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'''''Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil''''' is a 1969 [[bossa nova]]-style [[jazz]] [[LP record|LP]] album by [[Elis Regina]] and [[Toots Thielemans]] on the [[Fontana Records|Fontana]] Special sublabel of [[Philips Records]]. Release number is 6424 088.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Elis-Regina-Toots-Thielemans-Elis-Toots/release/3860111</ref> It features the Elis Cinque quintet, in a lineup with Toots Thielemans (guitar and harmonica), Elis Regina (vocals), [[Antonio Adolfo]] (piano), Roberto Menescal (guitar) and [[Wilson das Neves]] (percussion).<ref>http://avaxhome.ws/music/toots_thielemans_elis_regina.html</ref>
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'''''Elis & Toots''''' is a 1969 [[bossa nova]] album by Brazilian singer [[Elis Regina]] and Belgian jazz musician [[Toots Thielemans]] recorded at a studio in Sweden and released on [[Philips Records]].<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Elis-Toots-Elis-Toots/master/416132|title=Elis & Toots|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=2020-04-09}}</ref> It features Toots Thielemans on harmonica, whistling and vocalizing playing guitar alongside. Thielemans and Elis Regina are actually heard on just four songs together, they both sit out on four of the twelve tracks. The accompanying quintet throughout comprises pianist Antônio Adolfo, [[Roberto Menescal]], guitarist and the composer of four songs on the album, bassist Jurandir Duarte, [[Wilson das Neves]] on drums and Hermes Contesini on percussion. On three tracks Claes Rosendahl wrote arrangements for an additional string section.


Like Elis Regina's following album ''In London'', recorded three month later, it was produced for the European market and released only there. In Brazil the album was not released until 1978 (through Philips' parent label [[PolyGram]] on [[Elenco Records|Elenco]] and [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]), under their full names, ''Elis Regina e Toots Thielemans'', and titled ''Honeysuckle Rose / Aquarela do Brasil'' (as was a subsequent release in 1983 again on Philips). The first digitally release on CD was issued in 1998 as ''Aquarela do Brasil.''<ref name="discogs" />
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== Track listing ==


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== Track listing ==
A:
;Side A:
# "[[Wave (song)|Wave]]" ([[Antônio Carlos Jobim]]) 3:10
# "[[Aquarela do Brasil|Aquarela Do Brasil]]" ([[Ary Barroso]]) 3:05
# "[[Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim song)|Wave]]" ([[Antônio Carlos Jobim]]) 3:10
# "[[Aquarela do Brasil]]" ([[Ary Barroso]]) 3:05
# "Visão" (Antonio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar) 2:55
# "Visão" (Antônio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar) 2:55
# "Corrida De Jangada" ([[Edu Lobo]]) 2:05
# "Corrida de Jangada" ([[Edu Lobo]], José Carlos Capinan) 2:05
# "Wilsamba" ([[Roberto Menescal]]) 2:10
# "Wilsamba" ([[Roberto Menescal]]) 2:10
# "Você" (Roberto Menescal, [[Ronaldo Bôscoli]]) 2:25
# "Você" (Menescal, [[Ronaldo Bôscoli]]) 2:25
;Side B:

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# "Barquinho" (Menescal, Bôscoli) 2:25
B:
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# "Barquinho" (Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli) 2:25
# "O Sonho" ([[Egberto Gismonti]]) 2:15
# "O Sonho" ([[Egberto Gismonti]]) 2:15
# "Five for Elis" (Toots Thielemans) 1:55
# "Five for Elis" (Toots Thielemans) 1:55
# "Canto De Ossanha" ([[Baden Powell de Aquino|Baden Powell]], [[Vinicius de Moraes|Vinicius De Moraes]]) 3:15
# "Canto de Ossanha" ([[Baden Powell de Aquino|Baden Powell]], [[Vinícius de Moraes]]) 3:15
# [[Honeysuckle Rose (song)|Honeysuckle Rose]] ([[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]]) 2:50
# [[Honeysuckle Rose (song)|Honeysuckle Rose]] ([[Fats Waller]]) 2:50
# "A Volta" (Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli) 4:30
# "A Volta" (Menescal, Bôscoli) 4:30

Recorded on February 8–9, 1969 at [[Europafilm]] studio, [[Stockholm, Sweden]].


