If My Complaints Could Passions Move - John Dowland

I Will Give My Love An Apple - Benjamin Britten

The Man I Love - George & Ira Gershwin

Summertime with a baiao groove. Was all too excited to quote Hermeto Pascoal's 'Bebe' and Baden Powell's 'Samba Triste' in the thick of it. Gives me a little kick. That said, I did only run that Samba Triste a few times the night before we recorded...and somewhat maniacally just prior to recording. But you get the idea ;-)

Summertime - George and Ira Gershwin

Written by Garoto, 'Jorge Do Fusa' reflects Garoto's distinct and characteristic musical style. It's rhythmic structures are rooted in choro; the oldest school of folkloric  music in Brazil. The use of the whole tone scale run in the first section shows Garoto's North American jazz influences. 

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Jorge Do Fusa

Also known as 'Choro Triste No. 1', this Garoto piece, alongside with Choro Triste No. 2, is among his most popular works. The title translates to mean 'The Sadness of a Guitar'.

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Tristezas de Um Violao

Waltz written by Garoto. The title translates to 'In The Old Days', and this piece sounds like a musical homage to a past era. Garoto uses a more traditional harmonic structure with the Brazilian groove heard in the anticipated melody line and contrasts of harmonic colour. 

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Naqueles Velhos Tempos

Astor Piazzolla 'Histoire du Tango' (1986)

Flute and Guitar
Four movements chronicling the evolution of tango music in Argentina. 

First movement:  Bordel 1900
'It paints a picture of the good natured chatter of the French, Italian and Spanish women who peopled these bordellos as they teased the policemen, thieves, sailors and riffraff who came to see them' (Piazzolla)

Bordel 1900

Astor Piazzolla 'Histoire Du Tango' (1986)
Flute and Guitar

Second Movement - Cafe 1930
'This is another age of tango. People stopped dancing it as they did in 1900, preferring instead to simply listen. It became more musical, and more romantic. This tango has undergone total transformation: the movements are slower, with new and often melancholy harmonies' (Piazzolla).

Cafe 1930

Hermeto Pascoal - Bebe 

Baiao. Flute/Guitar

Montaña Rose