Rio After Dark (Remastered) Ana Caram

• 1 Rio After Dark 04:09
• 2 Alagoas 04:08
• 3 Meditation 03:38
• 4 Viola Fora De Moda 06:44
• 5 Summer Days 04:56
• 6 La Cumbia 05:08
• 7 Anos Dourados 04:08
• 8 Renovacao 03:22
• 9 Rainbow 04:23
• 10 O Que Vier Eu Traco 02:27
• 11 Sem Lengenda 03:03
• 12 Forever 03:30
• 13 O Tempo E O Lugar 03:56
• 14 Serrado 02:44
• 15 You've Got A Friend 04:21
• Total Runtime 01:00:37

Info for Rio After Dark (Remastered)

Born into a musical family in São Paulo, singer/guitarist Ana Caram moved to the United States under the guardianship of Antonio Carlos Jobim and created music that fuses bossa nova and American jazz. Contains a total of 10 songs, featuring Ana's groovy and moist singing voice as if immersed in the afterglow of the title, and a moist and supple groove with a jazz feel, featuring two American arrangers. Both songs, "Meditation" and "Anos Dourados", which are composed and played by Jobim on the piano, seem to create a drowse, the groovy highlight of the title song "Rio After Dark", and "La Cumbia" a jazzy bossa number with percussion, saxophone, and other sounds that resonate pleasantly.

Known for her delightful delivery and delicate vibrato-less soprano, the Sao Paulo-born vocalist/composer/guitarist is equally at ease on melodic ballads as she is on tongue-twisting sambas. A Cash Box reviewer once wrote that "hearing Ana Caram was like a sweet, sunny, wake up call."

"In stylistic terms, large portions of Ana Caram's first U.S. album could easily have been recorded in 1962; it's as if time had stood perfectly still since "Desafinado" became a hit. Yet this is all for the good for this Antonio Carlos Jobim protegé, who can comfortably give material by the more contemporary writer Djavan, and even Carole King's "You've Got a Friend," the bossa nova treatment. Like most seductive Brazilian female singers, Caram is just a bit off-pitch and gets away with it. She also plays guitar skillfully in the Joao Gilberto rhythmic manner, and occasionally writes her own tunes ("Renovacao," "Rainbow") in an attractive classic bossa nova idiom. The revered Jobim sits in on piano and contributes a few vocal harmonies on two of his songs ("Meditation," "Anos Dourados"); the Chesky recording also diligently picks up his groaning. Paquito D'Rivera chirps on clarinet in the tongue-twisting "O Que Vier Eu Traco" and turns up on alto sax on Paulo Jobim's first-rate "La Cumbia," phrasing in the lilting Getz manner though he can't help but slip in a bop run or two. Steve Sacks plays low-key, moaning alto flute on several tracks, and Carlos Alberto de Oliveira and Café handle the delicate percussion. The production is typical low-key, spare-textured, painstakingly recorded Chesky fare -- and unreconstructed bossa nova fans need not hesitate." (Richard S. Ginell, AMG)

Ana Caram, vocals, guitar
Paquito D'Rivera, saxophone, clarinet
Cafe De Silva, percussion
Carlos Alberto De Oliveira, percussion
David Chesky, piano
David Finck, bass

Digitally remastered

Ana Caram
was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1958. She comes from a musical family and studied guitar and flute in her younger years. Later, she attended Sao Paulo University and earned a degree in composition and conducting. After her education, she became a protégé of Brazilian Bossa Nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Caram toured Brazil as well as internationally, building a considerable following. At a jazz festival in Finland, she met Paquito D’Rivera who invited her to New York City to perform in his band during the JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall. A representative of Chesky Records happened to be in the audience and made Caram an offer to record her first album, Rio After Dark, which was released in 1989. Since then, she has made eight albums for Chesky Records, including 1992’s The Other Side of Jobim, which is a tribute to her mentor. She has appeared in numerous publications including Audiophile Sound, Acoustic Guitar, and Audio Plus. Today, she continues to give concerts, primarily in Brazil.

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