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Wenche Gausdal Wenche Gausdal Wenche Gausdal Wenche Gausdal Celio de Carvalho Sigurd Ulveseth Celio de Carvalho Dag Arnesen Ole Thomsen Frank Jakobsen Sigurd Ulveseth Celio de Carvalho Dag Arnesen Ole Thomsen Frank Jakobsen Sigurd Ulveseth 1 Canto de Ossanha 4.02 Produced by Dag Arnesen th Celio de Carvalho 2 Corcovado/Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars 4.52 Executive producer Odd Gjelsnes Alegria Wenche Gausdal 3 Sempre Mangueira 3.36 Celio de Carvalho plays on Tycoon Percussion Dag Arnesen Ole Thomsen Frank Jakobsen Sigurd Ulvese Alegria 4 Consolação 3.51 All cover paintings by Anne Kristin Øierud Produced by Dag Arnesen 4.02 5 Leva e Traz 2.29 Coverdesign www.medicineheads.com Executive producer Odd Gjelsnes 1 Canto de Ossanha 4.52 6 Folhas Secas 3.32 Celio de Carvalho plays on Tycoon Percussion 2 Corcovado/Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars 3.36 7 Dindí 3.45 Wenche Gausdal vocal All cover paintings by Anne Kristin Øierud 3 Sempre Mangueira 3.51 8 Lua Soberana 4.25 Dag Arnesen piano, keyboards Coverdesign www.medicineheads.com 4 Consolação 2.29 9 Mar e Sol 4.28 Ole Thomsen guitars

5 Leva e Traz 3.32 10 Saidas e Bandeiras 2.56 Sigurd Ulveseth el-bass Alegria Wenche Gausdal vocal 6 Folhas Secas 3.45 11 Samba do Avião/Song of the Jet 4.45 Celio de Carvalho berimbau, percussion Dag Arnesen piano, keyboards Dindí 4.25 7 Alegria 12 Dança do Tucano 4.04 Frank Jakobsen drums, percussion Ole Thomsen guitars 8 Lua Soberana 4.28 13 A Felicidade 4.32 Geir Luedy plays the guitar on track 6 Sigurd Ulveseth el-bass 9 Mar e Sol 2.56 14 Bim Bom 2.57 Eli Lutterloh background vocals Celio de Carvalho berimbau, percussion 10 Saidas e Bandeiras 4.45 15 Tarde em Itapuã 5.02 on track 1, 3, 5, 8, 15

Frank Jakobsen drums, percussion Losen Records LOS 116-2 11 Samba do Avião/Song of the Jet 4.04 Geir Luedy plays the guitar on track 6 12 Dança do Tucano 4.32 Total Time: 60.30 Additional background vocals

Eli Lutterloh background vocals Losen Records LOS 116-2 13 A Felicidade 2.57 Dag Arnesen on track 1, 3, 5, 15 on track 1, 3, 5, 8, 15 14 Bim Bom 5.02 Recorded at Lydriket, April 2.,3 & 4. 2012 Sigurd Ulveseth on track 3, 15 15 Tarde em Itapuã by Geir Luedy Celio de Carvalho on track 1, 3, 5, 15 Additional background vocals Mixed at Lydriket May 2012 by Geir Luedy Geir Luedy on track 15 Dag Arnesen on track 1, 3, 5, 15 Total Time: 60.30 Mastered at Rainbow Studio July 2012 Sigurd Ulveseth on track 3, 15 by Jan Erik Kongshaug Celio de Carvalho on track 1, 3, 5, 15 Recorded at Lydriket, Bergen April 2.,3 & 4. 2012 Geir Luedy on track 15 by Geir Luedy LOS 116-2

Mixed at Lydriket May 2012 by Geir Luedy All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication, public performance Mastered at Rainbow Studio Oslo July 2012 and broadcasting of the music on this CD is a violation of applicable laws. by Jan Erik Kongshaug LOS 116-2 © 2011 Losen Records www.losenrecords.no [email protected] ISRC: NO2NJ1216 Made in . LOS 116-2

LOS 116-2 . All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication, public performance and broadcasting of the music on this CD is a violation of applicable laws © 2011 Losen Records www.losenrecords.no [email protected] ISRC: NO2NJ1216 Made in Norway.

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Wenche Gausdal grew up in Sarpsborg, and already Wenche wants to pass on the joy she has experienced at the age of 5 she started her musical career while being among the audience in samba clubs in standing on a box outside the local store singing in Brazil. And the title, “Alegria”, means in fact “joy” in order to earn a little money for buying candy. Portuguese.

In her teens she joined local bands and toured the When she fi nally decided to do a recording, she county, and later most of Norway. chose to bring musicians she knows well into the studio. After many years of collaboration and Eventually her main focus turned to jazz, and friendship, these musicians have become “family” as together with her husband, Dag Arnesen, she has much as colleagues, and they all share a passionate done a lot of touring home and abroad and released relation to Brazilian music. several recordings. Brazil has fostered quite a number of wonderful Early in the 90’s she met the Brazilian percussionist, composers/lyricists, and the repertoire on the CD is a Celio de Carvalho, with whom she has played collection of musical gems from Milton Nascimento, regularly ever since. Through meeting Celio she Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Ivan Lins discovered a new world of music. and Toquinho, to mention some. Here is everything from tender bossanova to intense samba, and Over the years Wenche has become more and more Wenche interprets the music in her personal way. absorbed in Brazilian music. She has looked for and found the music and culture in Rio de Janeiro and We hope the listener will enjoy our Brazilian music - in Salvador, Bahia, and the love and fascination has with a Norwegian twist - and experience it fresh and grown deeper by every visit there. a bit different in the music world.

Since the 90’s she has put together various bands in her hometown Bergen to play this music and the desire to do a recording has grown stronger and stronger.

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