Entre Amigos
Available Digitally
While many an American jazz singer flirts with the Brazilian Songbook, San Francisco vocalist Sandy Cressman made a name for herself as a true devotee of Brazil’s greatest contemporary composers, interpreting songs by post-bossa masters like Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Gilberto Gil, and Filó Machado in Rio-accented Portuguese. The friendships forged with Brazilian and Brazilophile musicians during her musical travels course through her captivating new album Entre Amigos, a project that marks a major new chapter for Cressman as a tunesmith. Entre Amigos features a gorgeous array of new songs created with an impressive cast of collaborators, including the celebrated Pernambuco frevo composer/bandleader Spok, pianist/composer Jovino Santos Neto, and pianist Antonio Adolfo, rising Brazilian-American guitarist Ian Faquini, a Brazilian jazz master who got his start at the center of Rio’s early 1960s bossa nova scene. The CD features such notable musicians as drummers Dennis Chambers and Celso Alberti, guitarist Ray Obiedo, and horn players Harvey Wainapel, Jeff Cressman, Natalie Cressman and Eduardo Neves.
Track List
- Como Eu Quero Cantar (I Just Want to Sing…) [07:00]
- Here in Your Arms [05:09]
- Não Me Acorde Não (Don’t Wake Me) [04:40]
- Ela É (She is) [05:04]
- Eu Mais Você (Me Plus You) [05:25]
- Para Hermeto (For Hermeto) [06:32]
- Nossa História (Our Story) [05:29]
- Deixa O Amor Florescer (Let Love Flourish) [05:45]
- Menina Vai (Go Girl!) [04:33]
- Eu Vou Lembrar (I Will Remember) [04:10]
Credits
Track 1: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Debora Gurgel (Composer, Fender Rhodes), Dani Gurgel (Composer, Vocals), Thiago Rabello (Engineer, Drums), Silvio Romualdo (Assistant Recording Engineer), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Thiago Rabello (Drums), Sidiel Vieira (Bass), Michael Spiro (Percussion), João Paulo Amaral (Vocals), Almir Cortes (Vocals)
Track 2: Hugo Wainzinger (Composer, Engineer), Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Celso Alberti (Drums), David Belove (Bass), Ian Faquini (Acoustic Guitar)
Track 3: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Júnior Evangelista (Engineer), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Dedé Simpatia (Percussion), Spok (Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone), Augusto França (Trumpet), Enok Chagas (Trumpet), Pepê (Guitar, Cavaquinho, Banjo), Beto Hortis (Accordion), Renato Bandeira (Electric Guitar), Hélio Silva (Bass), Adelson Silva (Drums)
Track 4: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Marc Shettler (Engineer), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Dennis Chambers (Drums), Benny Rietveld (Bass), David K. Mathews (Fender Rhodes)
Track 5: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Ray Obiedo (Composer, Electric Guitar), Jeff Cressman (Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Phil Thompson (Drums), Scott Thompson (Bass), Michael Spiro (Percussion), Ian Faquini (Acoustic Guitar)
Track 6: Jovino Santos Neto (Composer, Piano), Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Jeremy Goody (Engineer), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Michael Spiro (Percussion), Celso Alberti (Drums), David Belove (Bass), Eduardo Neves (Flute)
Track 7: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Ian Faquini (Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals), Jeff Cressman (Engineer)
Track 8: Ian Faquini (Composer, Acoustic Guitar), Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Jeff Cressman (Engineer, Trombone), Phil Thompson (Drums), Scott Thompson (Bass), Harvey Wainapeil (Tenor Saxophone), Natalie Cressman (Trombone), Michael Spiro (Percussion)
Track 9: Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Hugo Wainzinger (Composer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar), Jeff Cressman (Engineer, Trombone), Michael Spiro (Percussion), Celso Alberti (Drums), David Belove (Bass), Anne Sajdera (Piano)
Track 10: Antonio Adolfo (Composer), Sandy Cressman (Composer, Vocals), Alexander Lewis (Remixer), Thiago Rabello (Engineer, Drums), Silvio Romualdo (Assistant Recording Engineer), Jeff Cressman (Mixing Engineer, Trombone), Sidiel Vieira (Bass), Debora Gurgel (Fender Rhodes), Dani Gurgel (Vocals), Michael Spiro (Percussion), João Paulo Amaral (Vocals), Almir Cortes (Vocals)