inventario encontra ivan lins / inventario incontra ivan lins

album rating: ★★★★☆

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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nascere di nuovo (começar de novo)

maybe one day, maybe in vain (lembra de mim)

camaleonte (camaleão)

ivan lins: a noite

album rating: ★★★★☆

Genre

MPB and jazz-pop. A Noite draws on samba, choro, and Brazilian folk alongside the jazz-inflected pop that defines the EMI period, with harmonica contributions from Mauricio Einhorn adding a distinctive tonal colour to several songs.

Release

Released in 1979 by Odeon/EMI Brasil, on a gatefold LP with a cardboard inner sleeve containing lyrics and credits. It was Ivan Lins's seventh studio album.

Production

Produced by Mariozinho Rocha, with Eduardo Souto Neto as artistic producer. All arrangements and conducting by Gilson Peranzzetta, who also played electric piano, accordion, and piano throughout. Ivan Lins contributed piano, acoustic guitar, clarinet, and lead vocals. 

Reception

A Noite was warmly received as a continuation and consolidation of the artistic direction established with Somos Todos Iguais Nesta Noite (1977). AllMusic praised the EMI years as Lins's most commercially and artistically productive period. The album was reissued multiple times and remains a favourite among collectors of 1970s Brazilian music.

Ivan Lins

Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, pianist, and songwriter, the most covered Brazilian artist abroad and one of the most internationally influential composers in the history of MPB. A self-taught pianist and chemical engineering graduate, he had his first hit with "Madalena," recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. His distinctive harmonic language — at once refined and accessible, shaped by jazz, bossa nova, and samba — earned him a global following spanning jazz and pop. Among the artists who have covered his songs are Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Sting, the Manhattan Transfer, Patti Austin, and Barbra Streisand. His album "Dinorah, Dinorah," from Somos Todos Iguais Nesta Noite, won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Arrangement in 1981 as recorded by George Benson; "Velas" won the same prize in 1982 as recorded by Quincy Jones; and in 2004 Sting won the Grammy for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance with Lins's "She Walks This Earth." His Cantando Histórias (2005) made him the first Brazilian artist to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year. He divides his time between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon.

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começar de novo

ivan lins: anjo de mim

album rating: ★★★★☆

Genre

MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) / Brazilian jazz / Bossa nova. Anjo de Mim (roughly translatable as 'Angel Out of Me' or 'My Inner Angel') is Ivan Lins's nineteenth studio album and a representative example of his mature MPB style: an album of his own compositions performed with a refined, jazz-inflected chamber ensemble, supplemented by string arrangements on selected tracks. The repertoire is entirely original, with lyrics by Lins's long-standing collaborator Vítor Martins (thirteen of fourteen tracks) and by lyricists Will Jennings (track 1, English adaptation of the title track) and Norma Winstone (track 5); one track is a cover of Caetano Veloso's 'Dom de Iludir' (track 7). Brenda Russell's song 'Never Give Up' appears in a Portuguese translation (track 3). The album is notable for containing the Brazilian-language original of the song 'Anjo de Mim', whose English adaptation 'I'm Not Alone' (with lyrics by Will Jennings) became the album's primary international release title.

Release

Original Brazilian release: Velas (Brazil, 1995; CD catalogue SL 11-V076), phonographic copyright ℗ Velas Produções Artísticas Musicais e Com. Ltda. Manufactured by Microservice — Microfilmagens e Reproduções Técnicas da Amazônia Ltda. Cover concept by Marcos Arthur. 

Production

The Discogs credits identify multiple conductors handling different tracks: Gil Jardim (tracks 1, 8, 10, 13), Mário Manga (tracks 2, 5, 6, 12), Claudio Leal Ferreira (track 3), and Eduardo Gudin (track 10). 

Recorded between 14 February and 14 March 1995 at Estúdio Art-Mix, Vila Maria (a neighbourhood in northern São Paulo), São Paulo, Brazil.

