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DISCID=d6111d11
DTITLE=Cesria vora / Best of Cesria vora
DYEAR=1998
DGENRE=Morna
TTITLE0=Bsame Mucho (Consuelo Velasquez) - 1997
TTITLE1=Sodade (A. Cabral, L. Morais) - 1992
TTITLE2=Luiza (B. Leza) - 1993
TTITLE3=Tudo Tem Se Limite (Manuel De Novas) - 1993
TTITLE4=Sabine Largam' (Gregrio Gonalves) - 1997
TTITLE5=Miss Perfumado (B. Leza) - 1992
TTITLE6=Cinturo Tem Mele (Gregrio Gonalves) - 1991
TTITLE7=Vida Tem Um So Vida (Dany Mariano, Manuel De Novas) - 1992
TTITLE8=Papa Joachim Paris (Traditionnel, Paulino Vieira) - 1993
TTITLE9=Petit Pays (Nando Da Cruz) - 1993
TTITLE10=Cize (Morgadinho) - 1991
TTITLE11=Mar Azul (B. Leza) - 1991
TTITLE12=Nha Cancera Ka Tem Medida (Pedro Rodrigues) - 1993
TTITLE13=Sangue De Beirona (Traditionnel, Rufino Almeida) - 1997
TTITLE14=Angola (Ramiro Mendes) - 1992
TTITLE15=Partida (Ney Fernandes) - 1997
TTITLE16=Cabo Verde Terra Estimada (Jorge Monteiro) - 1988
EXTD=LUSAFRICAYear: 1998Catalog Number: 26280-2Produced by: Josda SilvaReleased 10/1998Cesaria Evora, aka Cize for herfriends, was born on August 27th., 1941 in Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands.With her great voice and stunning looks she soon attracted atten
EXTD=tion, but her hopes to become aprofessional singer wereyet to be fulfilled. The singer Bana and a Cape Verde womens associationrespectively invited her to record in Lisbon but not onesingle producer showed any interest. In 1988 ayoung Frenchmanof Ca
EXTD=pe Verde blood, Jos Da Silva offered her to come to Paris to record an album. Shewas 47 at the time and had nothing to loose, she had never been to Paris before, so she agreed.1988 - First album entitled La Diva aux pieds nus, produced by Lusafri
EXTD=ca. Bia Lulucha, a coladera with azouk flavour was a big hit among the Cape Verdean community. On October 1st., she gave her first gig inParis at the New Morning club, in front of a small crowd.1990 - Distino di Belita, her second album included aco
EXTD=usticmornas and electric coladeras. As its releaseremained confidential, her label decided to switch to an unplugged album.1991 -Cesaria recorded her first unplugged album in France. With the Mindel Band she performed at theFestival dAngoulme on Ju
EXTD=ne 2,and in Paris at the New Morning on June 7. Only a small audienceof CapeVerde fans attended her parisian show while the Frenchmusic press discovered her in Angoulme (she hadher first article in the national newspaper Libration). Mar Azul was r
EXTD=eleasedat the end of October and asmall buzz was building. Her albumwas aired on FIP Radio. Her next gig on December 14 at the New Morningwas sold out but this time, she performed in front of a mostly European and enthusisatic audience.Newspaper Le 
EXTD=Monde stated : "The 50-year-old Cesaria sings the morna with a kind of rascal devotion...She belongs to the aristocracy of bar singers". This is where the legend started.1992 - Thanks to Mar Azul, the buzz was growing among the French media, many ra
EXTD=dios like France Interaired the song. On June 7, Cesaria performed at the Feria of Nmes in the South of France. The album MissPerfumado was released in October. French press raved about this new release, comparing Cesariassmooth voice to Billie Hol
EXTD=lidays, and detailed what would soon be part of the legend: her immoderate love forcognac and tobacco, her harsh life on those forgotten islands, Mindelos sweet nights... Her gigs at theTheatre de la Villeon December 11 and 12 were sold out four wee
EXTD=ks ahead of time. First date in Brussels atthe Botanique on December 7.1993 - Miss Perfumado became a smash hit in France (with 300,000 copies sold so far). Cize performed for the first time in Lisbon at TeatroSo Luis (may 25) and the local police 
