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Dança das Cabeças

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Released
  
1977

Length
  
49:51

Artist
  
Egberto Gismonti

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 1976

Dança das Cabeças (1976)
  
Sol do Meio Dia (1977)

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
ECM Records

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Songs
  
Part I: Quarto Mundo # 1 / Danca Das Cabecas / Aguas Luminosas / Celebracao de Nupcias / Porta Encantada / Quarto Mundo # 2

Similar
  
Egberto Gismonti albums, Jazz albums

Dança das Cabeças (Portuguese for "Dance of the Heads") is an album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label. The album was Gismonti's first for the European label, establishing the beginnings of a long and productive association.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Álvaro Neder awarded the album 4 stars stating "a landmark of the careers of Gismonti and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, his only accompanist here. Recorded in only three days, the album's concept is based on the history shared by both musicians, according to Gismonti: two boys wandering through a dense, humid forest, full of insects and animals, keeping a 180-feet distance from each other. The album received several international awards, in England, U.S., Germany, and Brazil. It also changed both artists' lives: Naná immediately became an undisputed international artist, touring worldwide; Egberto returned to Brazil, decided to research Amazon folklore, which would be reflected in his later work. The music is pure and sensitive, challenging and sophisticated, with a broad dynamic range going from haunting, mysterious melodies to full-impact, energetic percussive sounds reminiscent of Brazilian Indians' batuque."

Track listing

All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated
  1. Part I – 25:21
  2. "Quarto Mundo No. 1"
  3. "Dança das Cabeças"
  4. "Águas Luminosas" (D. Bressane)
  5. "Celebração de Núpcias"
  6. "Porta Encantada"
  7. "Quarto Mundo No. 2"
  8. Part II – 24:30
  9. "Tango" (Gismonti, G. E. Carneiro)
  10. "Bambuzal"
  11. "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" (Milton Nascimento, R. Bastos)
  12. "Dança Solitária"

Recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1976

Personnel

  • Egberto Gismonti - 8-string guitar, piano, wood flutes, voice
  • Naná Vasconcelos - percussion, berimbau, corpo, voice

    • References

    Dança das Cabeças Wikipedia
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