”Prepare yourself for a truly unique experience”.
Assim começa a dedicatória do célebre contrabaixista Buster Williams ao primeiro disco de Joana Machado: CRUde
Joana Machado tem todo o potencial para vir a ser uma das grandes vozes do jazz português e mesmo internacional.
Este seu primeiro disco visita lugares do jazz e da música universal, tendo a voz como centro gravitacional da teia de arranjos que une estruturalmente a música apresentada. De um lado, a voz, enquanto instrumento e contadora de histórias. Do outro, o trio, suporte musical, cronologia das histórias contadas.
Afonso Pais, director musical e responsável pelos arranjos, vinca o seu imaginário em temas como Day Dream de Billy Strayhorn, e Ana Luiza de António Carlos Jobim, contribuindo também com dois dos seus originais.
CRUde reflecte uma busca incessante por musicalidade desprovida de condicionamentos idiomáticos.
Para além de Afonso Pais na guitarra eléctrica e nylon, CRUde conta ainda com a participação de Bernardo Moreira no contrabaixo e Bruno Pedroso na bateria.
Liner notes de Buster Williams em
CRUde de Joana Machado
Prepare yourself for a truly unique experience. Now, I know that you’ve listened to many vocalists before, i.e. vocalists with varying degrees of, shall we say, “dazzle”, by way of video. After all, who listens these days without the visual aid? In fact, how many vocalists these days can really stand up to the test of being just “listened to”? We live in an age where we listen with our eyes, so music is prepared for the people with that in mind.
So in this age of mediocrity, when it’s dangerous to be different,
along comes Joana Machado.
Yes, she is dangerous because she allows us to open up to ourselves, to dream, to face reality, to dare to be different.
She’s brilliant, adventurous, assertive, unique, has a voice that’s as clear as water crystals, and the courage to believe in our ability to listen. Her music has a healing quality, as all great music does.
Joana knows that her voice is a well crafted instrument and she’s not afraid to use it as such. Her pitch rings true whether she dares to traverse the complicated terrain of close or dissonant intervals.
In other words, she’s creative. She’s true to herself. And that takes tremendous courage.
Because of Joana’s bravery we can open our ears again and experience true artistry with our eyes closed and allow ourselves to be swept away by the beauty of her voice as she takes us all on the journey that exist in the realm of our minds. That journey that’s private and personal.
Welcome to the world that is shaped by the music of Joana Machado.
Buster Williams
(contrabaixista norte americano)
Abaixo estão disponíveis para escuta os seguintes excertos do disco CRUde):
#1 - ’Round Midnight
#2 - Ginga Carioca
#3 - Ana Luiza
#4 - When Sunny Gets Blue
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