Duas vozes explained

Duas vozes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Egberto Gismonti & Naná Vasconcelos
Cover:	Duas Vozes.jpg
Released:	1985
Recorded:	June 1984
Studio:	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	48:05
Label:	ECM 1279
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Prev Title:	Dança das cabeças
Prev Year:	1977

Duas vozes (Portuguese: "Two Voices") is the second album by Brazilian jazz duo Egberto Gismonti and Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1984 and released in 1985 on ECM the following year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alvaro Neder awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Egberto is very fond of percussive attacks and ethereal configurations, both acquiring superior importance in his music, not being necessarily attached to or supportive for a musical theme or melody".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated

1. "Aquarela do Brasil" (Ary Barroso) - 6:01
2. "Rio de Janeiro" - 6:27
3. "Tomarapeba" (Traditional) - 3:42
4. "Dancando" - 7:55
5. "Fogueira" - 5:52
6. "Bianca" - 6:41
7. "Don Quixote" (G. E. Carneiro, Gismonti) - 7:41
8. "O dia, à noite" (Naná Vasconcelos) - 3:52

Personnel

• Egberto Gismonti – guitar, piano, dilruba, wood flutes, voice
• Naná Vasconcelos – percussion, berimbau, voice

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1279.php ECM discography
2. Neder, A. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011