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Love Cole Porter

Antonio Adolfo

Label: AAM Music
Released: 2024
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Tracks

Easy To Love; Ev'Ry Time We Say Goodbye; I Concentrate On You; I Love You; I'Ve Got You Under My Skin; Just One Of Those Things; Love For Sale; Night And Day; So In Love; You Do Something To Me.

Personnel

Album Description

Since I was a child, the music of Cole Porter has been a part of the soundtrack of my life – playing his records at home, listening to his music on the radio and on television shows, or hearing crooners sing his songs fronting large orchestras. His music also captured the hearts of Brazilians, especially in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where I was born and raised.

Bossa Nova emerged from musical gatherings in Copacabana (Rio), where Cole Porter’s records were always played. It was an especially creative time for Brazilian musicians, and the music of this genius, immortalized through his unique melodies, lyrics, harmonies, phrasing, influenced that generation of carioca musicians.

Antonio Carlos Jobim always expressed passion for the music of geniuses such as Gershwin and Cole Porter. If we take a deep dive into some of Jobim’s works, we’ll see that influence was absorbed and translated into his own music.

And I, who grew up and became a musician during that time, also “drank from that fountain.” Many did! I always played his standards at home and on my gigs, either in its original style or sometimes adding a little Bossa or Brazilian jazz, which expanded to music styles such as Samba, Toada, Ijexá, Quadrilha and Frevo, to mention only a few from the states of Minas Geraes, Bahia and the Northeast.

And now, on Love Cole Porter, I am presenting my interpretations of some of his brilliant works, where you can clearly hear the melding of Porter and Brazilian jazz. It’s as if Cole Porter’s music descended on my heart and musical soul today, bringing that image of the 50’s and 60’s to my present musical moment with this incredible team of musicians who have been with me in my recent recordings: Jessé Sadoc (trumpet), Danilo Sinna (alto sax), Marcelo Martins (tenor and soprano saxes and flute), Rafael Rocha (trombone), Lula Galvão (guitar), Jorge Helder (bass), Rafael Barata (drums and percussion), Dada Costa (percussion).

Long live the Brazilian Cole Porter!!!!