==Editions==
==Personnel==
* Elis Regina - vocals (except A3, 5, B3, 5)
It was edited under the article title in the [[Netherlands]]. Other countries saw different album titles with slightly different track lengths. [[Discogs]] refers to a studio recording on February 8–9, 1969 at [[Europafilm]], Stockholm, Sweden; also listing in credits, the arrangement by Claes Rosendahl (for the tracks A3, B3, B6), the artwork by Yngve Solberg, the bass by Jurandir Duarte, engineers Björn Almstedt and Gert Palmcrantz, liner notes by Oscar Hedlund, percussion by Hermes Contesini, photography by Lars Falck, and Göte Wilhelmson as producer.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Elis-Regina-Toots-Thielemans-Elis-Toots/release/3860111</ref> Other titles include: ''Aquarela do Brasil'' (Philips), ''Elis & Toots''<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Elis-Regina-Toots-Thielemans-Elis-Toots/master/416132</ref> (PY 842 564 Philips Sweden and ME-162 Elenco Brazil). Re-edited on CD in 1987 (830 391-2 Philips)<ref>http://www.muziekarchief.be/albumdetails.php?ID=73915</ref> and as ''Aquarela do Brasil [Músicas do Brasil]'' in 1999 (8309312-P Polygram Portugal).<ref>http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/toots_thielemans_and_elis_regina/honeysucle_rose___aquarela_do_brasil/</ref><br/>
* Toots Thielemans - harmonica (A1, 3, 5, B1, 6), guitar (A5, 6, B3, 5), whistling (A5, 6, B3), vocalizing (B5)
Concertzender.nl refers to the LP, announcing a song as "16. Elis Regina & Toots Thielemans. Five For Elis. (T. Thielemans). Lp: '''Honeysuckle Rose / Aquarela Do Brasil''', Fontana 6424 088."<ref>http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?detail=49177&date=2011-06-16</ref>
* Antônio Adolfo - piano
* [[Roberto Menescal]] - guitar
* Jurandir Duarte - bass
* [[Wilson das Neves]] - drums
* Hermes Contesini - percussion
* Claes Rosendahl - string arrangements (A3, B3, 6)
;Production
* Göte Wilhelmson - producer
* Björn Almstedt and Gert Palmcrantz - recording engineers
* Oscar Hedlund - liner notes


==References==
==References==
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{{Elis Regina}}
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[[Category:1969 albums]]
[[Category:Bossa nova albums]]
[[Category:Bossa nova albums]]
[[Category:Fontana Records albums]]
[[Category:Elis Regina albums]]
[[Category:Philips Records albums]]
[[Category:Toots Thielemans albums]]
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 20 June 2024

Elis & Toots
Studio album by
Elis Regina and Toots Thielemans
Released1969 (1969)
Recorded8–9 February 1969
GenreBossa nova
LabelPhilips
ProducerGöte Wilhelmson

Elis & Toots is a 1969 bossa nova album by Brazilian singer Elis Regina and Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans recorded at a studio in Sweden and released on Philips Records.[1] It features Toots Thielemans on harmonica, whistling and vocalizing playing guitar alongside. Thielemans and Elis Regina are actually heard on just four songs together, they both sit out on four of the twelve tracks. The accompanying quintet throughout comprises pianist Antônio Adolfo, Roberto Menescal, guitarist and the composer of four songs on the album, bassist Jurandir Duarte, Wilson das Neves on drums and Hermes Contesini on percussion. On three tracks Claes Rosendahl wrote arrangements for an additional string section.

Like Elis Regina's following album In London, recorded three month later, it was produced for the European market and released only there. In Brazil the album was not released until 1978 (through Philips' parent label PolyGram on Elenco and Fontana), under their full names, Elis Regina e Toots Thielemans, and titled Honeysuckle Rose / Aquarela do Brasil (as was a subsequent release in 1983 again on Philips). The first digitally release on CD was issued in 1998 as Aquarela do Brasil.[1]

Track listing

[edit]
Side A
  1. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) 3:10
  2. "Aquarela do Brasil" (Ary Barroso) 3:05
  3. "Visão" (Antônio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar) 2:55
  4. "Corrida de Jangada" (Edu Lobo, José Carlos Capinan) 2:05
  5. "Wilsamba" (Roberto Menescal) 2:10
  6. "Você" (Menescal, Ronaldo Bôscoli) 2:25
Side B
  1. "Barquinho" (Menescal, Bôscoli) 2:25
  2. "O Sonho" (Egberto Gismonti) 2:15
  3. "Five for Elis" (Toots Thielemans) 1:55
  4. "Canto de Ossanha" (Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes) 3:15
  5. Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller) 2:50
  6. "A Volta" (Menescal, Bôscoli) 4:30

Recorded on February 8–9, 1969 at Europafilm studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

Personnel

[edit]
  • Elis Regina - vocals (except A3, 5, B3, 5)
  • Toots Thielemans - harmonica (A1, 3, 5, B1, 6), guitar (A5, 6, B3, 5), whistling (A5, 6, B3), vocalizing (B5)
  • Antônio Adolfo - piano
  • Roberto Menescal - guitar
  • Jurandir Duarte - bass
  • Wilson das Neves - drums
  • Hermes Contesini - percussion
  • Claes Rosendahl - string arrangements (A3, B3, 6)
Production
  • Göte Wilhelmson - producer
  • Björn Almstedt and Gert Palmcrantz - recording engineers
  • Oscar Hedlund - liner notes

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Elis & Toots". discogs.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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