BlueFly, by Cyro Baptista

BlueFly

by Cyro Baptista

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1.	Menina 04:40
2.	Trovão 04:28	buy track
3.	Kong 02:25	buy track
4.	Bala 05:18
5.	Tarde (homage to Luiz Vierira) 04:46	buy track
6.	Hammer 03:06
7.	Aguidavi 04:21	buy track
8.	From The Belly 04:53	buy track
9.	T Rex Constitution 03:11	buy track
10.	Love Song 05:58	buy track
11.	Under The Influence 02:34	buy track
12.	Menina Interlude 01:18	buy track

about

"A bluefly, if it clings to a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles..." Mystic Law.

While on tour in support of Sting's album "If On A Winters Night", cellist Vincent Segal, bassist Ira Coleman and I found ourselves with a rare day off in NYC.

I decided to put the time to good use in the recording studio and called in percussionist/ngoni player Tim Keiper to collaborate on some of my compositions.

We recorded until the sun came up the next morning, and the rest as they say- is history! That night of recordings built the foundation of the quartet BlueFly.

The songs on this album traverse time and space, as we expanded upon a treasure trove of musical ideas from across our collective unconscious.

Over the subsequent years, other friends contributed to the recording, helping to flesh out the music.. we tweaked and refined... cultivated and harvested... Now it's time for BlueFly to travel ten thousand miles!

credits

released May 19, 2016

Cyro Baptista- Percussion, Vocals
Vincent Segal- Cello
Ira Coleman- Bass
Tim Keiper- Kamel ngoni, drum set

Featuring:
Romero Lubambo- Guitar (track 4)
Kevin Breit- Mandolin Orchestra (tracks 3, 6)
Ikue Mori- laptop (track 9)
Brian Marsella- shahi baaja, andes #25f (track 5), fender rhodes (track 7)
Cabello- percussion (track 7)
Cadu Costa- guitar, clarinet (tracks 1, 4, 5)
Leni Stern (track 8)
Amir Ziv- drums (track 9)
Max Pollak, Zé Maurício, Chikako Iwahori- surdos (track 9)
Steve Sandberg, Marcelo Paganini, Andy Caploe, Franca Landau, Alessandro Ciari, Mark Ari, Gene Torres, Felipe Calderon, Justin Bias- Samples (track 11)

all compositions by Cyro Baptista except:
- track 1 by Cyro Baptista, Vincent Segal;
- track 2 by Cyro Baptista, Vincent Segal;
- track 4 by Cyro Baptista, Romero Lubambo, Cadu Costa;
- track 5 by Cyro Baptista, Ira Coleman, Tim Keiper;
- track 6 by Cyro Baptista, Justin Bias;
- track 8, 10 by Tim Keiper;
- track 11 by Cyro Baptista, Justin Bias:
- track 12 by Cyro Baptista,Tim Keiper, Ira Coleman

--- associate producer Kazunori Sugiyama
--- recorded by Justin Bias and Cadu Costa
--- executive producer John Zorn
--- recorded by: Justin Bias and Cadu Costa 2014-15
at Out of My Mind Studios, Montclair, NJ;
- by Jamie Saft 2015 at Porterville International Sound, Kingston, NY;
- by Paul Antonelli 2015 at ClubHouse Studio, Rhinebeck, NY

--- Mixed by David Darlington as Bass Hit Recording, NYC--- mastered by Scott Hull

--- cover, back cover and disk artwork by Jessica Rose flap
portrait by Shawn Scheps---
obi portrait by Eleonora Alberto--- designed by Heung-Heung Chin

Special thanks to John Zorn for being my friend and trusting me all these years.

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Cyro Baptista New York, New York

Since arriving in the U.S. in 1980 from Brazil, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the country. Coinciding with the rise in the public’s interest of world music, Cyro has managed to record and tour with some of music’s most popular names. His mastery of Brazilian percussion and the many instruments he creates himself, have catapulted him into world renown. ... more

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