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Maria Rita quickly became a huge critical and popular success in Brazil (being Elis Regina's daughter certainly didn't hurt), but after releasing three albums and two DVDs in less than six years, she probably felt it was time for a break. By 2011, however, she was under mounting pressure from fans and her recording company to record a successor to 2007's Samba Meu. Cue the stopgap album Elo, made of songs Maria Rita had been performing during the first decade of her career, but which have never made it to her albums (the only previously released track is "Coração em Desalinho," featured on a popular TV soap opera.) For this record, Maria Rita re-creates the intimate setting of her appearances at Sao Paolo's Tom Jazz club in 2010, as she is joined only by the trio of pianist Tiago Costa, bassist Sylvinho Mazzuca, and drummer Cuca Teixeira. In this respect, Elo is much closer to the singer's first two records of acoustic jazz, bossa, and vocals, rather than the more expansive Samba Meu. To put it succinctly, this is a Brazilian nightclub chanteuse album in which Maria Rita offers her take on well-known songs by the likes of Djavan, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, and Rita Lee. The general response in Brazil was more sympathetic than enthusiastic, for the following reasons: first, since some of Brazil's greatest singers have already recorded these songs, Maria Rita was inviting direct comparison with the canonical versions (often a battle that simply cannot be won), and secondly, albums by Brazilian female singers are usually judged almost as concept albums by virtue of their choice of repertoire and general intent. Compared to her previous work, Elo lacks the weight of an artistic statement. Maria Rita remains of course a class act, and this album is superbly played and sung, but it is more pleasing than revelatory. Fans of the artist, however, will find here many an insight into the different sides of Maria Rita's artistic persona, and are also rewarded with the inclusion of three songs that had not been previously recorded by any other artist: "Pra Matar Meu Coração" (Daniel Jobim & Pedro Baby), "Coração a Batucar" (Davi Moraes & Alvinho Lancellotti), and "Perfeitamente" (Fred Martins & Francisco Bosco).
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Lula Queiroga, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass - Lulu Oliveira, Composer - Alexandre Bicudo, Composer
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Rhodes Solo - Junio Barreto, Composer - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass - João Araújo, Composer
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Francisco Bosco, Composer - Fred Martins, Composer - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Davi Moraes, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums, Tamborim - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano, Rhodes Solo - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass - Alvinho Lancellotti, Composer
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
CAetano Veloso, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano, Rhodes Solo - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Pedro Baby, Composer - Daniel Jobim, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Chico Buarque, Lyricist - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Keyboards, Piano - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Djavan, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Rhodes Solo - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Marcelo Camelo, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Rita Lee, Composer - Roberto De Carvalho, Composer - Alvaro Alencar, Producer - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - Tiago Costa, Arranger, Piano, Rhodes Solo - Sylvinho Mazzucca, Acoustic Bass
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Jota Moraes, Arranger, Band Member - Mauro Diniz, Cavaco - Ratinho, Composer - Marcelinho Moreira, Percussion - Wagner Vianna, Original Production - Alvaro Alencar, Recording & Mixing - Maria Rita, Producer, MainArtist - Monarco, Composer - Ricardo Garcia, Masterer - Cuca Teixeira, Drums - André Siqueira, Percussion - Carlinhos Sete Cordas, Violão - Rafaela Presto, Assistant - Raoni Andrade, Assistant - Silvinho Mazzuca, Bass - Tiago Costa, Rhodes Solo - Tuca Alves, Violão
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2010 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Albumbeschreibung
Maria Rita quickly became a huge critical and popular success in Brazil (being Elis Regina's daughter certainly didn't hurt), but after releasing three albums and two DVDs in less than six years, she probably felt it was time for a break. By 2011, however, she was under mounting pressure from fans and her recording company to record a successor to 2007's Samba Meu. Cue the stopgap album Elo, made of songs Maria Rita had been performing during the first decade of her career, but which have never made it to her albums (the only previously released track is "Coração em Desalinho," featured on a popular TV soap opera.) For this record, Maria Rita re-creates the intimate setting of her appearances at Sao Paolo's Tom Jazz club in 2010, as she is joined only by the trio of pianist Tiago Costa, bassist Sylvinho Mazzuca, and drummer Cuca Teixeira. In this respect, Elo is much closer to the singer's first two records of acoustic jazz, bossa, and vocals, rather than the more expansive Samba Meu. To put it succinctly, this is a Brazilian nightclub chanteuse album in which Maria Rita offers her take on well-known songs by the likes of Djavan, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, and Rita Lee. The general response in Brazil was more sympathetic than enthusiastic, for the following reasons: first, since some of Brazil's greatest singers have already recorded these songs, Maria Rita was inviting direct comparison with the canonical versions (often a battle that simply cannot be won), and secondly, albums by Brazilian female singers are usually judged almost as concept albums by virtue of their choice of repertoire and general intent. Compared to her previous work, Elo lacks the weight of an artistic statement. Maria Rita remains of course a class act, and this album is superbly played and sung, but it is more pleasing than revelatory. Fans of the artist, however, will find here many an insight into the different sides of Maria Rita's artistic persona, and are also rewarded with the inclusion of three songs that had not been previously recorded by any other artist: "Pra Matar Meu Coração" (Daniel Jobim & Pedro Baby), "Coração a Batucar" (Davi Moraes & Alvinho Lancellotti), and "Perfeitamente" (Fred Martins & Francisco Bosco).
© Mariano Prunes /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:46
- Main artists: Maria Rita
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: WM Brazil
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2011 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
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