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Awerejê

Tulio Araujo

Label: Blue Cave Records
Released: 2023
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Tracks

Ka'Aguy (Abertura); Cherokee (Ft. Larissa Umaytá); Milestones; Body And Soul (Ft. Evan Megaro & Yan Vasconcelos); My Favorite Things; Equinox; Actual Proof (Ft. Berimbaucomtudo, Mariah Carneiro & Jorge Continentino); Spain (Para Chick); Pykui (Encerramento).

Personnel

Tulio Araujo

pandeiro

Felipe Vilas Boas

guitar

Deangelo Silva

piano

Bruno Vellozo

bass

Jorge Continentino

flute

Mariah Carneiro

vocals

Berimbaucomtudo

percussion

Larissa Umaytá

percussion

Evan Megaro

piano

Yan Vasconcelos

bass, acoustic

Album Description

Awerejê is a Brazilian indigenous word from Tupi Guarani language branch that means fusion, blending. No other concept would be more perfect to illustrate what you can listen in all nine tracks that, with bold arrangements, renews compositions by masters such as Ray Noble, Miles Davis, Johnny Green, Richard Rogers, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Since Scott Feiner’s tragic death, Tulio started to wonder the depth of the term “Pandeiro Jazz”, created by him.

“It’s interesting to notice that both of us spent our careers developing the idea of adding the Pandeiro to the Jazz environment, but we actually didn’t record Jazz standards. When somebody ask me what is my music or what do exactly I do, I always find myself struggling to explain the concept of it. So I felt that this is the right time to fix that gap. People in Brazil don’t quite understand what is Jazz, even if my originals has all the aspects of modern Jazz, full of improvisations, they would still not quite understand where the “Jazz” is, since they connect the term to a specific repertoire.”, says Araujo.

Driven by these thoughts, Tulio started to gather some of his favorite standards that could summarize this idea of making Pandeiro fit in Jazz. “The most important aspect of this álbum is that I didn’t try to transcribe or mimic the drums, but to adapt the core or the rhythms. To make it work, I dove into some kind of a reverse engineering, restoring the African origins, making an important connection with Brazilian history too, since we are made of the same cultural mixture: Africans, Indigenous and Europeans.”, he adds. The order of the tracks suggests a chronological journey, starting with the first compositions from 1930’s, passing by the 40’s Bebop and ending on the 70’s and 80’s modernity.

Tulio assembled a special team for this project. The arrangements were written by his old friends and colleagues, Felipe Vilas Boas and Deangelo Silva, who also recorded guitars, pianos and synths. Later, Bruno Vellozo, Yan Vasconcelos, Mariah Carneiro, Jorge Continentino, Evan Megaro, Larissa Umaytá and Henrique Azul joined the team. The cover artwork was made by the talented designer Senegâmbia and the album was released by the Brazilian label Blue Cave Records.

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