Ed Bailey
Oh my! I've bought this already and not even listened to the whole album yet (only up to track 5 so far!). That breaks my rule of listening to potential purchases at least twice before making a decision. So no favourite track yet!
Biff Johnson and Shelley Andrews
This is a mindblower!!!!!!Incredible music and performance.This will get everybody up and moving.This brought tears to my eyes. Real music to recover from the world's horror. Sell a million of this around the world!!!
LINER NOTES
Recorded in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro, “Nascentes” is the first solo project by flutist, composer and arranger Mariana Zwarg. After 18 years of career, the album is the result of the work she has been developing for almost 4 years with her group “Mariana Zwarg Sexteto Universal”. There are 10 tracks in total: 8 songs composed by her + a theme by Hermeto Pascoal and a theme by Itiberê Zwarg, who are also the album's special guests.
The songs were mostly composed and arranged inspired by this group.
The project started in 2016, when Mariana was invited by a Spanish music festival to direct and organize an entire concert dedicated to Hermeto Pascoal. The band was formed by musicians from different parts of the world! After a 20-day European tour that year, they talked about the group's deep affinity with Mariana and the “Universal Music”, and then they decided to continue the project. They are 2 Brazilians, 1 Finnish, 1 Danish, 1 German and 1 French.
Since then, there have been 6 European and 2 Brazilian tours playing at jazz festivals, folk music festivals, theaters, jazz clubs and music schools in Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Brazil and France.
ABOUT MARIANA ZWARG
Mariana Zwarg represents the third generation of musicians playing and spreading the tradition of "universal music", created by her godfather, the musical genius Hermeto Pascoal from Brazil. Mariana is a flutist, saxophonist, composer and arranger and has been performing at leading festivals and concert halls all over Latin America and Europe with "Itibere Zwarg & Grupo" during the last 15 years.
In 2016 she formed her "Sexteto Universal", uniting musicians from 5 different countries and touring regularly in Europe and Brazil.
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released October 9, 2020
CREDITS
Mariana Zwarg - flute and arrangements
Mette Nadja - vocals
Johannes Ballestrem - piano
Sá Reston - bass
Pierre Chastel - drums and percussion
Sami Kontola - percussion
Recorded in Berlin, in November/2019: Bonello Studio, The Famous Gold Watch Studio e Rio de Janeiro Dezembro/2019 (and Rio de janeiro in December/2019): BRand Estúdio.
Musical Direction, production and arrangements: Mariana Zwarg
Studio direction: Itiberê Zwarg
Mixing: Paulo Brandão, Mariana Zwarg e Itiberê Zwarg
Mastering: Paulo Brandão
Selo/Label Services: Flavio de Abreu / Scubidu Music
Studio photos: Dovile
Herrmeto Photos: Gabriel Quintão
Cover photo: Cadugo Oliveira
Gaphic designer: Julio Abreu + Leonora Weissmann/ Jiló Design
Executive production: Mariana Zwarg e BraFin Consulting
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Our amazing sound technicians in Berlin: Tobias Bonello and Enrico Tiberi.Paulinho Brandão, who mixed my very first CD as an instrumentalist and no, my first album as composer and arranger. Such a genius and a generous partner.
Quentin Cholet, who lent us the drums.
Dovile Sermokas, for the beautiful photographs.
Cadugo Oliveira, for the cover photo, and for your partnership and friendship.
Leonora Weissmann, thank you for the cover artwork.
Luísa Sobral, for the translation and for everything she taught me.
Maíra, Michael and Daniel for the translation.
Susanne Paul, Daniel Marques, Merle Gerst and Lukas Paes de Melo for hosting us during the recording of the album.
Mariana Zwarg represents the third generation of musicians playing and spreading the tradition of "universal music", created
by her godfather, the musical genius Hermeto Pascoal from Brazil. Mariana is a flutist, saxophonist, composer and arranger and has been performing all over Latin America in the last 15 years.
Her group, the "Sexteto Universal", unites musicians from 5 different countries....more
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