Minas Project, by Davide Giovannini

Minas Project

by Davide Giovannini

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1.	Egberto 06:46	buy track
2.	Espelho D'Agua 06:20	buy track
3.	The Tide 06:32	buy track
4.	Baianero 07:17	buy track
5.	Por Amor 06:24	buy track
6.	Desert Glass 07:08	buy track
7.	Ainda 04:34	buy track
8.	Momento De Abril 06:08	buy track
9.	Peace 06:17	buy track

credits

released September 17, 2012

This project is my tribute to the music of Minas Gerais, the land of great artists like Toninho Horta, Milton Nascimento, Beto Guedes and Lō Borges.

The artists I have worked with over the course of my career come from different parts of the world and very diverse musical backgrounds – Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, Bjork, Marcos Valle, James Galway, Bobby Watson, Roy Ayers, Alex Wilson, Jesus Alemany, Snowboy, Kuljit Bhamra, Jim Mullen… They all contributed to my growth – in particular Toninho Horta and Yuri Popoff who left a deep impression on my musical path.

Whilst working with them, I felt a connection with the music of Minas Gerais and realised that the song I have written had somehow picked up the vibe from this corner of the world.

While on tour with Marcos Valle, I met violinist Rudi Berger, who has been playing with Toninho Horta for more than 20 years. He gave me his latest CD, which had some of Toninho’s and Yuri’s compositions on it and I fell in love with it straight away. A few years later I was in Rudi’s band with Yuri on bass! Later, I took my first trip to Brazil where I finally met Toninho and went on to record with him on several occasions (alas, schedule conflicts prevented him from being part of this record). I returned from Brazil full of inspiration and went on to write more songs. Before I knew it I had enough material for this album.

In Belo Horizonte I met the great lyricist Fernando Brant, who put words to many classic Brazilian songs by Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, Lō Borges and more. I feel honoured that he wrote the lyrics for two of my songs.

This record would never have seen the light without the inspiration that the music of Diana Popoff, Toninho Horta and Yuri Popoff gave me: I thank you for it.

I hope you enjoy it.
Davide Giovannini

MUSICIANS

Davide Giovannini: Lead and Backing Vocals, Drums, Keyboards
Neil Angilley: Piano, Synth solo on “ Peace “
Guillermo Hill: Guitars
Paul Booth: Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet
Davide Mantovani: Electric and Acoustic Bass
Bosco De Oliveira: Percussion
Chico Chagas: Accordion
Diana Popoff: Flute, Lead Vocal on “ Peace “
Stefano Muscovi: Harmonica on “ Momento De Abril “
Rudi Berger: Violin
Adriana Vasques: Backing Vocals on “ Momento De Abril “

Davide Giovannini plays Zildjian Cymbals, Tamburo Drums, Remo Drumheads and JCP Percussion
Rudi Berger plays Thomastik Infeld Strings
Guillermo Hill thanks Nick Fraser at Headline Music UK

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Davide Giovannini London, UK

In my career I was lucky to work with an amazing roster of artists from different parts of the world. This is thanks to my love for many styles of music and the fact that apart from being a drummer I’m also a percussionist and a singer. The list goes from icons like Steve Winwood, Bjork, Paul McCartney, Lisa Stansfield, Jocelyn Brown and Pet Shop Boys to Toninho Horta, Snowboy, John Scofield etc. ... more