Description
この曲は、ムードを変える最高の一曲です。昨年、スイスのShapesフェスティバルで、雪に覆われた山々の中、Studio RioによるBill Withersの名曲『Lovely Day』のボサノバリメイクが流れた瞬間、ダンスフロアは一気に盛り上がり、計画できないような美しい瞬間が生まれました。
Mr Bongoがリイシューするこの曲は、2014年リリースの『The Brazil Connection』からのもので、ドイツ出身のグラミー賞受賞者Berman Brothersによってプロデュースされました。彼らのブラジル音楽への深い愛情から生まれたこのプロジェクトは、ブラジルの最高のミュージシャンを集めて制作されました。Marcos ValleやRoberto Menescal、さらにTom Jobimと共演したミュージシャンたちが参加しています。
『Lovely Day』のオリジナルは史上最も気分を高揚させるアンセムの一つですが、このリメイク版では、Bill Withersのソウルフルなグルーヴをボサノバの陽光に満ちた一片に再構築しています。BillとSonyの承諾を得て、オリジナルのマルチトラックを使用し、Billのボーカルを完璧に取り込んだ新しいアレンジが完成しました。喜びに満ちたホーンや弾むダブルベース、そしてPretinho da Serrinhaのカヴァキーニョが織りなすサンバの味わいが融合しています。夜の終わりに最適なトラックで、心を温めるソウルフルな一曲です。
A1. Lovely Day (Studio Rio version)
B1. Lovely Day (Studio Rio instrumental version)
As mood changers go, this track is up there with the best. Last year whilst DJing with miche at Shapes festival in the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland, a breathtaking yet ominous Alpine sky suddenly became a picture postcard moment. The clouds parted and a double rainbow formed, as miche dropped Studio Rio's bossa nova remake of Bill Withers’ all-time classic 'Lovely Day'. From there, the dancefloor shifted gears and morphed into full-swing feel-good vibes, in a beautiful, spontaneous moment nobody could have planned for.
Mr Bongo now proudly presents a reissue of this brilliant, bossa-channelling Bill Withers reinterpretation from Studio Rio’s 2014 release ‘The Brazil Connection’. Masterminded by the German, Grammy award-winning Berman Brothers, the project was born out of their deep love of Brazilian music. “Our goal was to bring the Brazilian joie de vivre to iconic performances by well-known artists. What would these classic songs sound like had they been recorded in the studios of Rio de Janeiro in the first place, with the best Brazilian musicians and arrangers?” the brothers reflect.
Capturing the life force of Brazil, the beating heart that is its music, they set out to find the musicians who would fit best with their concept. Landing in Rio in 2013 a series of coincidences led to them being introduced to their idols Marcos Valle and Roberto Menescal, who both agreed to come on board. The Berman Brothers also wanted to find some of the musicians who recorded with one of Brazil’s most influential composers Tom Jobim. “Fifty years after Jobim made the music that really defines bossa nova, we found that many of his sidemen were still active, including Paulo Braga of Jobim’s famed rhythm section. It was magic; everything just fell into place.”
There's no question that the original of ‘Lovely Day’ is up there as one of the most feel-good, spirit-lifting anthems of all time. Here the brothers, with the help of a whole host of Brazil’s finest musicians, rework Bill’s soul-fuelled groove into a bossa nova slice of sunshine. With the blessing of Bill and Sony, they were given access to the original multitracks so they could incorporate Bill’s vocals perfectly into the new arrangement.
Joy-injected horns and bouncing double bass blend with the smile-inducing samba flavour of Pretinho da Serrinha’s cavaquinho playing. Tying it all together Torcuato Marinao who worked with the likes of Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, completes the line-up as arranger of the songs.
The perfect end-of-the-night track, mood lifter or soul warmer, remakes don’t get much better than this.
