Brazilian jazz vocalist Ithamara Koorax and guitarist Marcel Powell pay tribute to the legendary guitar virtuoso Baden Powell (Marcel's father) and the most important Bossa Nova lyricist, Vinicius De Moraes. This engagement, from April 9 to 12, happens at the Vinicius Show Bar, named after De Moraes. Together, Baden and Vinicius created such masterpieces as "Berimbau," "Canto de Ossanha," "Iemanjรก," "Consolaรงรฃo" and "Deixa" (retitled "Let Me" when Norman Gimbel added English lyrics), which was recorded by Koorax on her 2010 album "O Grande Amor" (TCB Records), and received a 4-star and 1/2 rating in DownBeat magazine, being awarded one of the best albums of the year....
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Brazilian jazz vocalist Ithamara Koorax and guitarist Marcel Powell pay tribute to the legendary guitar virtuoso Baden Powell (Marcel's father) and the most important Bossa Nova lyricist, Vinicius De Moraes. This engagement, from April 9 to 12, happens at the Vinicius Show Bar, named after De Moraes. Together, Baden and Vinicius created such masterpieces as "Berimbau," "Canto de Ossanha," "Iemanjรก," "Consolaรงรฃo" and "Deixa" (retitled "Let Me" when Norman Gimbel added English lyrics), which was recorded by Koorax on her 2010 album "O Grande Amor" (TCB Records), and received a 4-star and 1/2 rating in DownBeat magazine, being awarded one of the best albums of the year.
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No inรญcio de sua carreira, em 1990, a cantora Ithamara Koorax contou com o incentivo e o aval de grandes mestres da MPB. Tom Jobim, Elizeth Cardoso, Joรฃo Gilberto, Luiz Bonfรก e principalmente Baden Powell. Em seu primeiro CD, "Ithamara Koorax Ao Vivo" (vencedor do Prรชmio Sharp da Mรบsica Brasileira), a faixa de abertura foi uma mรบsica de Baden chamada "Carta de Poeta". Logo depois, Ithamara e Baden gravaram juntos, ao lado de Norma Bengell, um especial de TV para a Rede Manchete que fez grande sucesso na รฉpoca.
Baden veio a falecer em 2000, mas o destino os manteve unidos atravรฉs de seu filho e herdeiro musical, o tambรฉm violonista Marcel Powell. Hรก trรชs anos, Ithamara e Marcel iniciaram uma parceria que jรก resultou em inรบmeros shows memorรกveis no chamado "circuito dos editais" (Caixa Cultural, Furnas, CCBB).
O repertรณrio, รฉ uma homenagem ร s mais belas composiรงรตes de Baden Powell em parceria com Vinicius de Moraes, muitas delas gravadas por Ithamara como "Canto de Ossanha", "Consolaรงรฃo", "Berimbau", "Bocochรช", e o fantรกstico samba "Deixa", incluรญdo em um dos mais premiados CDs de Ithamara, "O Grande Amor", eleito um dos melhores รกlbuns de 2010 pela revista DownBeat, a "bรญblia do jazz".
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