The Stonewall Celebration Concert

Social: Tribute and donation

The album was a tribute to twenty five years of the Stonewall riots in New York. Part of the royalties were donated to Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome, a Miséria e Pela Vida (Citizen Action Against Hunger and Poverty and for Life) campaign.

The booklet provides information twenty-nine social entities, including the Grupo Gay da Bahia, ISER (Instituto de Estudos da Religião/Institute of Religious Studies), Greenpeace, Sociedade Viva Cazuza (Cazuza Viva Society) and ABIA (Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS/Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association).

Songs

The repertoire brings standards of American music and songs featured in films - of which many were part of his musical education. Some of the songs included are: "Cathedral Song", Tanita Tikaram's music phenomenon of the 90's; "Miss Celie's Blues", from the soundtrack of The Color Purple, composed by Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; his own version of the theme of Walt Disney's Pinocchio, "When You Wish upon a Star", written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline;"Cherish", Madonna's success, but with a more folk tune and his strong vocal impression; and Bob Dylan's record "If You See Her, Say Hello", from the original 1975 album Blood on the Tracks, with the title changed to "If You See Him, Say Hello".

Personnel

Technical staff