PLANET ARTS RECORDINGS

CATALOG #: 200321

"Migrations" is a journey, the story of an American jazz player who fell in love with Brazilian music and culture 20 years ago and whose life and music were transformed by it. Those who have migrated know that it means to live between cultures, to exist in a place which is neither home nor foreign. But those who succeed in making the journey are rewarded with a richness of experience. Cliff Korman's powerful and moving music transports the listener to that place.

THE MUSIC

Entrance:         Abre Alas (Chiquinha Gonzaga) (01:10)  

Choro:              Chorondo (Cliff Korman) (05:55)                          

Interlude:         Cavaquinho (Cliff Korman)  (02:20) 

Dance:             Corta Jaca (Chiquinha Gonzaga) (05                    

Interlude:         Abre Alas 6/8 (Chiquinha Gonzaga) (00:50)             Procession:      Abre Alas (Chiquinha Gonzaga)  (09:32)

Choro:              Migrations (Cliff Korman)  (07:04)                        

Interlude:         Pandeiro/Caixeta (Cliff Korman)  (01:53)  

Ciranda:           Pobre Cega (Brazilian Childrens’ Song) (08:12)

Interlude:         Childlike (Cliff Korman)  (01:09)

Interlude:         Abre Alas (Chiquinha Gonzaga)  (01:12)

Intro:                Domingo (Cliff Korman)  (00:42)

Dance:             Domingo a Noite com Café (Cliff Korman)  (07:46) 

Exit:                 Abre Alas (Chiquinha Gonzaga)  (01:11)

Coda:               Childlike (Cliff Korman)  (00:47)

 

All songs by Cliff Korman are (c) Almonds & Roses Music 2004

www.cliffkorman.com

THE BAND

Billy Drewes: clarinet, saxophone; Luis Bonilla: trombone; Rob Curto: accordion; Andy Eulau: bass;

Henrique Cazes: cavaquinho; Marcello Gonçalves: violão sete cordas; Vanderlei Pereira: drums;

Edson da Silva (Café): percussion; Beto Cazes: percussion (Migrations and Chorondo)

Cida Moreira: spoken voice (Pobre Cega); Murí Costa, Jane Balzana, Eduardo Ferrer, Malu von Krüger, Eliza Lacerda, Juliana Rubim: coro ;Cliff Korman: piano, arrangements

 

PRODUCTION

Thomas Bellino, Executive Producer:

Cliff Korman and Jerome Korman, Producers

 

 

American Jazz meets Brazilian music and culture. A powerful and moving musical journey inspired by the photography of Sebastião Salgado.

"…Cliff Korman is unstoppable when it comes to Brazilian music.”

Egidio Leitao - Musica Brasileria