Daniela Soledade Wants To Bring Bossa Back

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Source: GoMedia PR
April 16, 2019
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Vocalist with strong connections to traditional Brazilian music has just released her debut single, Marcos Valle��s ��So Nice (Summer Samba)."

Daniela Soledade is a new and compelling voice on the Brazilian musical landscape, one both fresh on the ears and blessed with authentically deep roots. Her family line includes her father Paulinho, an artist-producer whose resume includes work with

Ivan Lins

piano and vocals
b.1945

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Gilberto Gil

guitar
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Gilberto Gil. Delving yet deeper, her grandfather Paulo helped create Brazilian music foundations, writing with Tom Jobim and others in the pioneering phase of bossa nova.

��I grew up in Rio,�� Daniela explains, ��in a family of musicians, basically, on both sides��artists, actresses, ballerinas, musicians. I grew up in recording studios. My grandfather composed a lot of songs with

Antonio Carlos Jobim

piano
1927 - 1994

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Toquinho

guitar
b.1946

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Baden Powell

guitar, acoustic
1937 - 2000

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Vinicius De Moraes

guitar
1913 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Vinicius De Moraes. Of course, my father is also a musician, and then there is me. I��m third generation, following my grandfather and Jobim,�� she laughs.

As an introduction to the fresh Soledade sound, Daniela and her producer, the guitarist Nate Najar, have just released a digital single of a new arrangement of the true bossa nova classic,

Marcos Valle

multi-instrumentalist
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Marcos Valle��s ��So Nice (Summer Samba.)" The single provides a taste of the music to be showcased in fuller flowering on her album, A Moment of You, which is slated for release in the fall of 2019.

On the single, Daniela��s subtle, supple voice lends a personal touch to the evergreen standard, while her skill as a flutist (she studied flute, starting at age 14, at Music Conservatory Villa Lobos in Rio) is tucked into the caressing double-flute part in the mix.

Explaining the choice of the song as her first single release, she comments that ��the quiet aesthetic of bossa nova is what we��re focusing on. Nate got me singing in a way that��s almost like a whisper, and that��s the aesthetic of what this whole album is going to be. That made ��Summer Samba�� a perfect choice to begin with.��

Najar notes that ��When I think of bossa nova, I think of Joao Gilberto, this really quiet, intimate aesthetic. (Famed Brazilian guitarist)

Romero Lubambo

guitar
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Romero Lubambo told me, years ago, that samba was out in the street and bossa nova is three of you in an apartment with an acoustic guitar.��

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Track Listing

So Nice (Summer Samba).

Personnel

Daniela Soledade

vocals

Additional Instrumentation

Daniela Soledade: Vocals; Nate Najar: Guitar; Steve Boisen: Bass; Matt Hom: Drums; Drew Farmer: electric piano; Jeff Rupert: Alto Flute; Jay Puente: Percussion.