https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntwtVa-wzW9fkaK1WahbyqpsWvVP_dkoE&si=WgbM5DrPWsI2UbDX

muzycy:
Josefine Cronholm (vocals)
Steen Rasmussen (piano, organ, Rhodes, etc.)
Anders Banke (tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute)
Fredrik Damsgaard (bass)
Celso De Almeida (drums, percussions)

with Leo Minax (vocals, guitar) - Jonas Krag (guitar) - Eliel Lazo, Mads Michelsen (percussion) and others

Editor's Info:
Milton Nascimento was the king of Brazilian music in the 1980s. His musical universe is singular, although generations of vocalists and instrumentalists have honored the master by interpreting his work. On Steen Rasmussen’s new album, MILTON IN SWEDISH, listeners are in for far more than just ordinary interpretations.
Throughout his musical career, Danish pianist, composer, and arranger Steen Rasmussen (b. 1968) has focused on integrating modern Brazilian feeling into his releases. An unbridled affinity for the tradition, with his harmonic overview and acute attention to musical detail, has cemented Rasmussen as Denmark’s leading interpreter of contemporary Brazilian music. On MILTON IN SWEDISH, he and his dream team create a beautiful and original musical world where Nascimento's compositions (and other music associated with him) are given new life in a Nordic context.

Swedish vocalist Josefine Cronholm (b. 1971) has a gift for imbuing material with a naturally soft Swedish sensualism that lifts the lyrics and lets them fly differently than on Nascimento's original recordings. Her expressive phrasing and beautiful timbre are nothing short of enchanting. Over the years, Cronholm has primarily explored and presented herself through Nordic sounds and songs, but her interpretations here perfectly suit the emotions embedded in Nascimento's music.
Overall, it sounds as if Steen Rasmussen, Josefine Cronholm, and the other great musicians on this album have approached the music in a period of pure love, respect, and musical intoxication, smitten with the source material and their mission, process, and presentation.

Listen, for example, to the interpretation of one of Nascimento's classics, the ballad Ponta De Areia, in an incomparably beautiful rendition. Josefine can pull her inspiration from real-world experience – she sat in on Milton's last performance in Copenhagen and sang Tema para J.......
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