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There are three reasons for putting two songs on Macjams today!
Firstly the 24th February is Shrove (or Fat) Tuesday in Britain and Carnival in many parts of the world so I wanted to sing a song about the day.
Secondly my wife said she’d like to hear the traditional English song ‘The Twenty-fourth of February’.
The third reason is that it’s my brother’s birthday today so I thought I’d do something extra for the occasion… you never know, he may drop in...
The 1959 film 'Black Orpheus' included the Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Maria Sigman song, 'Manha de Carnaval' and began the craze for bossa nova (new trend). Hearing now that swaying sound takes me straight to the summers of 1963 and 64 by the sea when bossa nova had become part of the jazz repertory, especially through the brilliant playing of Stan Getz.
I wanted to sing this the way it was intended to be heard, in Portuguese, but was nervous of my pronunciation so instead I wrote my own words to convey the dreamy quality of looking back on a chance meeting.
Firstly the 24th February is Shrove (or Fat) Tuesday in Britain and Carnival in many parts of the world so I wanted to sing a song about the day.
Secondly my wife said she’d like to hear the traditional English song ‘The Twenty-fourth of February’.
The third reason is that it’s my brother’s birthday today so I thought I’d do something extra for the occasion… you never know, he may drop in...
The 1959 film 'Black Orpheus' included the Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Maria Sigman song, 'Manha de Carnaval' and began the craze for bossa nova (new trend). Hearing now that swaying sound takes me straight to the summers of 1963 and 64 by the sea when bossa nova had become part of the jazz repertory, especially through the brilliant playing of Stan Getz.
I wanted to sing this the way it was intended to be heard, in Portuguese, but was nervous of my pronunciation so instead I wrote my own words to convey the dreamy quality of looking back on a chance meeting.
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Feter
Very soulful singing my friend ..a true feel of the song and the mood ..
the chords very latin but you made it totally yours and its a superb !!!
but its so much 60s classics ..and its beautiful ...thank you for sharing !!!