A Foreign Sound

Performer: Caetano Veloso
Artist: Moreno Veloso + 2; Carlinhos Brown; Jaques Morelenbaum; Leo Gandelman
Engineer: Thiago Braga; Alexandre Kassin; Marcelo Saboia; Berna Ceppas
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Caetano Veloso (vocals, acoustic guitar, steel-string guitar); Jaques Morelenbaum (arranger, conductor, cello); Luiz Brasil, Moreno Veloso (acoustic guitar, cello); Dadi (acoustic steel guitar, electric guitar, electric bass); Lula Galvao (acoustic guitar); Davi Moraes (electric guitar, electric bass, drums); Pedro Sa, Ricardo Silveira (electric guitar); Leo Gandelman (alto saxophone); Zeca Assumpcao, Jorge Helder (double bass; Carlos Bala, Marcelo Costa (drums); Carlinhos Brown, Orlando Costa (percussion); DJ CIA (scratches). Producers include: Caetano Veloso, Jaques Morelenbaum. Recorded at AR Estudio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Includes liner notes by Caetano Veloso. Personnel: Caetano Veloso (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Moreno Veloso (acoustic guitar, cello, surdo); Lula Galvao, Luis Brasil (acoustic guitar); Dadi (electric guitar, steel guitar, electric bass, music box); Dari Moraes (electric guitar, electric bass, drums); Pedro S� (electric guitar, electric bass); Carlinhos Brown (harp, organ, balafon, bongos, claves, wood block, electronics, sound effects); Antonella Pareschi, Carlos Eduardo Hack, Eduardo Hack, Joao Daltro, Paschoal Perrota, Walter Hack, Rog�rio Rosa, Rick Amado, Leo Ortiz, Bernardo Bessler, Michel Bessler, Jose Alves (violin); Maria Christine Springuel, Jairo Diniz (viola); Jaques Morelenbaum (cello, alto saxophone, celesta); Jorge Ranevsky, Alceu Reis, Diana Lacerda, Fabio Presgrave, Marcello Isdebski Salles, Marcio Eymard Malard (cello); Carlos Malta (flute, alto flute, bass flute, alto saxophone); Andr�a Earnest Dias (flute, alto flute); Cristiano Siqueira Alves (clarinet); Dirceu Leite, Z� Canuto, Leo Gandelman (alto saxophone); Daniel Garcia, David Ganc, Jose Carlos Ramos, Marcelo Martins (tenor saxophone); Henrique Band (baritone saxophone); Francisco Soares, Ismael Junior Deoliveira (French horn); Vittor Santos (trombone); Denner Campolina, Jorge Helder, Zeca Assump�ao (double bass); Marcio Bahia, Carlos Bala (drums); M�rcio Victor (snare drum, surdo, timpani); Du (snare drum, surdo, caxixi); Orlando Costa (bongos, caxixi); Marcelo Costa (surdo); Alexandre Kassin, Berna Ceppas (programming). Audio Mixer: Marcelo Sab�ia. Liner Note Author: Caetano Veloso. Recording information: Ar Estudio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Estudio Ilha Dos Sapos; Estudio Monoaural; Estudio Palco. Authors: Chet Baker ; Elvis Presley; Carlos Fernando; Frank Sinatra; Jaques Morelenbaum; Miles Davis; Caetano Veloso. Unknown Contributor Roles: Dari Moraes; S�rgio Ricardo. Arrangers: Alexandre Kassin; Jaques Morelenbaum; Moreno Veloso; Pedro S�; Berna Ceppas. A FOREIGN SOUND is the second English-language recording by the man who has, over the last 40 years, become Brazil's most consistently inventive and accomplished musical ambassador. Whereas 1971's CAETANO VELOSO, the artist's first English language record, was a love letter, recorded in exile, to his then-fascist-run native country, 2004's A FOREIGN SOUND is a love letter, recorded in Brazil, to the music of North America. More than just a showcase for Veloso's prodigious talents as an arranger, interpreter, musician, and singer, this 22-track collection is a grand homage to the depth and breadth of the 20th-century American songbook. The range of material here is impressive, with particular attention to standards by Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and Rogers & Hart. "The Man I Love," "So in Love," and a remarkable, a cappela version of "Love for Sale," are performed with Veloso's typical sensitivity to nuance. But it is the choice of cuts such as Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic," and Nirvana's "Come As You Are" that really surprise, revealing Veloso's inspired range and the elasticity of the term "classic." Whether backed by an intimate combo or a string section, Veloso's interpretations integrate bossa nova, jazz, and the Tropicalismo elements he has been honing since the early 1960s, but with an impeccable refinement and subtlety that testify to his seasoned musicianship and vision.

Entertainment Weekly (4/9/04, p.86) - "[Veloso] applies his velvety tones and samba-studded acoustic guitar to [American pop standards]....The results exude enough ardor to rate as classical themselves." - Rating: A Q (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[O]ne thing's for sure, American music has rarely sounded so foreign." Down Beat (p.66) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "These short performances move back and forth from Jacques Morelenbaum's lush, sometimes dissonant arrangements to the electronic experiments of Moreno Veloso and his crew."

Caetano Veloso is a giant of Brazilian pop, often compared to figures such as Bob Dylan and John Lennon--even if the comparison doesn't quite translate. Veloso began in the late 1960s as one of the primary instigators of the "tropicalia" movement--an intentionally provocative collision of musical and cultural influences--for which he rapidly ascended to fame and notoriety. For years he was hardly known outside Brazil, but in time he became an international star renowned for his musical creativity and poetic soul.

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