Around Brazil
| Around Brazil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 26 May 2006 |
| Recorded | September 2005 |
| Studio | Rainbow Studio, Oslo; Cologne |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 68:57 |
| Label | ACT |
| Producer | Siegfried Loch |
Around Brazil is a solo piano album by Simon Nabatov. It was recorded in 2005 and released by ACT Music.
Recording and music
[edit]The album of solo piano performances by Nabatov was recorded in September 2005.[1] All of the tracks were recorded at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo, except for "Partita de Março", which was recorded in Cologne.[1] The album was produced by Siegfried Loch.[1]
Nabatov plays prepared piano on "Depois que o Ilê passar".[2] "Valsa de Pôrto Das Caixas" is a delicate waltz by Antônio Carlos Jobim.[3] On "Partita de Março", the formal theme gradually emerges, "almost like the sculptor finding the form that is already present in the uncut stone."[4] It quotes Jobim's "Waters of March" and Bach.[2]
Release and reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Around Brazil was released in Germany by ACT Music on 26 May 2006.[1] It was the fifth in their Piano Works series.[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "a quite extraordinary essay in modern pianism [...] he takes each piece out into areas of creative improvisation that no one else would have thought of".[4] They also highlighted the extreme separation of bass and treble in the recording.[4] The MusicWeb reviewer wrote that, "If you care about good jazz – or good music of any kind – you need to buy this CD."[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Desde que o samba é samba" (Caetano Veloso)
- "Estrada do Sol" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
- "Partita de Março" (Simon Nabatov)
- "Nenê" (Ernesto Nazareth)
- "Eu vim da Bahia" (Gilberto Gil)
- "Depois que o Ilê passar" (Miltao)
- "Na Baixa do Sapateiro" (Ary Barroso)
- "My Sertão" (Nabatov)
- "Valsa de Pôrto Das Caixas" (Jobim)
- "Qualquer coisa" (Veloso)
- "Você é linda"(Veloso)
Personnel
[edit]- Simon Nabatov – piano
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Simon Nabatov – Piano Works V: Around Brazil". actmusic.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b Spencer, Doug (27 August 2006). "Simon Nabatov". abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Spencer, Doug (20 August 2006). "Ralph Towner". abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1065–66. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Augarde, Tony (2006). "Simon Nabatov – Around Brazil". musicweb. Retrieved 12 February 2018.