Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves

Outra Coisa

Released: April 2017

For Outra Coisa, Marcello Gonçalves arranged a dozen Moacir Santos pieces from their large-ensemble scores into intimate, lyrical duets, with Anat often playing in the rich lower register of her instrument and Gonçalves channeling the orchestral textures of the originals into his 7-string guitar. “The music of Santos has always been such a treasure,” says Gonçalves, a longtime member of Trio Madeira Brasil. “But it wasn’t until I started going closely through his scores that I realized how natural they feel on guitar, as if they had been composed for the instrument.
Moacir Santos’ music has this lightness and freedom,” Gonçalves adds. “Anat can really dance and sing with it – just listen to her beautifully warm sound and playful phrasing in ‘Nanã’ and ‘Coisa No. 1.’".

All About Jazz describes *Outra Coisa* as having an "intoxicating rhythmic and melodic standing," highlighting the seamless blend of Cohen’s clarinet and Gonçalves’s seven-string guitar. With a deep reverence for Moacir Santos’s compositions, the duo crafts a rich and fluid musical dialogue, balancing intricate phrasing with heartfelt expression, making each piece feel both timeless and deeply personal.