Articles by Ana Francisca Gonçalves Pereira
Fado em Si Bemol: Fado... With a Pinch of Jazz
by Ana Francisca Gonçalves Pereira
Jazz reinvents itself every day, in any way, like a chameleon transforms Itself to match its surroundings. It is thanks to this ability that jazz's place in the world has been firmly cemented; from a musical point of view, there seem to be no physical or spiritual boundaries to what musicians can arrange with this ever-evolving genre, even if that means going against convention or even breaking with tradition.It comes as no surprise, then, that more ...
Continue ReadingJacinta: Recycle Swing
by Ana Francisca Gonçalves Pereira
Singer Jacinta's Recycle Swing is a tribute to Broadway's Golden Era, when cabaret music abounded and the likes of the Gershwins and Leonard Bernstein were getting increasingly popular. Indeed, Broadway had “the world on a string," and so does the jazz vocalist in this remarkable homage which includes, coincidently, the Ted Koehler/Harold Arlen masterpiece “I've Got The World On a String" (1932).Singer Jacinta's ethereal baritone is the perfect vessel for these iconic songs, accurately conveying the compositions' message ...
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