''Blissa Nova'' is the second album by

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

singer and songwriter

Johan Christher Schütz Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has also released music as a solo performer. Life and career Early years Born and raised outside the small town of Mjölby, Östergötland, he started singing and playin ...

, released in 2007. The title "Blissa Nova" is a play on the word ''bliss'' and the music style

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. Recorded between 2005 and 2007, Blissa Nova is arranged and produced by Schütz. Apart from Schütz' own songs, it includes covers of five well-known Brazilian and Swedish standards, in Schütz own translations: "Tristeza" (

Luiz Bonfá Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film ''Black Orpheus''. Biography Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in Ri ...

), "Eu Vim da Bahia" (

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration ...

), "Pra Que Chorar" (

Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...

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), "Underbart är kort" ( Povel Ramel) and "Den lilla bäcken" (

Allan Edwall Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (198 ...

).Press release: http://www.johanchristherschutz.net/press/jcschutz_blissanova__en.pdf Several of Sweden's best jazz and world-music musicians play on the album, such as

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(drums),

Peter Asplund Peter Asplund (born 26 September 1969) is a jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Asplund studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has recorded several solo albums and participated as solo artist on records with other artists, such a ...

(trumpet) and Karin Hammar (trombone) and

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's Henke Sundqvist (rhodes and piano). Brazilian singer Aline de Lima, was invited to sing a 2-language duet with Schütz in "This Sadness (Tristeza)", whereas Schütz sings his English lyric and de Lima sings the original lyrics in Portuguese.

Track listing

#"Plunge Into The Miracle" #"This Sadness (Tristeza)" ''featuring'' Aline de Lima #"When Happiness Attacks" #"Difficult" #"I Came From Bahia (Eu vim da Bahia)" #"Be For Real" #"What Good Are Tears (Pra que chorar)" #"Aurora" #"One Moment's Bliss" #"Prayer" #"Caged Birds" #"Wonderful Is Brief (Underbart är kort)" #"Little Stream (Den lilla bäcken)"

References

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