EXTD=had to prevent a huge crowd from penetrating the venue. In Paris she was celebrated by herFrench fans with two sold out gigs (June 12 and 13) at the prestigious theater LOlympia (the show is recorded - and would be released later in 96, through pari
EXTD=sian label Melodie). Then she wenton a world-wide tour, performing in Barcelona (June 21), Spectrumin Montreal (July 14), Japan (late October) and France (with 30shows during late 1993).1994 - Caetano Veloso came on stage toaccompany her during her 
EXTD=brazilian performances in So Paulo (inMay) and said  that he considered Cesaria as one of the most influential female singers. Cesaria triumphed as well in Spain, Portugal,  Belgium, Switzerland, Africa and the West indies. She was signed to BMG th
EXTD=rough her label Lusafrica and the compilation  album (presenting only mornas) Sodade les plus belles mornas de Cesaria was released in the autumn. She gave up drinking  but not smoking.1995 - The album Cesaria - which was already gold in France - wa
EXTD=s released in more than twenty countriesincluding the States (where it has sold 200 000 copies so far). The album was nominated for a GrammyAward. She left for her first U.S. tour. InNew York, Madonna, David Byrne, Brandford Marsalis and the whole"N
EXTD=ew York hip society" rushed to see her live at the Bottom Line. In France Cesaria performed during tennights at Le Bataclan in Paris, and Goran Bregovic invited her to record the track Ausencia for thesoundtrack of Emir Kusturicas motion picture Und
EXTD=erground.1996 - Touring year, which included France (40 dates), Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil, Germany (11 dates),Hong Kong,Italy, Sweden, U.S.A. (30 dates), Canada, Senegal, Ivory Coast and her first sold out show inLondon at the queen Elizabeth Hal
EXTD=l. She recorded a duet with Caetano Veloso for the Red Hot & Rio project.Franco-german TV channel Arte did a special profile onher. Paulino Vieira (who worked on production ofboth albums Miss Perfumado and Cesaria) left Cesarias band now under the d
EXTD=irection of a young talentedguitar and cavaquinho player, Rufino Almeida, known as Bau.1997 - Release of the new album Cabo Verde.Dates are scheduled at LOlympia in Paris in March, followedbya world tour, including a new U.S. tour (the third). The a
EXTD=lbum Cabo Verde is also nominated for theGrammy Awards.1998 - Cesaria is still on the road with Bau and his band: Jacinto Pereira (cavaquinho), Jos Paris (bass),Luis Ramos (guitars), Nando Andrade (piano), Totinho (saxophones and percussion), and B
EXTD=au (guitars,cavaquinho, violin). From Greece to Japan, from Israel to Portugal, from the West Indies to the Lebanon,1998 is another year tour. Cesaria hits the road, but still have time to think tothe new album scheduled forApril 99. In October, BMG
EXTD= release worldwide the first Best of Cesaria Evora, including all of fans favourites,plus Besame Mucho (in spanish) she recorded earlierfor the soundtrack of the movie Great Expectations. YEAR: 1998
EXTT0=Written and composed by: Consuelo Velasquez
EXTT1=Written and composed by: A. Cabral / L. Morais - A. Cabral
EXTT2=Written and composed by: B. LezaIndit - Unreleased
EXTT3=Written and composed by: Manuel de Novas
EXTT4=Written and composed by: Gregorio Gonalves
EXTT5=Written and composed by: B. Leza
EXTT6=Written and composed by: Gregorio Gonalves
EXTT7=Written and composed by: Dany Mariano / Manuel de Novas
EXTT8=Written and composed by: traditionnel / Paulino Vieira
EXTT9=Written and composed by: Nando da Cruz
EXTT10=Written and composed by: Morgadinho
EXTT11=Written and composed by: B. Leza
EXTT12=Written and composed by: Pedro Rodrigues
EXTT13=Written and composed by: Traditionnel / Rufino Almeida
EXTT14=Written and composed by: Ramiro Mendes
EXTT15=Written and composed by: Ney Fernandes
EXTT16=Written and composed by: Jorge Monteiro
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