Joyce

• GATEFOLD EDITION

London’s Far Out Recordings label seems to specialise in unearthing lost masterpieces by someone who has become in a sense its artistic figurehead, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Joyce.

In 2009, the label resurrected the exquisite Visions of Dawn, recorded in Paris in 1976 with compatriots Naná Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro. Now, a mere 45 years after it was recorded in New York’s Columbia studios under the aegis of the celebrated German producer, Claus Ogerman, Natureza is available in physical form. Again recorded with Naná Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro among an all-star cast, the album fully warrants any claim for it as “buried treasure” or a “lost classic”

PERSONNEL:

• Joyce Moreno - (lead vocals, lead guitar)
• Mauricio Maestro - (guitar, vocals)
• Buster Williams - (double bass)
• Naná Vasconcelos - (percussion)
• João Palma - (drums)
• Tutty Moreno - (percussion)
• Joe Farrell - (flute)
• Ion Muniz - (flute)
• Michael Brecker - (tenor saxophone)
• Mike Manieri – (vibraphone)
• Warren Bernhardt - (keyboards)
• Claus Ogerman - (arranger, conductor)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Feminina
• A2. Mistérios
• A3. Coração Sonhador

• SIDE B
• B1. Moreno
• B2. Descompassadamente
• B3. Ciclo Da Vida
• B4. Pega Leve