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Brazilian Match

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Luiz Millan

Label: Jazz Station Records
Released: 2023
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Tracks

Pacuíba; Full Moon; Andar Descalço; In the Grove of the Jacarandas; Madrugada; Morungaba; Quem Sabe; Still Looking at the Moon; Sopro de Esperança; Montparnasse; Que os Ventos Limpem os Tempos; Ecos da Juventude; Morungaba; Farrapos de Lua; Lua Cheia; Século XXI.

Personnel

Luiz Millan

vocals

David Sanborn

saxophone

Ellen Johnson

vocals

Mark Egan

bass

Arnaldo DeSouteiro

producer

Mike Mainieri

vibraphone

Eddie Daniels

clarinet

Randy Brecker

trumpet

Camilo Carrara

guitar, acoustic

John Tropea

guitar

Ada Rovatti

saxophone

Edu Ribeiro

drums

Michel Freidenson

keyboards

New York Voices

vocals

Danny Gottlieb

drums

Lisa Ono

guitar and vocals

Jorge Pinheiro

guitar, acoustic

Alice Soyer

vocals

Giana Viscardi

vocals

Mauricio Zottarelli

drums

Additional Personnel / Information

Clémentine: vocals; Igor Willcox: drums; Teco Cardoso: sax and flute; Josh Marcum: bass; Sylvio Mazzucca Junior: bass; Humberto Clayber de Souza: harmonica; Luiz Amato: violin; Amanda Martins:violin; Yohanna Alves Pereira: viola; Adriana Holtz: cello; Chico Oliveira: trumpet; Chico Batera: percussion; Barry Finnerty: guitar.

Album Description

Brazil’s best kept secret, Luiz Millan delivers a passionate musical message on Brazilian Match, his fifth album release, due out April 21, 2023 via LA-based label Jazz Station Records (JSR). Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro and arranged by Michel Freidenson, Brazilian Match features an exceptional all-star cast of musical collaborators: multi-GRAMMY® winners David Sanborn, Randy Brecker and Mark Egan are among the main soloists, along with The New York Voices, Eddie Daniels, Mike Mainieri, Ada Rovatti, John Tropea, Barry Finnerty, Danny Gottlieb, Josh Marcum, singers Ellen Johnson, Alice Soyer, Lisa Ono, Clémentine and Gianna Viscardi, plus two dozens of Brazil’s greatest players. Millan’s music is an oasis in a noisy and turbulent world. He follows the tradition of such Brazilian musical heroes as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, João Gilberto, Ivan Lins, Marcos Valle, Edu Lobo, and Chico Buarque, but remains singular in his sound. Millan moves forward in the evolution of Brazilian popular music, updating and adding new colors to the bossa nova genre, and redefining its expressive potential. According to jazz historian Douglas Payne, Luiz Millan is “Brazil’s most remarkable contemporary singer-songwriter, a unique master of melody and lyrical form. Brazilian Match should prove to be his breakout moment!” Born in São Paulo, Millan studied classical piano and popular acoustic guitar as a teenager. He also graduated as a doctor in 1982, specializing in Psychiatry. Millan has composed film scores, written songs for other Brazilian singers, and recorded four albums as a leader and one DVD. “A composer’s composer, Millan is a multi-dimensional artist,” says producer Arnaldo DeSouteiro, who has worked extensively with Jobim, Gilberto, Bonfá, Eumir Deodato, Dom Um Romão, Ithamara Koorax and João Donato. “A great melodist who also happens to be a great poet, a fabulous storyteller, a painter of wonderful sonic landscapes. He deals with the notes like a painter deals with palettes and colors. The most beautiful images and feelings flow beneath his songs.” DeSouteiro set out to place Millan’s songwriting skills in the proper frame with a much-deserved jazz color to match his Brazilian soul.

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• Brazilian Match by Chris M. Slawecki

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Brazilian Match

Jazz Station Records
2023

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