Elza Soares pays homage to Louis Armstrong
The singer will record an album with gems from the jazzman, converted to Portuguese by lyricist Carlos Rennó
Marco Antonio Barbosa
18/02/2002
Elza Soares is beginning to work on an album entitled A Nossa Melhor Tradução de Louis Armstrong (something like Our Best Translation of Louis Armstrong). It' ll be a set with the jazzman' s most successful songs, translated to Portuguese by specialist Carlos Rennó. Elza won' t be alone in this project. She invited a cast of Brazilian musicians to play on the album, like Rita Lee (in High Society) and Jorge Ben (in Hello Dolly or Alô Nega in the Portuguese version). Names such as Luiz Melodia, Milton Nascimento, Ed Motta and others are expected to join Elza in her new project.