Portraits of Brazil
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BE Zwijnaarde – Latin Acoustic / Latin Jazz / Acoustic / Jazz / Bossa Nova
Portraits of Brazil

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JAZZNARTS RECORDS
0052f4e6ed04c7f16c4d9ed9859556ed96c5b4bc Sings Shakespeare Sonnets 3. Album 2017
6417e625c3a7b2bf0037c5babde698779d4364ae Sings Shakespeare Sonnets 2. Album 2014
A98ce8282e7519f8823a539a0f92a05e05fb141e Sings Shakespeare Sonnets Album 2012
SMV
162690e2da2671edb5def7cf9d192a0475678816 Cheek To Cheek Album 2009
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Colours' Album 2007
Smv
2f6e6f556278f66c337f98bb77ff2339b3a384b2 Don't Explain Album 2013
werner aldinger
722786649f12edecc6d51f71a57a8987573ac858 Portraits of Brazil Album 2016
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Caroll Vanwelden
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Four years ago, newly discovered in Germany, the outstanding Belgian singer Caroll Vanwelden catapulted herself into the limelight amid much celebration and acclaim.

“As a singer, pianist and perhaps most importantly as a composer, the graduate of the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama, shows both original and new ways to entrance music lovers”, enthused Mauretta Heinzelmann and the exceptional CD’s released in 2012 en 2014 were chosen as “Album of the week” by the North German broadcasting company (NDR) and "CD and Audiophile Highlight of the Month"(STEREO).
After releasing 7 albums under her own name, this belgian musician shows her great passion for Brazilian songs on her latest album and interpreted Brazilian songs in her own and unique way. She also learned Portuguese so that she could record her favorite songs in the original language.

Since her youth, Caroll is an avid fan of Ivan Lins and Joao Gilberto, and "Elis & Tom" (Elis Regina and Tom Jobim) belongs to her absolute favorite CDs. The way how Brazilian artists play harmonically and rhythmically complex songs and always exude an effortless ease, has always fascinated her and inspired her a lot. "Brazilian music has something very cute, intimate and familiar for me, it is very intense and very sad at the same time and that’s just the way I wanted my album to sound like.", discribes Caroll.

Deliberately she has therefore opted for a reduced cast: guitar, bass and drums. Carolls musical life motto "less is more" characterizes the acoustic and intimate warm sound of the album.

The very subtle and lyrical accompaniment of Hans Van Oost supports her warm and expressive vocals, while Mario Vermandel plucks his bass in a very groovy way. Luc Vanden Bosch takes care for the accentuation of Brazilian rhythms, and uses different percussion in addition to drums which also contributes to the amazing richness of the sound of the band.

With "Portraits of Brazil”, Caroll Vanwelden presents once more on an emotional, rich and lively way, her seemingly endless supply of creativity!

Caroll Vanwelden has performed already in French, Dutch, English, German and Spanish. For this project, she also learned Portuguese so that she could record her favorite songs in the original language. Since her youth, Caroll is an avid fan of Ivan Lins and Joao Gilberto, and "Elis & Tom" (Elis Regina and Tom Jobim) belongs to her absolute favorite CDs. The way how Brazilian artists play harmonically and rhythmically complex songs and always exude an effortless ease, has always fascinated her and inspired her a lot. "Brazilian music has something very cute, intimate and familiar for me, it is very intense and very sad at the same time and that’s just the way I wanted my album to sound like." discribes Caroll.

Deliberately she has therefore opted for a reduced cast: guitar, bass and drums. Carolls musical life motto "less is more" characterizes the acoustic sound of the album. The fact that the musicians know each other very well and are longtime friends is clearly reflected in the intimate and warm atmosphere of the recording.

The subtle and very musical accompaniment of Hans Van Oost supports her warm and expressive vocals, while Mario Vermandel plucks his bass in a very groovy way. Luc Vanden Bosch takes care for the accentuation of Brazilian rhythms, and uses different percussion in addition to drums which also contributes to the amazing richness of the sound of the band.

With "Portraits of Brazil”, Caroll Vanwelden presents once more on an emotional, rich and lively way, her seemingly endless supply of creativity.

“Caroll Vanwelden has once again produced a little jewel for jazz lovers around the world.”