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2009年10月26日

VISIONS OF DAWN / joyce with nana vasconcelos & mauricio maestro



The wonderfully lucid, airy delivery of veteran bossa-jazz diva Joyce is nothing like as celebrated as it should be, even in her native Brazil. But the period feel of this long-unheard 1976 album, with its touch of Californian-style folky psychedelia, could give her profile the lift it deserves. (Telegraph, April 11th, 2009)

 
The original ‘lost’ Brazilian acid-folk album recorded in Paris in 1976 and now rescued and set free after 33 years--Visions of Dawn is the stunning, previously unreleased project by three Brazilian music legends.


Led by the sharp lyrics and gorgeous, expressive voice and guitar of Joyce the trio is completed by the expert musicianship of her close friends Nana Vasconcelos (percussion) and Mauricio Maestro (electric bass, vocals, guitar and producer) who were both crucial in creating this masterpiece.


Mauricio, Joyce and Nana became close friends playing together as part of Milton Nascimento’s Clube De Esquina scene in Rio and his legendary Clube De Edquina series of albums. These beautiful, hazy and understated recordings, which took place in charming 1970s Paris, offer a unique chance to sit in on the original jamming sessions of tracks that later became Brazilian cult classics.


A founding member of Boca Livre Mauricio produced Visions of Dawn and his electric bass, vocals and floating acoustic guitar lines are crucial to the sessions. Nana Vasconcelos has released more than thirty albums over an incredible forty year career and here displays his unsurpassed Latin jazz percussion skills. Joyce’s tender psychedelic vocals result in a dreamy set that’s given a strong edge when scatting and letting her notes playfully jump. Stand outs "Banana" and "Clareana" later became big Brazilian hits for Joyce.


The Paris 1976 project is a legendary lost treasure encapsulating the special freedom and beauty of Joyce, Nana and Mauricio’s music.


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