Andy Summers (The Police) and Fernanda Takai (Pato Fu) on the 25/10th in Florianópolis/SC
Among the many genres and styles of this diverse country, Bossa Nova took Brazil to the world. From the historic meeting at Carnegie Hall to the anthological records of Sinatra and Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Marcos Valle on the dance floor and to the New Bossa de Bebel Gilberto.
Not by chance, it was Bossa Nova who also brought together Andy Summers' British pop with Fernanda Takai. The bridge was our master of the stool and guitar, Roberto Menescal, the teacher of all. With Summers, he did the United Kingdom of Ipanema and with Takai played guitar in “Insense” in the award-winning work with Nara Leão’s repertoire. It was exactly the CD “Where Their Eyes Shine”, delivered by Menescal, who bewitched the guitarist of The Police. And the charm was so much that Fernanda Takai is not only the key voice of this album but also partnered in the versions, sharing with him the cover of the album.
Like bossa, Summers also has jazz influence and his solo works bring this strong accent with classical music and music from the world. Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter and Thelonius Monk frequent their guitar. On the other hand, the solos and fingerings in pop classics such as “Wraped Around Your Finger” or “Walking on the Moon”, references for several generations, are unforgettable.
In “Fundamental” he does as Caetano Veloso in “Saudosism”, of 68. The Bahian announced Tropicália in the song manifesto/homenagem and reinvented Bossa Nova as a great and strong influence on his art. Andy Summers adds pop, jazz, and makes a record of songs all written by him. A almost Brazilian album, with sophisticated harmonies and love themes to sing together. As Fernanda says, it's dissonant and beautiful.
In her work as a composer and singer of Pato Fu she does not usually sing relationships, but after “Insense” and other pearls of Nara chest we already have this pleasure. In the songs of “Fundamental” his delicate voice sings love, loss, difficulty, conquest. Summers wrote it thinking about that voice. A voice that has everything to do with the most pop tone he wanted to give to his bossa. And she chose the repertoire, shared versions with Zelia Duncan and John Ulhoa and still made one in Japanese. Some lyrics remind a certain novel pre-Bossa Nova, anything of Antonio Maria as in “Chuva in the Ocean”, and others have the lightness of the beach, as in the classics of the duo Menescal/Bôscoli. Among them, “In the same place”.
“Fundamental” was recorded and mixed in Los Angeles, at Andy Summers’ studio, and also has Marcos Suzano’s precious contribution to percussion – which gives the most Brazilian accent on the album, and with Mexican bassist Abraham Laboriel Sr., who has played with artists of Ella Fitzgerald’s calibre, Stevie Wonder and our Dori Caymmi and Gilberto Gil.
“Fundamental” is a proof that music does not even obey geographical boundaries. With so many amazing characters, this story has everything to gain the world. This dissonant world we've been trying to invent for so long.
In addition to the unreleased songs, Andy and Fernanda will play classics of Brazilian popular music and also classics of The Police.
The two will be accompanied by a super band, Marcos Suzano (percussion), João Hermeto (battery), Dunga (bass), Beto Lopes (guitar) and Mariá (vocals).
Opening of the show: Maria Luiza and Banda.
