At 90 years old, Carlos Lyra receives a tribute worthy of his work in an album reverent to the composer’s bossa

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The album ‘Afeto’ brings together new recordings by names such as Caetano Veloso, Djavan, Edu Lobo, Fernanda Abreu, Gilberto Gil, João Donato, Joyce Moreno, Lulu Santos, Mart’nália and Ney Matogrosso. Album cover ‘Afeto – Homage Carlos Lyra 90 years’ Art by Ale Amaral Album review Title: Afeto – Homage Carlos Lyra 90 years Artists: Caetano Veloso, Djavan, Edu Lobo, Fernanda Abreu, Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Leila Pinheiro, João Donato, Joyce Moreno, Lulu Santos, Marcos Valle, Mart’nália, Mônica Salmaso, Ney Matogrosso, Paula Morelenbaum, Roberto Menescal and Wanda Sá Edition: Selo Sesc Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ♪ “Formidable composer” in the sovereign’s assessment Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927 – 1994), Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa – Carlos Lyra, or Carlinhos, as his friends call him – celebrated his 90th birthday on May 11th. Afeto, an album that will be released by Selo Sesc on Friday, December 1st, pays tribute to the artist on his 90th birthday, as shown in the cover created by Ale Amaral in an explicit tribute to the visual aesthetics of the albums released by the record label Elenco in the 1960s Conceived by Regina Oreiro and recorded in the first half of this year 2023 at the Visom studio, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the album Afeto is a match for the composer’s work, within the traditions. In the singing and arrangements of the 14 tracks there is a fair reverence to Lyra’s bossa, a composer who went beyond bossa nova, as highlighted by the title of the artist’s partnership with Daltony Nóbrega, composed in 2012. Presented four years ago as the title song of the Lyra’s last album of new compositions, Além da bossa (2019), this song is revived in the tribute Afeto in the voice of Leila Pinheiro with the strings of João Felippe’s cavaquinho shining in the arrangement created by Leila herself. There is, indeed, freshness in the bossa generated by the interaction of Marcos Valle’s piano and organ with the guitar of Lulu Santos, performers of Maria Nobody (1959), a track arranged by Valle, as well as Ciúme (1960), a samba sung correctly by Caetano Veloso. Joyce Moreno is pure swing when singing ‘Influence do jazz’ in a shared recording with Ivan Lins on the album ‘Afeto’ Divulgação / Selo Sesc However, the timeless modernity really comes from Lyra’s songbook. It is a delight to hear Joyce Moreno swaying with Ivan Lins in the swing of the samba Influence do jazz (1962) – with an arrangement by the same Marcos Valle – and to imagine Djavan evolving through the gafieira hall singing the samba Você e eu (Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes, 1961) with swing and piano and arrangement by the appellant Valle. Marcos Valle shares the position of arranger for the album Afeto with Antonio Adolfo, Gilson Peranzzetta, Jaques Morelenbaum and João Donato (1934 – 2023). A pioneer of bossa, Donato orchestrated Saudade made a samba (Carlos Lyra and Ronaldo Bôscoli, 1959) for the already hoarse voice of Gilberto Gil in a reunion that opens Afeto. Donato’s bossa stands out on the track with the lightness that governs the album. It is with Donato’s piano that Fernanda Abreu plays Samba do Carioca (Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes) with an appropriate quote from Garota sang bom (Fernanda Abreu and Fausto Fawcett, 1995). In a denser atmosphere, Edu Lobo sings Minha girlfriend (1964) – a romantic standard from Lyra’s partnership with the poet Vinicius de Moraes (1913 – 1980) – in a recording adorned with strings orchestrated by Gilson Peranzzetta, the track’s arranger. Gilberto Gil celebrates Carlos Lyra with a recording of ‘Saudade faz um samba’, arranged by João Donato (1934 – 2023) Disclosure / Seal Sesc Peranzzetta also arranged Canção que die no ar (Carlos Lyra and Ronaldo Bôscoli, 1960), performed by Ney Matogrosso – with the singing lower than usual – in a recording that incorporates an instrumental passage with a jazzy atmosphere in which Peranzzetta’s piano stands out. Jaques Morelenbaum arranged E era Copacabana (2006), a samba-canção full of bossa, presented 17 years ago by Dori Caymmi and Joyce Moreno, Lyra’s partner on the (relatively) recent theme heard on the album Afeto no canto precise de Mônica Salmaso, a lineup as accurate as it is surprising due to the fact that Salmaso’s voice is almost the antithesis of the lightness of bossa nova. Much older, Quando Chegares (1960) – Lyra’s first song, written in 1954 when the debutant composer was 21 years old – reappears refined by the piano playing of Antonio Adolfo (the track’s arranger) and Wanda Sá’s cozy voice. Adolfo also arranged Sabe Você (Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes, 1964), a song that harmonizes the voices of Paula Morelenebaum and Roberto Menescal, a contemporary of Lyra and, like him, one of the few remaining members of the generation of composers and musicians who, 65 years ago, years, saw bossa nova rise from the sea of ​​Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 1958 after being matured years ago by João Gilberto (1931 – 2019), original interpreter of Lobo bobo (Carlos Lyra and Ronaldo Bôscoli, 1959), whose malice is mischievously savored in Afeto por Mart’nália with an arrangement by João Donato. Roberto Menescal records ‘Sabe Você’ with Paula Morelenbaum on the album that celebrates Carlos Lyra’s 90th birthday Divulgação / Selo Sesc Recurrent on the album as arranger and performer, Marcos Valle shares with Patrícia Alví the verses of O Negócios é Amar (1984), Lyra’s posthumous partnership with Dolores Duran (1930 – 1959). Ultimately, everything flows in Afeto because no arranger or performer was tempted to modernize what was already born and remains modern by the very nature of bossa nova. Mart’nália exposes the malice of ‘Lobo bobo’ in a recording arranged by João Donato (1934 – 2023) for the album ‘Afeto’ Divulgação / Selo Sesc

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