Um Gosto de Sol includes a bossa nova version of the psychedelic song “May This Be Love,” a track that opens the B side of Jimi Hendrix’s classic album, Are You Experienced (1967). International pop and its various decades are also interpreted by Céu throughout the album. Composed in English by Brazilian Morris Albert in 1974, the song conquered the world in an overwhelming way and was recorded by jazz and pop stars worldwide, from Nina Simone to Caetano Veloso, from Offspring to Joe Pass. On the other hand, it is in the simplistic construction of “Feelings” that its most powerful characteristics lie, with the strength to unify and blur the lines between Brazilian and international music. The harmonic and melodic sophistication of the song is exemplary of the innovative Minas Gerais school that was led by Milton at that time and which continues to have the capacity of impacting the most meticulous musicians and listeners in Brazil and abroad. The track that the album is named after, “Um Gosto de Sol” is a collaboration between Milton Nascimento and Ronaldo Bastos, taken from the classic 1972 album Clube da Esquina. The first single to hit music platforms from “Um Gosto de Sol” – “Chega Mais” is a collaboration between Rita Lee and Roberto de Carvalho from 1979, it’s from the same LP that inaugurated not only Rita’s solo career – and the stage of her greatest popular success, alongside her husband Roberto – but also the stepping stone of what would become Brazilian pop. Brazilian pop is represented on the album by its biggest star. It then flows into a pagode from 2000 with “Deixa Acontecer,” a song by Carlos Caetano and Alex Freitas, made by grupo Revelação by Xande de Pilares – which Céu takes on in a sensational duet with Emicida. It is followed by Alcione’s “Pode Esperar,” from 1979, a composition by Roberto Corrêa and Sylvio Son, which already imprinted feminism into the diva from Maranhão’s lyrics. We then travel to the most revolutionary phase of the duo Antonio Carlos & Jocafi in 1973’s “Teimosa.” Which, in its new version, gained backing vocals by Russo Passapusso, from BaianaSystem. We then visit João Gilberto’s original work in “Bim Bom,” a small jewel released by the brilliant singer as the B side of his 1958 single, that had the track “Chega de Saudade” as the A side, and inaugurated Bossa Nova.
Within this genre, the selection of songs kicks off with the pioneering trio of composers: Ismael Silva, Lamartine Babo and Francisco Alves, partners in “Ao Romper da Aurora,” samba recorded by Ismael in 1957. Samba is represented in the album in five very distinct periods – In time and aesthetically. It reflects the artist in every corner of her musical foundation, in such a broad spectrum that it can surprise even her most loyal followers. Her personal journey made the repertoire of Um Gosto de Sol. She reminisced on her beginnings with music, which go back to the records she listened to as a child at her parents’ house, to the rock and pop music she discovered in her teens, to the shows she saw and performed before becoming a songwriter. At the beginning of the pandemic, when the feeling of uncertainty only increased with each new day – and no day was really “new,” Céu acted like much of the rest of us and sought shelter in the only possible safety point at that time: memory. And the seed that motivated its conception was in fact the lack of reasons to compose an original album. Made with the help of Pupillo, her husband and producer, and Edgard Poças, her father, it’s a particularly personal project. The album is a result of the pandemic’s impact on the artist’s life. After five original albums, Um Gosto de Sol is the first album in which Céu is only a performer, giving voice to a dozen songs written by other authors. The covers album Um Gosto de Sol (a taste of sunshine), released in November, features 14 covers ranging from samba classics to Beastie Boys, Fiona Apple and Jimi Hendrix. The way she glides through the harmonies in a song like “10 Contados” feels completely fresh on each and every hearing. The lightness, the pacing, the musicality are completely irresistible. It’s unadorned, honest, authentic and a complete delight.
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The album consists of new acoustic versions of songs from her previous albums just her voice, then, plus guitar and very occasional backing vocals from Lucas Martins.
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Acústico, an album from São Paulo singer/ songwriter Céu (meaning ‘sky’/ full name Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças), is released discreetly in Brazil in June.
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