É Luxo Só

from Brooklyn Bossa Nova Project I by Brooklyn Bossa Nova Project

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VIDEO HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki-FN6KZv-Q

— BROOKLYN BOSSA NOVA PROJECT presents —

É Luxo Só by Ary Barroso / Luiz Peixoto
Featuring Benny Oyama with Omer Ashano
Filmed and Recorded at Daruma House Studios in sunny Brooklyn, New York!

Omer Ashano joins Benny Oyama on a fluid, organic rendition of this beautiful song. The singer indulges in watching a mulatta woman dance, delighting in her movements, and claiming that the only thing she lacks is compassion... yowza!

— WHAT IS BROOKLYN BOSSA NOVA PROJECT? —
BROOKLYN BOSSA NOVA PROJECT is an exploration in the early roots of Bossa Nova music from Brazil, a style that took the world by storm in the 1950's and 1960's. We feature great artists from New York and around the world in our recreation of the rhythm and melodies that define the beautiful creations from this time and place.

lyrics

Olha, esta mulata quando dança
É luxo só
Quando todo seu corpo se embalança
É luxo só
Tem um não sei quê
Que faz a confusão
O que ela não tem meu Deus
É compaixão
Eta, mulata quando, ah

Olha, esta mulata quando dança
É luxo só
Quando todo seu corpo se embalança
É luxo só
Porém seu coração quando palpita
E se agita mais ligeiro
Nunca vi compasso tão brasileiro

Eta, samba, cai pra lá
Cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá
Eta, samba, cai pra lá
Cai pra cá, cai pra lá, cai pra cá
Mexe com as cadeiras, mulata
Seu requebrado me maltrata

credits

from Brooklyn Bossa Nova Project I, released March 18, 2020
Benny Oyama: Voice and Guitar
Omer Ashano: Violin
Leo Hsu: Video
Brandon Unpingco: Audio

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Benny Oyama Brooklyn, New York

Benny Oyama is a multicultural Japanese and Jewish singer-songwriter born and raised in New York City. The poetry and harmony of Benny Oyama’s intimate music has been likened to Nick Drake, Caetano Veloso and Simon and Garfunkel. Benny sings with a surprising multitude of voices, carried by subtle and complex guitar work firmly rooted in Brazilian and American Folk traditions. ... more