Elis & Toots

Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil is a 1969 bossa nova-style jazz LP album by Elis Regina and Toots Thielemans on the Fontana Special sublabel of Philips Records. Release number is 6424 088. It features the Elis Cinque quintet, in a lineup with Toots Thielemans (guitar and harmonica), Elis Regina (vocals, except A:3 and 5 - B: 3 and 5), Antonio Adolfo (piano), Roberto Menescal (guitar) and Wilson das Neves (percussion).

Track listing

A:

1. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) 3:10
2. "Aquarela Do Brasil" (Ary Barroso) 3:05
3. "Visão" (Antonio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar) 2:55
4. "Corrida De Jangada" (Edu Lobo) 2:05
5. "Wilsamba" (Roberto Menescal) 2:10
6. "Você" (Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Bôscoli) 2:25

B:

1. "Barquinho" (Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli) 2:25
2. "O Sonho" (Egberto Gismonti) 2:15
3. "Five for Elis" (Toots Thielemans) 1:55
4. "Canto De Ossanha" (Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes) 3:15
5. Honeysuckle Rose (Clarence Williams) 2:50
6. "A Volta" (Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli) 4:30

Editions

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. Other titles include: Aquarela do Brasil (Philips), Elis & Toots (PY 842 564 Philips Sweden and ME-162 Elenco Brazil). Re-edited on CD in 1987 (830 391-2 Philips) and as Aquarela do Brasil [Músicas do Brasil] in 1999 (8309312-P Polygram Portugal).
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."