Release Date: 23 June 2023
Label: In & Out
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 798747715225
Genres: Jazz World Music
Release Date: 23 June 2023
Label: In & Out
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 798747715218
Genres: Jazz World Music
Description
'Rovanio' from Brazilian vocalist, percussionist, and guitarist Nanny Assis is a remarkable kaleidoscope of styles, textures, ideas, and even languages, yet it never strays from the distinctive Brazilian elements that form the foundation of Assis's music.
No less than 20 artists appear across Rovanio's ten tracks. Including bassist Ron Carter, guitarist Chico Pinheiro, trumpeter Randy Brecker, pianist Fred Hersch, saxophonists John Ellis, Igor Butman, and Lakecia Benjamin; and vocalists Janis Siegel, Vinicius Cantuária and Emanuel Yerday.
By 2020, Nanny Assis had 40 years as a performing musician under his belt. His esteem as a bossa/jazz vocalist, percussionist, and guitarist was well established, but for the Bahia native (now based in New York and South Florida) that was only part of the story. "Coming from Brazil, I have so many different styles and roots for my music," he says. "It's very rich - I wanted to present an album that would show the real me."
"It should really be called The Music of Nanny Assis and Friends," he says. The album also includes one standard, "Manhã de Carnaval". "The other tracks are all collaborations: I partnered with somebody to do either words or music." In addition, Assis and guitarist Chico Pinheiro together arranged every tune but one.
Description
'Rovanio' from Brazilian vocalist, percussionist, and guitarist Nanny Assis is a remarkable kaleidoscope of styles, textures, ideas, and even languages, yet it never strays from the distinctive Brazilian elements that form the foundation of Assis's music.
No less than 20 artists appear across Rovanio's ten tracks. Including bassist Ron Carter, guitarist Chico Pinheiro, trumpeter Randy Brecker, pianist Fred Hersch, saxophonists John Ellis, Igor Butman, and Lakecia Benjamin; and vocalists Janis Siegel, Vinicius Cantuária and Emanuel Yerday.
By 2020, Nanny Assis had 40 years as a performing musician under his belt. His esteem as a bossa/jazz vocalist, percussionist, and guitarist was well established, but for the Bahia native (now based in New York and South Florida) that was only part of the story. "Coming from Brazil, I have so many different styles and roots for my music," he says. "It's very rich - I wanted to present an album that would show the real me."
"It should really be called The Music of Nanny Assis and Friends," he says. The album also includes one standard, "Manhã de Carnaval". "The other tracks are all collaborations: I partnered with somebody to do either words or music." In addition, Assis and guitarist Chico Pinheiro together arranged every tune but one.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Ron Carter
Sun Ra Arkestra
Nanny Assis
Ron Carter
Ron Carter
Ron Carter
Cobham Billy
Billy Cobham
Toumani Diabate
Guts
Kuljit Bhamra & Becky Price
Lolita
Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers
Lux Musicae London
Various Artists
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt
