Ciranda

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Personnel includes: Marcio Faraco (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Chico Buarque (vocals); Glaucus De Oliveira (soprano saxophone); Phillipe Slominski (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jacques Bolognesi (trombone); Claudio "Cacau" De Queiroz (flute, clarinet); Francis Varis (accordion); Wagner Tiso (piano); Tarciso Gondim (cavaquinho); Carlos Werneck (bass); Ney De Oliveira (drums); Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Jr. (sabar); Julio Goncalves, Ze Luis Nascimento, Dada Viana (percussion); Didier Sustrac (background vocals). Producers: Marcio Faraco, Didier Sustrac, Wagner Tiso. Recorded at Studios de la Vanade, Barbentane, France in July & August 1997, Polydor, Paris, France from September 27-30, 1999 and Garage Studios, Paris, France from October 1-3, 1999. Includes liner notes by Alain Gerber. Marcio Faraco is a welcome addition to the ranks of contemporary bossa nova performers with a smooth, pleasant singing voice and excellent guitar skills. It is striking that he has had to exile himself from his native Brazil and spend years of apprenticeship in France with Didier Sustrac (who contributes background vocals and takes a co-writing credit on "Nostalgia") before being able to make this, his debut album, still based thousands of miles away from home. Those apparent disadvantages notwithstanding, Ciranda manages to evoke bossa nova masters like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto while being somewhat more accessible to North American ears, if only because his music is less introspective and the frequent horn arrangements (by Faraco) and string charts (by producer Wagner Tiso) give the tracks a broader appeal. Chico Buarque steps in as a guest duet partner on the album-opening title track, which is a stamp of approval from Faraco's predecessors for an approach seemingly intended to open Brazilian music out to the world. ~ William Ruhlmann