World
renowned, multi-Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Bebel Gilberto will heat up
the summer season with her trademark blend of warm Brazilian rhythms and
ethereal vocals when her first new studio album in five years, Tudo, is
released August 19 on Portrait/Sony Music Masterworks. The intoxicating new 12-track collection celebrates
Gilberto's penchant for sonically transporting listeners to Brazil, with
bright, incandescent bossa nova-infused melodies, lyrics about love, and a
lilting performance style that has earned her a devoted fanbase worldwide.
"For
me, this album came straight from the heart, and the recording process was one
of the most intense I have ever been through," said Gilberto. "A good part of the album was recorded
in LA, and you really feel that lighter, brighter west coast vibe in the music,
mixed in with my darker 'New Yorker' feelings.
Tudo means 'everything' and as a Brazilian, I feel everything and live
every moment deeply, and wanted to sing about each little moment, emotion,
idea, melody that has been part of my life over the past year. I am loving life
and living more passionately than ever and wanted to share all that!"
Recorded
in Brazil, New York and Los Angeles this past winter, and produced and mixed by
Mario Caldato Jr., Tudo features six new original tracks including the
captivating standout English language track "Somewhere Else," the soft "Nada Nao," filled with
hypnotic percussion touches including wood bongos, shakers and even bottle
caps; "Tom de Voz," which features Gilberto teaming up with acclaimed
songwriter and guitarist Cesar Mendez from Bahia, who Gilberto met through
mutual friend Caetano Veloso and who penned the track; and the delightful duet "Novas Ideias," which Gilberto
co-wrote and performed with her longtime friend Seu Jorge.
Gilberto
also masterfully reinterprets the Antonio Carlos Jobim classic "Vivo
Sonhando," and pays homage to one of her personal favorites, Neil Young,
with a beautiful cover of "Harvest Moon," which Gilberto originally
sang - and debuted her guitar skills on - at the "Music of Neil Young at
Carnegie Hall" tribute in NYC in 2011.
Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised the performance saying,
"Ms. Gilberto turned 'Harvest Moon' into a whispery bossa nova that
savored every bit of its romance."
An
outstanding band of assorted longtime musical friends and collaborators joined
Gilberto in the studio to lend their talents to Tudo including Masa Shimizu on assorted guitars,
Didi Gutman (of Brazilian Girls fame) on piano, percussionist Mauro Refosco,
Kassin on electric and acoustic bass and guitars, and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson,
who helmed the wonderful string arrangements.
Gilberto
captured fans and media acclaim worldwide with her hit breakout album Tanto
Tempo in 2000, which featured her trademark electronic bossa nova, taking over
clubs around the world and positioning Bebel as one of the top-selling
Brazilian artists in the U.S. since the '60s. Critically-acclaimed albums to
follow included Bebel Gilberto (2004), on which she refined her sound to create
an acoustic lounge style that showcased her strengths as a Brazilian composer,
and Momento (2007), which masterfully showcased her skills at fusing all her
musical styles, and the Grammy-nominated All in One (2009), which brought to
forefront more of Bebel's personality and love for organic rhythms. Bebel Gilberto also recently released a
beautiful concert DVD called Bebel Gilberto in Rio in Brazil in 2013.
Sony
Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait,
Masterworks Broadway and Flying Buddha imprints. For email updates and
information please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com.
Tudo
Tracklisting:
1.Somewhere
Else
2.Nada
Nao
3.Tom De
Voz
4.Novas
Ideias
5.Harvest
Moon
6.Tudo
7.Saudade
Vem Correndo
8.Areia
9.Tout
Est Bleu
10.Lonely
in My Heart
11.Vivo
Sonhando
12.Inspiracao
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