"Bossa Nova Day" Tracks :

1. Bossa Nova Day
2. The Guitarist
3. Temporal
4. Hour Glass
5. Ode To A Falling Leaf
6. Choro Das Estrelas
7. Seasons Of Our Love
8. Dona Flor
9. All In Vain
10. Singing Does Away With The Blues

Bossa Nova Day:

Featuring core members Orlando Haddad and Patricia King as a duo, and drawing from Brazilian traditions of samba, bossa nova, baião, and choro, as well as American traditions of jazz, blues, and folk, Bossa Nova Day mixes north and south seamlessly. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Grammy Award winner Glenn Barratt at Morning Star Studios, Bossa Nova Day features 10 new, fresh, and exciting songs penned by Haddad/King, in English and Portuguese. The consensus of industry personnel and fans alike is that this is Minas' best CD to date.

Bossa Nova Day captures the essence of great song writing with creative melodies, inventive harmonies, poetic lyrics, mood and romance. It's all there in the intimate interaction of Orlando and Patricia' s vocals and expressive instrumental performance. Patricia on piano, and Orlando on guitar, scale down to a full-sounding duo with enough room to allow their multiple talents as writers, singers, and instrumentalists to come
forth. Drawing from both continents’ roots, Patricia and Orlando blend north and south effortlessly, as they move comfortably through Brazilian and American musical textures with lyrics in both Portuguese and English.

A prime example of this blend is the song, "Singing Does Away with the Blues" which serves up sultry blues gospel and Brazilian spicy samba on the same plate, in both Portuguese and English. Patricia's composition, "Hour Glass" transports American folk music to Brazil as she treats reflective English lyrics over a slow choro rhythm. A tapestry of moods are displayed in various musical styles from minor key ballads tinged with melancholic traits of fado and choro, to American folk coasting on the subtle coolness of a bossa nova pulse, to upbeat sambas elaborated with jazz improvisation, scat singing, and Orlando’s whimsical whistling.

A poignant collaboration of lyric and music writing is evident in the stunning song, “The Guitarist”, a blend of Patricia's poetry and Orlando's guitar composition, in a vocal duo performance eerily in sync with more than the music itself. The upbeat tune, and title track “Bossa Nova Day”, by King, opens the CD with a groovy bossa nova over Cole Porter-style lyrics: ”For love and bossa nova are in the air, just the music setting for this love affair. Love and this bossa nova mood, play the rhythm of my heart, play a tune.” In total Brazilian context, Orlando’s composition “Temporal” is a direct transport to Rio with Portuguese lyrics painting the setting of a beach day during Carnaval, over a modern-sounding 7/8 samba rhythm pattern that only a true Brazilian can produce. Bossa Nova Day reflects a perfect marriage in many contexts - lyrics wedded to melody, the romantic conversation of male and female vocals, and the fusion of north and south rhythms,
enhanced by dynamic work between guitar and piano. This duo rapport exudes such warm presence of togetherness that only a lifetime can produce.