| RD: 2022-04-22 | | ANA CARLA MAZA | | Bahia | | Fileunder: Jazz / Latin / Chanson |  | Bahía is a beautiful mix of classical cello and vocals, drawing on Cuban son, samba, bossa nova, tango, jazz and chanson. It opens with ‘Habana’, where she was born 26 years ago to a musical family - her father acclaimed Chilean pianist Carlos Maza and her mother Cuban guitarist Mirza Sierra. The title track ‘Bahia’, is an ode to the district in Havana where she spent her childhood and built her memories, translating the crazy sensation of Cuba into her music. The album travels through Latin America – ‘Huayno’ is based on a Quechua rhythm and dance from Peru, ‘TodoIrá Bien’ (‘Everything will be fine’), written during lockdown, draws on Cuban son and ‘Astor Piazzola’ on tango, which she composed originally for a quartet in celebration of the centenary of the Argentinian composer.
The album was recorded acousBcally in Barcelona in one take: “direct, simple, sincere in one go, one afternoon was enough”. For Ana Carla it is a post-pandemic album where the importance of the present cannot be overstated. For example, there is no sub-text in ‘PeBtFrançais’: “At one point I was in Paris, going to a café, the Saint-Regis, and exchanging love-letters with a boy.” That is all. | | Track list | | Track | Artist | Title | | | | 1 | Ana Carla Maza | La Habana | | 2 | Ana Carla Maza | Bahia | | 3 | Ana Carla Maza | Astor Piazzolla | | 4 | Ana Carla Maza | Todo Ira Bien | | 5 | Ana Carla Maza | Le Petit Francais | | 6 | Ana Carla Maza | Huayno | | 7 | Ana Carla Maza | Les Choses Simples | | 8 | Ana Carla Maza | A Tomar Cafe | | 9 | Ana Carla Maza | Miram Valdes |
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