recorded by a great singer with a great team of musicians. Most of these tunes are well known by Nana Caymmi and other artist’s performances with my highlights on 02 - Milagre, 05 - Falam de Mim, 08 - Cais and 09 - Se Queres Saber, which is the track listed at Loronix Preview Center. Tracks include:

Personnel

Dori Caymmi
(arrangements, violao)
Joao Donato
(piano)
Ivan Lins
(piano, 11)
Toninho Horta
(violao, 01)
Novelli
(piano, 08)
Luiz Alves
(bass)
Robertinho Silva
(drums)
Chico Batera, Ariovaldo
(percussion)
Dorival Caymmi
(voice, 02)

Track List

01 - Dona Olimpia (Toninho Horta / Ronaldo Bastos)
02 - Milagre (Dorival Caymmi) with Dorival Caymmi
03 - Perdoa Meu Amor (Georges Moran / J. G. de Araújo Jorge)
04 - O Que Se Sabe de Cor (Fernando Leporace)
05 - Falam de Mim (Noel Rosa de Oliveira / Eden Silva / Aníbal Silva)
06 - Soneto à Mamá (Joan Manuel Serrat)
07 - Fingidor (Sueli Costa)
08 - Cais (Milton Nascimento / Ronaldo Bastos)
09 - Se Queres Saber (Peterpan)
10 - Meu Menino (Danilo Caymmi / Ana Terra)
11 - Não Há Lugar (Ivan Lins / Gilson Peranzzetta / Vitor Martins)
12 - Modinha (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)