{"id":19738,"date":"2023-01-21T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19738"},"modified":"2023-04-01T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:49:03","slug":"listen-to-caixa-cubos-first-single-off-forthcoming-album-agora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19738","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Caixa Cubo’s first single off forthcoming album Ag\u00f4ra<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A mainstay in the Brazilian jazz scene for over 15 years, Caixa Cubo<\/a> have a new album on the way. Entitled Ag\u00f4ra<\/em>, which means now, it marks their eighth full-length album and arrives on March 31st through Jazz & Milk<\/a>. To bring Ag\u00f4ra<\/em> to life, the trio of Henrique Gomide (keys), Jo\u00e3o Fideles (drums) and Noa Stroeter (bass) enlisted the help of singers Xenia Fran\u00e7a and Z\u00e9 Le\u00f4nidas, Jembaa Groove’s singer Eric Owusu and South African duo Bongani Givethanks & Mpho Nkuzo. As the press release describes,\u00a0 Ag\u00f4ra<\/em> “shines not for its virtuosity rather for its minimalism, it’s depth of space, and for the first time, it’s ability to figure outside the jazz fold, as the trio from S\u00e3o Paulo decided, for the first time, to bring in singers and add a new aesthetic to their sound.”<\/p>\n

‘S\u00e1bado’, a homage song to the busy city of S\u00e3o Paulo where Caixa Cubo met, is the first exhilarating single to emerge from the album. The trio comments:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSabado reflects well the spontaneity that permeated the entire recording of the album. When we got to the studio, we had no idea what we were going to record. We started playing a groove, kind of inspired by Gilberto Gil’s 80s albums, and our drummer Jo\u00e3o started singing this funny song ‘S\u00e1bado Barrigud\u00e3o’ (Big Belly Saturday) alongside the bass groove and that was that\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Listen to ‘S\u00e1bado’ below.