Credits:

Ze Manoel

Description:

Brazilian singer/pianist Zé Manoeu finally releases her first new album of original music in four years. This is his first album of original songs since his 2015 masterpiece "Songs, and Silence (Cancao e Silencio)," which still attracts many listeners, and his first album since 2016, when he self-covered his own compositions with Chigana Santana, Ana Carolina, and others. Produced by Luizão Pereira, a popular multi-instrumentalist. Songs and Silence" was recently selected for the e-magazine LATINA's "New World Composers" feature, and its string arrangements were impressive, but this album features soft woodwind arrangements, and its meticulous production and compositions are superb. The soft touch of the soft spoken narration, including a song on the theme of BLM in Brazil, is superb. Participating musicians include Cassin, who played a central role in "Songs and Silence," Luizão Pereira of dois em um, the producer of this album, Stéphane San Juan, and Lechieres Reichi, among others.Featuring vocals by Ruezi Luna and Gabriela Riley, two female singers of the modern Afro-Brasileiro group, who have been praised as the "Jewels of São Paulo" and whose debut album was released by Apremidi Records, and others.