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Chris Wells*
Discos: Jazz

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Sello	Moophonix
Estilo	Jazz
Año de Edición Original	2002

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"English drummer/percussionist Chris Wells works primarily with Brazilian artists as both writer and producer. This year he released his debut album Pra Sempre, a culmination of his various collaborations. The disc, recorded last year in Rio, São Paulo, Memphis, and London, features performances by Ivan Lins, Coro do Batacotô, Mestres da Bateria da Mangueira, American keyboardist and Hammond B-3 crack Charlie Wood, Cassiano (from Mestre Ambrósio), drummer Téo Lima, and bassist Sizão Machado. Most of the singing is done by two of Chris’ co-authors, Valdo Silva and Mônica Vasconcelos.
Chris has been writing songs with his three Brazilian partners for the past five years. “Valdo Silva,” tells Chris, “is a very talented singer/songwriter without an outlet for his work, so for the time being this CD is as close as he is to an album of his own. Mônica is a singer based in London, while Pedro Casadalma, also living in the UK, is a mineiro and Milton Nascimento's godson.”
Pra Sempre is an interesting mix of MPB and R&B, with a heavy dose of drums and keyboards. Says Chris:
Although I was born in England, my musical roots are American, through jazz, soul, blues and gospel, and I felt it appropriate that the album reflect this in some way. Charlie Wood’s contribution was the vehicle for this. I wanted to introduce something different into the equation, so as not to stand accused of making yet another “gringo latin jazz” record. Similarly, I didn’t want to pursue the route of mixing Brazilian music with drum ’n bass, as taken very successfully by labels such as Trama, principally because it doesn’t reflect my musical background. So I decided to tap into R&B and blues, because they are the forms with which I have been most closely involved, other than MPB.
The keyboard side of things took care of itself, in that I took the tracks recorded in Brazil to Memphis, for Charlie to record. Apart from mapping out my basic ideas to him, I specifically wanted Charlie to play in his way, rather than adapting his style too much. As far as I am concerned, swing is swing wherever you happen to be in the world, and I was very happy that the experiment proved successful. It was also interesting to see the reaction of the various musicians in Brazil, which was one of unanimous approval.
As far as the drumming was concerned, aside from the tracks with Téo Lima, my aim was to combine my studies of Afro-Brazilian percussion with R&B, both conventional drums and loops, and use them alongside each other on certain songs. Another major influence was the way in which (for example) Marcos Suzano uses traditional percussion instruments, particularly pandeiro, in a different context from that in which they would usually be found, thus creating new timbres without resorting to electronics.
Pra Sempre is a thoroughly enjoyable and well-designed production, both aurally and visually." Daniella Thompson (03.07.2002)

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Chris Wells - Pedro Casadalma