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This item usually ships in 5-10 days 01. Back Home 02. After Dawn 03. Take Two 04. If I Fell 05. The Cry And The Smile 06. Saudade (Longing) 07. Que Xote (What A Rhythm) 08. Northeast Tide 09. Episode: Prelude 10. Episode   Back Home (mp3)   Take Two (mp3)   If I Fell (mp3) Personnel: Nando Lauria (acoustic guitar, vocals), Cidinho Teixeira (accordion), Lyle Mays (piano), Miguel Pessoa (piano, keyboards), Brad Hatfield (synthesizers, keyboards), Edson Lobo (acoustic bass), Matt Garrison (electric bass), Danny Gottlieb (drums, cymbals), Vanderlei Pereira (drums), Cafe Da Silva (percussion). Produced by Recorded September 1993 at Blue Jay Studio, Carlisle, Massachusetts, and October 1993 at Horizon Studio, Warren, New Jersey and Synchro Sound, Boston, Massachusetts.

Nando Lauria’s debut CD carried on the path blazed by the Pat Metheny Group in the late 1980s, but where Methney’s Brazilian sound was ‘Rio-chic’, Lauria’s is elegantly equatorial: Lauria hails from the arid Brazilian Northeast and his music reflects the rich traditions of the region. Here, the rhythms are Baião, not Bossa; Afoxé instead of Samba. Forró not jazz and that’s where the magic begins. The names of these rhythms are also the names of the dances they propel, and in cities like Recife and Olinda, the weekends percolate with celebration and music. Its part European, part African and part South American Indian. So accordion shares the lead with synths and keyboards. Triangle and clave counterpoint bass and drums. The old mixes with the contemporary to create something new. Lauria was fresh out of Boston’s Berklee School of Music when he joined up with Pat Metheny’s group and the experience is telling. ‘Points Of View’ – from its stunning soundscapes like ‘Back Home’ and ‘Que Xote’ to his popular version of the Beatles ‘If I Fell’ – is cut from the same cloth, but undeniably Brazilian. An authentic translation of Brazil’s Northeast in a jazzy, artistic setting.