By Carlos Bozzo Junior

The Music in Letters invited the singer and composer Ná Ozzetti, 58, to participate in the series No Notion (see previous posts) that performs blind auditions of discs recently released in the Brazilian market.

The artist, who recorded 12 albums, heard "Afinidade", CD by singer Cibele Codonho, in a very familiar environment, Fernando Costa Park, known as Água Branca Park, in the western zone of São Paulo.

Ná Ozzetti has lived for 16 years at a site in Santa Clara, in the Serra do Japi neighborhood of Jundiaí, about 55 kilometers from the capital. "I was raised here in White Water, then I lived in Perdizes. I really like this place, I came here a lot, "said the artist.

The move from the capital to the interior improved the singer's quality of life and sharpened her ears. In Sao Paulo, Ná Ozzetti had to face the noise of motorcycles and cars that went up the slope of his street, announcing blocks before passing through his house, which in it caused a chronic insomnia. "I do not take medicine, so every 15 days I had to do an acupuncture session. It was the only thing that made me sleep, but it only lasted for 15 days. Then I had to put the needles again, "said the singer, who with the change from São Paulo was cured of insomnia and allergic rhinitis.

However, for the singer absolute silence does not exist, nor in the bush. According to her, there are bug sounds throughout the day, although it is possible to feel an immense depth in the silence behind the voices and sounds of the bicharada. "Here, in the city, one does not arrive in that deep silence, there is always a noise. There I realize that I sink into this silence, even though I hear other frequencies as well. "

The stillness of the night of the bush is always broken by the festival of sounds that inaugurates the day. It is Ná Ozzetti who tells how it is this morning and natural concert: "There, according to the sound of the roosters, then comes the jacus, and there is full of birds," said the singer, noting that some birds only give the sound of his grace in the afternoon, like the toucans she recognizes as having a "dry" corner. Trrrr, trrr, trrrr ", imitated them by trilling.

Twice a week, the artist leaves the woods and comes to the city driving and listening. "I study a lot in the car, not vocalise, that you can not do in the car, but when I have to learn new repertoire, the best place is the car," said Ozzetti, who, besides studying, takes advantage of the 40 minutes of the trip to listen to discs of other artists or the radio, which "loves", but when you hear "I get a fright," he said laughing.

It was in the car, in the parking lot of the park, that Ná Ozzetti held the audition proposed by Music in Letters. The artist commented that she has performed shows of her last albums, "Ná e Zé" (2015), with José Miguel Wisnik; "Thiago França" (2015), with the group Paso Torto, formed by Kiko Dinucci, Marcelo Cabral, Rodrigo Campos and Romulo Fróes; and "Balagandãs" (2009).

Concomitantly with the concerts, Ná Ozzetti is composing new songs and preparing parallel projects that encompass disparate visions. "These are projects that are in full conception. I have several ideas. I read a little with one idea and then another, so I never know what's going to happen before, "said the artist about a project that includes readings and a more experimental one, but" it's still too raw to explain what it is ".

The singer listened to the proposed record without having any tips from its authors, performers or musicians.

In the CD, Brazilian rhythms (samba, baião, ciranda) mix with jazz. Special guest appearances brighten the record, such as that of Mark Kibble, leader of the American vocal group Take 6. Kibble strikes a duet with Codonho on track six, "Love Dance / Remembrance" by Ivan Lins, Gilson Peranzzetta, Paul Williams and Vitor Martins. Filó Machado participates in track 13, "Vatapá", by Léa Freire and Joyce Moreno.

The photos of the cover and the CD cover are written by Marco Aurélio Olimpio (cover); Agnaldo Rocha Papa (cover of the booklet); Paulo Rapoport, Wanzza Vieira, Bruñel Galhego, Sandro Takahashi and Agnaldo Rocha Papa (photos of the musicians).

Graphic Design, Carlos Dränger; art direction, José Sebastião Maria de Souza; costumes, Elaine Navarini; personal stylist, Monica Regatto; makeup and hair, Mychele Peacock, Priscila Delfino Eleandro Pires.

Among the musicians, Pichu Borrelli (piano, synth, track 1, cuatro Venezuelan, electric and acoustic piano, track 2, acoustic piano, track 3, clavinet, synth, electric and acoustic piano, track 4, piano and cuatro venezuelano, track 5 , acoustic piano, track 6, keyboards, acoustic and electric piano, track 7, guitars, track 8, bass, acoustic and electric piano, track 9, piano and keyboard, track 10, piano, keyboard and ukulele, and acoustic piano, track 12).

Luis Cavalcante (electric bass and guitar, track 1, guitar, track 9, and electric bass in track 12). Fabio Canella (drums, tracks 1, 9 and 11). Douglas Alonso (percussion tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11). Natan Marques (guitar, track 2). Carlinhos Antunes (Kora n'goni, track 2 and 8, four Venezuelan, track 8).Sidiel Vieira (electric bass, track 2, acoustic bass track 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11). Sergio Machado (drums and mallets, track 2, 6, 7 and 10). Léa Freire (flutes, track 3, bass flute, track 6). Jorge Saavedra (drums, track 3, 5, and bongos, congas and drums, track 12). Filó Machado (guitar and voice, track 11). Roberto Sion (clarinet, track 4). Mauro Casellatto (clarone, track 4). Sizão Machado (acoustic bass, track 4). Michel Freidenson (organ B4, lane 10). Wilson Teixeira (alto sax, track 10). Lewis Nash (drums, track 4). Toninho Ferragutti, track 5). Walter Lacerda (flutes, tracks 5 and 7). Mark Kibble (vocals, track 6). Cibele Codonho (vocal, all tracks).

Read next, Ná Ozzetti's impressions on "Affinity," solo album by Cibele Codonho, with 12 tracks, musical direction and arrangements by Pichu Borrelli, production and mix of the two. The mastering was by Homero Lotito, the "bat man".