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Gal Costa: Gal Costa Live at the Blue Note

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Label: DRG Records
Released: 2006
Time:
 64:36
Category: Bossa Nova, Samba, MPB
Producer(s): Hugh Fordin
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.galcosta.com.br
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Fotografia - 4:47
[2] Desafinado - 4:57
[3] Chega De Saudade - 4:45
[4] Camisa Amarela - 2:53
[5] Pra Machucar Meu Coraçao - 3:45
[6] Ave Maria No Moro - 3:45
[7] Nada Alem - 3:04
[8] I Fall In Love Too Easily - 3:28
[9] Corcovado - 4:11
[10] Triste - 2:14
[11] Wave - 3:50
[12] Coisa Mais Linda/As Time Goes By - 4:33
[13] Samba Do Aviao - 2:04
[14] A Felicidade - 4:13
[15] Aquarela Do Brasil - 3:26
[16] Sabado Em Copacabana/Copacabana - 4:24
[17] Garota De Ipanema - 4:08

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Gal Costa - Vocals

Jurim Moreira - Drums
Adriano Giffoni - Bass
Zé Canuto - Flute, Saxophone

Hugh Fordin - Producer
Cynthia Daniels - Engineer, Editing, Mixing
Cynthia Daniel - Engineer, Editing, Mixing
LuAnn Graffeo Blonkowski - Art Direction
Rahav Segev - Photography
Ben Ratliff - Liner Notes

Jule Styne - Composer
Carlos Lyra - Composer
Ary Barroso - Composer
Herivelto Martins - Composer
Alberto Ribeiro - Composer
João de Barro - Composer
Custódio Mesquita - Composer
Mário Lago - Composer
Carlos Guinle - Composer
Sammy Cahn - Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Composer
Dorival Caymmi - Composer
Vinícius de Moraes - Composer   

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Brazilian music legend and superstar (the Brazilians never, ever forget their heroes, they keep buying their records and attending their concerts until they drop) Gal Costa played to a very small jazz club crowd at the Blue Note in New York City in May of 2006. This recording on the DRG label is the complete recording of that performance. Costa was accompanied by a jazz quartet that included bass, drums, guitar, and reed and woodwind instruments. She performed a complete bossa nova repertoire, whose roots and popularity were a full musical generation before her own coming of age during the tumultuous and wildly creative tropicalia movement of the late 1960s and early '70s that threatened the nation's government.

Most of what's here are the classics, written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso, and Herivelto Martins: "Corcovado," "Desafinado," "Garota de Ipanema," "Triste," "Wave," and more. And are they ever elegant. The band's playing is slippery and fluid behind her, weaving hypnotically, imparting rhythms and textures through the middle of that glorious voice, a shade lower than it used to be but with all that breezy elegance. There are a couple of surprises, however; Costa's readings of the standards "I Fall in Love Too Easily," and a beautiful medley of "Coisa Mais Linda E" and "As Time Goes By" are a bit inconsistent, but the only real problem with this set is that it seems to flit by in an instant, though its 17 cuts add up to over an hour. This is an utterly enchanting and beautiful recording. All bossa fans should have it.

Thom Jurek - All Music Guide Review



The consummate Brazilian singer Gal Costa performs a selection of bossa nova in an intimate setting at New York's Blue Note club in 2006. Delicate, yet with an underlying tough sexiness, Costa's voice is the perfect vehicle for such bossa classics as "Corcovado," "Garota De Ipanema," and "Pra Manchucar Meu Coracao," while the small group accompaniment subtly frames her vocals with guitar, percussion, and flute. Personnel: Gal Costa; Marcus Teixeira, Zé Canuto, Jurim Moreira, Adriano Giffoni.



Gal Costa's Live at the Blue Note is a relaxed live concert. Her rapport with the audience at her May 19,2006 NYC is refreshing. She shows herself to be a true musician. Her voice is as energizing as yerba mate,as smooth and warm as Brazilian hot chocolate. Her singing is organic and natural, flowing like the ancient Amazon river from the depths of the rainforest. Gal Costa was at the forefront of the '60s tropicalista movement in Brazil,the South American version of the psychedelic/hippie movement. She still sings MPB (popular music),but on this album she excels with relaxed bossa nova and samba.

The opening song,"Fotografia",is reflective,and slightly bittersweet. Her "Chega de Saudade" and "Camisa Amarela" turn the mood from melancholy to quietly joyous. Her "Ave Maria No Morro" blends the spiritual with the sensual. It's a surprise,amidst all of Antonio Carlos Jobim's bossa nova. Her "I fall in love too easily" and "As time goes by" are Brazilian tributes to '40s jazz classics. One can imagine Casablanca set at the Copacabana. Her "Corcovado", "Sabado em Copacabana" and "Aquarela do Brasil" are joyous,gentle odes to Brazil. (Luckily,she doesn't sing Barry Manilow's "Copacabana",though she'd make it tasteful&better than the original!) She sings "Felicidade" (also covered by nueva bossa nova diva Bebel Gilberto),giving it a smooth approach. Her version of "Girl from Ipanema" is a touching tribute to the original.

Gal Costa makes bossa nova timeless. "Live at the Blue Note" brings the concert to the comfort of your home. Drink down like a caipirinha and enjoy!

Amaranth - April 7, 2007



On her second visit to the Blue Note Jazz club in New York, Gal Costa presented pretty much the same selections that she had played during her first visit in the spring of 2006 (the set list was almost in the same order as her CD Live At The Blue Note, released on the DRG label last September). This being the third night of her residence, her voice was already showing signs of fatigue; she did, however, turn on the charm, locking eyes with the patrons who were sitting in the front row and also turning around and facing those sitting in awkward places inside the club.

She opened with "Fotografia" and "Desafinado" (both Jobim compositions), and stated that she was very happy to return to this small venue (on her previous tours, she had played in places like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center), and felt that this intimate setting was like performing "in my living room."

Costa then introduced "Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues), the song that de facto began the bossa nova craze in Brazil as well as Stateside (it was Joao Gilberto's first single, released in 1959). "This song changed my life, and changed music in Brazil," she said before the band kicked in.

One of the highlights of the show was "I Fall In Love Too Easily," a song popularized by Chet Baker (it was also recorded by Frank Sinatra and more recently by Tony Bennett), whose work Costa is paying tribute to on an upcoming album. She seems very comfortable singing in English (which she has done since the beginning of her career), even though she admits that her English skills "are not that great."

One crowd favorite is "Nada Além," a song written by the late Mario Lago that features solely the accompaniment of bassist Jurim Moreira and finger snaps from the audience; the singalong session for the bilingual version of "The Girl from Ipanema" was also repeated, even though the iconic tune has just been played too much.

The only new tune was "Chora Tua Tristeza" (Cry to Your Sadness), an obscure Dorival Caymmi song that has never been committed to disc by Costa herself. The lyrics speak of a Baiana who cries of a love long lost.

It was the consensus of the members of our party that Costa seemed a little jaded on this occasion; perhaps the novelty of playing small rooms has already worn thin for her (she also played the Blue Note's sister venues in Japan not too long ago) and, despite her charm, her great interpretative skills and her smiles, her eyes showed that she couldn't wait to end her obligation. We felt the same when we joined several die-hard fans and ventured upstairs to meet her; she obligingly signed autographs and posed for pictures, but one sensed that deep inside all she longed for was to head back to her Manhattan apartment; interview requests by journalists in attendance were bluntly turned down.

Her personal priorities did not, however, affect her performance; she entertained her audience well, and the applause she received was well deserved.

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