Genre
MPB, bossa nova, and jazz. The result is one of the happiest combinations between the musical traditions of Brazil and Italy, a universal sound in which bossa nova, samba, MPB, Brazilian folklore, jazz, blues, gospel, Italian music, and Neapolitan music are all present. The album presents thirteen Ivan Lins compositions in Portuguese, English, Italian, and Neapolitan, with music that has no definite borders, conceived and played with extreme sophistication.
Release
Released in Italy in 2012 by Blue Note under the title "InventaRio incontra Ivan Lins"; published in Brazil in 2013 by Biscoito Fino under the title "InventaRio encontra Ivan Lins". Guest vocalists include Vanessa da Mata, Maria Gadú, Jessica Brando, Vinícius Cantuária and Bungaro.
Production
Produced by the band, comprising Dadi Carvalho (vocals and guitar), Giovanni Ceccarelli (piano and keyboards), Ferruccio Spinetti (bass), and Francesco Petreni (drums and percussion).The Italian translations of the lyrics were by radio presenter and Brazilian music specialist Max de Tomassi, a friend of Lins and one of the promoters of the project. Recordings took place in Rio de Janeiro and Italy between October 2011 and January 2012.
Reception
The Italian newspaper "L'Eco di Bergamo" described it as "music with no definite borders, conceived and played with extreme sophistication". Ivan Lins stated: "As I like to place my work at the disposal of new and different concepts, when I received the invitation for this project, I accepted immediately. The musicians are excellent, as restless as I am. It was a beautiful opportunity to hear my music sounding in a new way, even for me".
InventaRio
InventaRio is an Italo-Brazilian group comprising Italian musicians Giovanni Ceccarelli (piano and keyboards), Ferruccio Spinetti (bass), and Francesco Petreni (drums and percussion), alongside Brazilian guitarist and vocalist Dadi Carvalho. The group launched their debut album in 2010, establishing themselves as one of the most creative voices in the dialogue between Brazilian and Italian musical traditions. Their name, a portmanteau of Rio de Janeiro and the Italian word inventario (inventory), reflects their artistic project: a systematic, creative reckoning with the Brazilian popular music repertoire through a European sensibility. The collaboration with Ivan Lins emerged from a concert at the Ravello Festival in Italy; their subsequent work together culminated in the recordings presented on this album.
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