Chega de Saudade

The Silver Starlite Big Band played 'LIVE with LATIN MUSIC' with the Roxbury Arts Alliance Latin Music Celebration! Held outside in the pavilion at Horseshoe Lake in Succasunna, NJ with Maria Baxter - Latin dance instructor. It was a magical event! "Chega de Saudade" (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃeɡɐ dʒi sawˈdadʒi]), also known as "No More Blues", is a bossa nova song. It is often considered the first bossa nova song to have been recorded. "Chega de Saudade" and "The Girl from Ipanema" were both composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. The song was first recorded in 1957 by Brazilian singer Elizeth Cardoso and released on her 1958 album Canção do Amor Demais. However, her release of the song received little attention. João Gilberto made the second recorded version of the song, also in 1958.[1] Released as a single, Gilberto's version became a hit and consolidated bossa nova as a permanent genre in the Latin music lexicon. The title can be translated roughly as "enough longing", though the Portuguese word saudade carries a more complex meaning than "longing". The word implies an intensity of heartfelt connection that is yearned for passionately, not unlike feeling withdrawal symptoms from a drug that makes one feel good. Another good analogy for saudade might be an intense homesickness. Chega de, in this case, means "enough of, no more of", and has an implication similar to the colloquial expressions "enough with ..." or "enough already". (Wikipedia) Singer: Corinn Springer Featuring the Silver Starlite Rhythm section: Drums - Joe Strenk/Aux. Perc - Tim Magenta/Anthony Petrucelli (Guitar)/Lou Di Falco (Piano/Alex Duque (Bass)