Braziliance, by Marcos Valle

Braziliance

by Marcos Valle

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1.	Crickets Sing For Anamaria 02:20	buy track
2.	If You Went Away 02:42	buy track
3.	Batuque 02:19	buy track
4.	The Face I Love 02:15	buy track
5.	So Nice 01:59	buy track
6.	Surfin' In Rio 02:32	buy track
7.	Tanto Ande 01:43	buy track
8.	Dorme Profundo 02:53	buy track
9.	Basileiro 02:20	buy track
10.	Little Patricia 02:23	buy track
11.	Passa por Mim 02:43	buy track
12.	Brazilian Duck 02:55	buy track

about

‘Braziliance!’ takes things back to the early heady days of Marcos’ career with the bright and optimistic sound of Rio’s Bossa Nova scene. It includes an instrumental version of ’Crickets Sing For Anamaria’ or ’Os Grilos’ in Portuguese, which would also be re-recorded with vocals. Though only in his early twenties at the time, ‘Braziliance!’ depicts very sophisticated production for a musician so young. Recorded in 1966, produced by Louis Oliveira and Ray Gilberts with arrangements by the very talented Emir Deodato, the album was released on Warner Bros. Records. The artwork presents a very clean-cut, wholesome looking Marcos but darker things were around the corner for Brazil. The ‘Tropicalica’ movement was on its way and about to shake thighs up both musically and politically. Unlike some of his Bossa Nova contemporaries, Marcos continued to stay relevant, surfing the changes and adapting to the musical developments that culture and society projected and needed, without comprising his art.