Marisa Monte & Carlos Fernando Nogueira - Bess, You Is My Wo

Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Duet), with the brazilian jazz group Nouvelle Cuisine and a string quartet (a glorious and insuperable rendition of this song) - from the DVD Marisa Monte Ao Vivo - 1988.

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Set Sao Paulo that began appearing in the media in 1987 under the name Nouvelle Cuisine, doing shows in concert halls in Rio and Sao Paulo. Its components at the time were Guga Stroeter (vibraphone, drums), Flavio Mancini Jr. (bass), Carlos Fernando (voice), Luca Reale (piano and clarinet) and Maurice Tagliari (guitar).
 
The repertoire versions in the format "acoustic jazz" standards of the years 30-50, by authors such as Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Charles Mingus, Tom Waits and others have earned criticism. In 1988 came the first album, "Nouvelle Cuisine", including "My Funny Valentine," "Embreceable You" and others. Three years later, "Slow Food", produced by Oscar Castro-Neves, brought as new Brazilian compositions of Djavan Caymmi and as well as "Lights," Caetano Veloso composed for the group, plus a share of Gal Costa.
 

The following album, "Novelhonovo" (already without Flavio Mancini) was nearly 100% in Brazil, including Ismael Silva, Dona Ivone Lara, Gil and Chico Buarque. Only "Stormy Weather" recalled the era of standards. The fourth disc, "Freebossa - Confessional" (without the singer Carlos Fernando, who recorded 94 ground "Any Song", only with music by Chico Buarque, by Dubas), presents the band with the name shortened to Nouvelle and eclectic repertoire, ranging from Dorival Caymmi and Edu Lobo Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt.