Jazz Articles about Fabiana Cozza

Fabiana Cozza: Quando O Ceu Clarear

by Raul d'Gama Rose
September 28, 2010

Comparisons are odious, even in the most mundane circumstances, but there is a recording of a rare performance of Elis Regina's Saudades Do Brasil, filmed and recorded in 1980, and directed by the great Cesar Carmago Mariano, that reverberates with energy, even when it is not playing. The mere recollection of it can make the heart dance interminably. Quando O Céu Clarear, by the extraordinary paulista and sambanista Fabiana Cozza, bustles with the same level of energy. Cozza's wholesome contralto ...