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Child's Song - Music by Norma LaTuchie; Portuguese Lyrics by Toninho Horta - Child's Song

from Circus​/​O Circo by Norma LaTuchie

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This song is dedicated to the Brazilian singer/composer, Milton Nascimento whose incredibly beautiful music was an early inspiration. I wrote this song one day at school before my students arrived. I had been teaching pre-school and my head was swarming with sing-songy children’s rhymes and ditties. I was trying to rid them from my ears and sat down at the piano, and out came this tune. Years later, I asked Toninho Horta to record it with me, and he came up with the Portuguese lyrics. The song is a celebration of childhood, and of life.

lyrics

"Child's Song" (PORTUGUESE LYRICS)
Toda vez que eu canto eu sinto
Tanto uma grande emoção
Todo dia é dia
De cantar
Cantar e ser feliz

Quando eu brinco e pulo
De alegria
De viver assim
Vou sentindo o coração
Vibrar, saltar de mim
E voar.


(ENGLISH Translation)
Every time that I sing
I feel such emotion
Every day is a day to sing…
To sing and to be happy

When I play and jump
for joy
to be alive
I feel my heart
Vibrating, (wanting) to leap out of me
And fly…

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from Circus​/​O Circo, track released July 29, 2014
"Child's Song"
Music by Norma LaTuchie; Portuguese Lyrics by Toninho Horta
Arrangement by Toninho Horta and Norma LaTuchie

RECORDING:
Basic tracks recorded at Carriage House, Stamford, CT, August 1997 Paul Wickliffe, engineer; Andy Katz, Assistant Engineer

Children's voices at Drum Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL August 1998; Alexandre Hang, engineer

Harmonica recorded at Estúdio Pietà, Sao Joao de Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, BRASIL, 2013
Ricardo Itaborahy, engineer

Additional recording and editing in Los Angeles, CA, 2011-14
Daniel Jimenez Afanador, engineer

Recording, Editing, Mixing & Mastering July 2014 at Beagle Studios, Santa Barbara, CA; Emmet Sargeant, engineer

MUSICIANS:
Norma LaTuchie – Acoustic Piano/ Flute/ Alto Flute/ voice
Sergio Brandao - Electric Bass & Percussion
Paulo Braga – Drums
Manolo Badrena – Percussion
Toninho Horta – Voice & Percussion
Aurea Regina - Harmonica
Children’s Voices (BRASIL) – Mariana Popoff-Claisse, Johanne Russell, Beatriz Fontes, Gabriella Sabino de Britto Pereira, Beatriz Sabino de Britto Pereira
Children’s Voices (USA) Amanda Brecker, Sabina Ciari, Adi Drori
Whistlers – Mariana Popoff-Claisse, Johanne Russell, Lena Horta

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Norma LaTuchie, flutist/composer has a love for jazz, classical & Brazilian music. Early in life, Norma played in a "chorino" (Brazilian folkloric music) band, which forever altered her musical path. Norma has performed with jazz greats Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Tom Rainey, Ratzo Harris and Brazilian greats Astrud Gilberto, Toninho Horta, Cyro Baptista, Romero Lubambo, Paulo Braga and others. ... more

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