2002 Retrospective

From Água de Moringa to Zé Renato – Some of What I’ve Listened to in 2002…

It appears that the recording industry in Brazil changed gears in 2002. Besides the obvious new releases, and as a replacement to the deluge of live recordings in previous years, recording labels opted for reissuing a number of great titles, some of which appearing on CD for the first time last year. From the albums I was able to get a hold of and listen to, here are my favorites of 2002. The problem with these types of lists is that a lot of good titles do not make the final count. So, keep in mind this is not meant to be comprehensive.

Choro

Água de Moringa: As Inéditas de Pixinguinha
Época de Ouro: Café Brasil 2
Nó em Pingo D’Água: Domingo na Geral
Paulo Moura: K-Ximblues

Instrumental

Azymuth: Partido Novo
Cesar Camargo Mariano: Nova Saudade
Cesar Camargo Mariano & Romero Lubambo: Duo
A Voz e o Violão
Daniela Spielmann: Brazilian Breath
João Donato: Managarroba
Kenny Barron & Trio da Paz: Canta Brasil
Romero Lubambo: Brazilian Routes

Acoustic Guitar

Paulinho Nogueira: Chico Buarque – Primeiras Composições
Raphael Rabello & Convidados: Mestre Capiba
Raphael Rabello & Nelson Gonçalves: A Voz e o Violão

Multisets and Boxes

Elis Regina: Transversal do Tempo (21 CDs)
Gilberto Gil: Palco (28 CDs)
História do Nosso Samba (10 CDs)
Dois Mundos
Nara Leão: Nara (15 CDs)
Paulinho da Viola
Songbook Braguinha (3 CDs)

Outside of Brazil

Bebel Gilberto: De Tarde, Vendo o Mar
Josee Koning: Dois Mundos
Lisa Ono: Questa Bossa Mia…

Regional

Cordel do Fogo Encantado: O Palhaço do Circo sem Futuro
Fuloresta do Samba
Elba Ramalho: Elba Canta Luiz
Eugênio Leandro: Castelo Encantado
Siba: Fuloresta do Samba