Reception

Anjo de Mim was well received in Brazil and among Lins's international audience. The album marked the beginning of Lins's association with Velas, the Brazilian independent label that had also released the celebrated Valsa Brasileira by Zizi Possi (1993). Its US release as I'm Not Alone (Alex label, 1996) expanded his American audience, and the touring that followed made him, per the Encyclopedia.com biography, 'a consistent American nightclub draw' for the first time. The English-language adaptation of the title track, 'I'm Not Alone' (lyrics by Will Jennings — the Oscar-winning lyricist of 'My Heart Will Go On'), was Lins's principal crossover vehicle. The album appears on Discogs user list '1000 Great Brazilian Albums' and is rated 4.2 out of 5. The critical recognition of Lins's broader catalogue, which surrounds this album, is extraordinary: Terence Blanchard recorded the instrumental version of 'Anjo de Mim' on his 1995 album of Lins compositions; George Benson, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Carmen McRae, and the Manhattan Transfer have all recorded Lins songs. Lins went on to win two Latin Grammy Awards at the 2005 ceremony — Album of the Year and Best MPB Album for Cantando Histórias (2005), making him, as of 2025, the only Brazilian or Portuguese-language artist to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year.

Ivan Lins

Ivan Guimarães Lins (born 16 June 1945, Ituverava, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and pianist, one of the most celebrated and internationally recognised composers of Brazilian popular music and jazz. He was born in São Paulo state but spent his first two years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his father — a naval engineer — pursued a graduate programme at MIT; American music, particularly Disney film songs and big band, left a permanent impression. He returned to Brazil at six and took up formal piano studies. He studied industrial chemical engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and briefly considered professional volleyball before devoting himself fully to music. His first major success came in 1970 when Elis Regina recorded his song 'Madalena'; Ella Fitzgerald recorded her own version in 1971. Throughout the 1970s he recorded for a series of Brazilian labels while also becoming politically active, writing songs of resistance against the military dictatorship; his song 'Um Novo Tempo' (1980) was played at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2023 to welcome Brazilian President Lula on a state visit. His American breakthrough came through Quincy Jones, who helped connect him with jazz artists in the early 1980s; his song 'Dinorah, Dinorah' appeared on George Benson's Give Me the Night (1980). His 1985 collaboration with Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour, Harlequin, was a commercial and critical success. He recorded for Reprise/Warner Bros. in English in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His long-standing composing partnership with lyricist Vítor Martins, which began in the early 1970s, has produced the majority of his catalogue. His songs have been covered by Patti Austin, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé, Jane Monheit, Take 6, Sting, Diane Schuur, Joe Pass, Toots Thielemans, and dozens of other major artists. He currently divides his time between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. He has received four Latin Grammy Awards.

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anjo de mim

lembra de mim

ivan lins: somos todos iguais esta noite

album rating: ★★★★☆

Genre

MPB and jazz-pop. The album exemplifies the sophisticated harmonic construction that distinguishes Lins from his contemporaries — rich chord voicings, subtle metric shifts, and an unusually refined balance between melodic immediacy and jazz complexity — across eleven songs co-written principally with his longtime lyricist partner Vitor Martins, delivered with the warmth and intimacy of his distinctive baritone.

Release

Released in 1977 by Odeon/EMI Brasil. It was Ivan Lins's sixth studio album and marked the beginning of his most celebrated and commercially successful period at EMI, during which he released four consecutive albums between 1977 and 1980. 

Production

Produced by Mariozinho Rocha, with Milton Miranda as artistic director and Eduardo Souto Neto as executive producer. 

Reception

The album is regarded by critics as one of the finest in Lins's discography and a high point of his EMI period, praised for the consistency of its songwriting and the sophistication of its arrangements. The album was later reissued in Japan by EMI Toshiba in 2002 and included in the Brazilian Grande Discoteca Brasileira series in 2011. The song "Dinorah, Dinorah" was later recorded by George Benson and earned a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Arrangement in 1981.

Ivan Lins

Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, pianist, and songwriter widely regarded as one of the most important composers in the history of MPB and among the most internationally influential Brazilian musicians. A self-taught pianist who graduated in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro before devoting himself to music, he had his first hit with "Madalena," recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. His sophisticated harmonic language — strongly influenced by jazz and bossa nova — made him the most covered Brazilian artist abroad: his songs have been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Sting, the Manhattan Transfer, and dozens of other international artists. He became the first Brazilian and first Portuguese-language artist to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, for Cantando Histórias (2005). He currently divides his time between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon.

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somos todos iguais nesta noite (é o circo de novo)