A trip to Brazil has Jean-Pierre Zanella guide you with his alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet and flute along with Pierre Francois/p, Remi Jean Leblanc/b, Paul Brochu/dr and guests Sashana Souza Zanella/voc, Andre Dequech/p, Muhammad Abdul Al Khabyrr/tb and Ron di Lauro/tp through a songbook written by the likes of Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque and Toninho Horta.
Zanella is dreamy as she floats thorough “Morro Velho” and is luscious with Francois on “Joana Fancesca” with Zanella’s warm reeds. The horns add pep and texture to the lilting “Lilia” and support Zanella’s soprano during “Vera Cruz” with di Lauro squeezing out notes on “Carvo E Canela”. The leader’s soprano is fluice along with Leblanc’s cadence of a bas on”Encontros E Despedidas” with his alto as rich as dark chocolate for Sobre Todas Essas Coisas”. Tropical joys.