DIVAS IN CONCERT TWO SINGERS FROM DIFFERENT LANDS PREPARE TO SERENADE THE BOWL.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor They will be sharing the stage together tonight at the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the and they share same language - Portuguese. But their ``stories are completely different.'' That's Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto (born Isabel Gilberto on May 12, 1966 in New York City) is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque. talking about herself and Cesaria Evora. Gilberto was born into a successful musical family, the daughter of bossa nova bos·sa no·va n. 1. A style of popular Brazilian music derived from the samba but with more melodic and harmonic complexity and less emphasis on percussion. 2. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba. legend Joao Gilberto and his second wife, Miucha, one of Brazil's most popular singers. Evora, on the other hand, is from the Cape Verde Islands Noun 1. Cape Verde Islands - a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde - an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal , a poor country off the west coast of Africa which was a Portuguese colony that served as one of Africa's first slave ports and became one of its last nations to achieve independence. Though she started singing professionally in her teens, Evora didn't draw any interest from recording companies. ``That isn't the way things go in Cape Verde Cape Verde (vûd), Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. ,'' she says. ``I wasn't looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a contract, but I could live well.'' It wasn't until 1988, when she was 47, that a French producer originally from Cape Verde, Jose Da Silva, asked her to come to Paris to record an album. Since then she has drawn international acclaim and made about a dozen records; her latest, ``Sao Vicente'' (Windham Hill), was released earlier this year. While it still features the soulful Cape Verdean song forms - notably the melancholy morna and playful coladeira - that Evora is known for, the 60-year-old ``barefoot diva'' has moved beyond the music of her island and added new elements to her sound. Opted for collaborations ``I decided on my previous album ('Cafe Atlantico') to work with other musicians to make my music richer,'' says Evora, who doesn't speak English and talks through an interpreter, ``and this album is a continuation of that.'' The collaborations on ``Sao Vicente'' include appearances by Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso, Cuban jazz pianists This is an alphabetized list of pianists who play or played jazz music. A
n. 1. The quality or state of being kindly. 2. A kindly deed. Noun 1. kindliness - friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition helpfulness and Maliciousness'') and a duet with Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is a nine-time Grammy award-winning American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. . Though Evora and Raitt sound wonderful together on their lush call-and- response number ``Crepuscular crepuscular active at twilight or just before dawn; said of animals or birds. Solidao'' (``Twilight Loneliness''), the two singers have never met. ``I had listened to Bonnie Raitt's voice and I liked it,'' says Evora, who says she also likes Nat King Cole a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. See also: King and Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see "Jazz royalty" regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, a seminal influence on jazz and pop singers, and generally regarded as one of the . She explains that her longtime producer, de Silva, made the arrangements for Raitt to record her part after Evora did hers. Raitt says she was honored to be asked. ``It's one of the most beautiful songs I've heard.'' The barefoot diva Though she's been changing her sound, one constant in Evora's performance is that she she will appear on stage in her customary way - barefoot. Asked why (for apparently the billionth time), her answer is almost a shrug. ``I just perform barefoot because I don't like to wear shoes. In life I'm a barefoot person.'' Even if Gilberto decides to follow Evora's lead and goes barefoot, the move won't disguise her sophisticated sound. ``Tanto Tanto may refer to several things. Please see:
Nic Harcourt, KCRW's host on the influential music show ``Morning Becomes Eclectic Morning Becomes Eclectic is an influential, three-hour triple-A radio program broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. Nic Harcourt has hosted the program since 1998; previously it was hosted by Chris Douridas and Tom Schnabel. ,'' sees Gilberto as a really important artist because ``she's carrying the bossa nova torch.'' Harcourt included Gilberto's ``Autumn Day Song'' on the ``Sounds Eclectic'' album, a collection of live performances at the station. ``There are a lot of interesting hybrids out there now,'' says Harcourt, ``but the thing about the way she's recording what is traditional bossa nova material is that she's putting a modern touch on it without really changing the essence of it.'' Twists and turns Though 35 isn't as late as Evora's 47 to make a first album, Gilberto likewise took an indirect path to getting a recording contract. Born in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , she moved back to Brazil when she was 3, but, since she was the daughter of two successful musicians, it wasn't her last move, as she attended 12 schools growing up. At the age of 20 she recorded a self-titled EP in Brazil, but it wasn't until she returned to New York City in 1991 that she began to make headway in her career. Over the years she recorded on a lot of other people's albums, including Veloso's 1992 album ``Circulado'' as well as with Kenny G., David Byrne and her dad, but it wasn't until recently that she got her own album. ``I think it has a lot to do with moving to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and getting to know people. Getting a record deal isn't the easiest thing in the world, especially for me because I didn't speak much English at the time. ... I think I took my time to get ready to record my own stuff.'' Early influences Unlike Evora, who is strictly an interpreter of songs, both old and new, Gilberto writes much of her own material, though she does reach back to some bossa nova standards occasionally. Being in a musical family has helped her, and she acknowledges that ``my father's guitar did influence me a lot. I think the way he sings influenced me a lot.'' Still, she's been more interested in developing her own style, pushing that bossa nova sound. ``As much as I like acoustic music in Brazilian sounds,'' she says, ``I do appreciate the tension that can be created between electronic and acoustic music.'' To that end, Gilberto is bringing a four-piece band to the Bowl - ``very acoustic with some programming things on the side.'' Gilberto hopes to begin recording a second album later this year and has been writing more material. The question is how much of it will be in English. Three of the songs on ``Tanto Tempo'' have some English lyrics. Right now she doesn't know. ``When I'm writing the songs, sometimes the ideas come in English, sometimes they come in Portuguese, so it's hard to tell what I'll do.'' She says translations will be available soon on her Web site (www.bebelgilberto.com), but that's a different story. CESARIA EVORA AND BABEL GILBERTO Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. When: 7:30 tonight. Tickets: $1 to $90. Call (213) 480-3232 or at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.hollywoodbowl.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Cesaria Evora's latest album, ``Sao Vicente,'' was released earlier this year and includes a duet with Bonnie Raitt. (2) Bebel Gilberto, who will share the stage with Evora, is the daughter of legendary bossa nova figure Joao Gilberto. |
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