Fabiano Do Nasciemento – Lendas Vinyl LP

Description

Lendas is the Brazilian guitarist Fabiano do Nascimentos fifth album for Now-Again Records. Like his previ- ous albums Preldio and Ykytu, Lendas features do Nascimentos compositions, this time with orchestral arrangements by Vittor Santos and also special participation by Arthur Verocai.
Vittor Santos is a composer, arranger, trombonist and music producer from Rio de Janeiro, who has worked in Brazilian music for over thirty years. Do Nascimento and Santos met in Rio in 2017 during the recording of Do Nascimentos hero, and 70s and 80s Brasilian guitar catalyst Carioca Freitas album Aquarelas. The two bonded over a mutual appreciation for Do Nascimentos uncle Lcio and the Bossa Nova star Leny Andrade, both of whom largely influenced Do Nascimentos musical foundation.

In Santos, Do Nascimento found an arranger who was sensitive enough in his orchestrations that he could create an orchestral dialogue between stacks of strings and Do Nascimentos plaintive plucking. It was only natural to invite the highest regarded, now legendary, 1970s Brasilian arranger, Arthur Verocai, to contrib- ute. Verocai, who had worked with Do Nascimento on his forays in Los Angeles, was pleased to participate. In this way, the circle of old and new, so crucial in Do Nascimentos work,comes together and flows outwards.

Lendas translates from Portuguese as “legends, but the literal translation itself doesnt describe this album. With Lendas, Do Nascimento recalls memories from places that no longer exist; from fever dreams in the Amazon; from parts of the world we might never see or engage, but can imagine through music.