The Essential Ces¿¿ria ¿¿vora

by Cesaria Evora

Overview

Cape Verde's Cesaria Evora was 47 years old before her career really took off on an international level in the late '80s, and she quickly became known as the foremost purveyor of the morna, which blends West African percussion with Portuguese fados, Brazilian modhinas, and British sea shanties into beautiful and haunting songs of longing, and she is equally at home singing coladera, which are songs that flip the coin on morna from sad longing to joyous playfulness. The two-disc, 32-song compilation combines plenty of examples of both song forms, and it makes for a wonderful survey of Evora's impressive talent. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2015
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0888750271426
Rank:	71653

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Sodade
2. Sangue de Beirona
3. Velocidade
4. Miss Perfumado
5. Coragem Irmon
6. Cinturao Tem Mele
7. Carnaval De S¿¿o Vicente
8. Esperanca Irisada
9. Sentimento
10. Crepuscular Solid¿¿o
11. Fala Pa Fala
12. Nutridinha
13. Perseguida
14. Sabine Larga'm
15. Um Pincelada
16. Nho Antone Escaderode
17. Nha Cora¿¿¿¿o Tchora

Disc 2

18. Mar Azul
19. Petit Pays
20. Besame Mucho
21. Mae Carinhosa
22. Nha Cancera Ka Tem Medida
23. Mar De Canal
24. Tchon De Fran¿¿a
25. Angola
26. Ligereza
27. Avenida Marginal
28. Rotcha 'Scribida
29. Tiempo Y Silencio
30. Vaquinha Mansa
31. Africa Nossa
32. Beijo De Longe
33. Cize
34. Negue

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cesaria Evora   Primary Artist
Ismael Lo   Primary Artist
James Carter   Sax (Tenor)
Hamilton de Holanda   Mandolin

Technical Credits

Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
A. Cabral   Composer
A. Moreira   Composer
A. Silva   Composer
Maria Triana   Mastering
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
David Foil   Product Development
Manu Lima   Arranger
Roxanne Slimak   Art Direction
Jackson Braider   Liner Notes
Jennifer Liebeskind   Product Development
Elisabeth Ladwig   Graphic Design
Morgadinho   Composer
Tammy Van Aken   Packaging Manager
Joe Wuerfel   Photography
Didier Deutsch   A&R
Traditional   Composer
J. Monteiro   Composer