Hello, forum friends

Since I listened to Tano Music's Bossa Nova, I became to want to share my Bossa Nova with you.
But it is not so sophisticated bossa nova in comparison with Tano Music.
Starting composing, everyone will want to write Bossa Nova once.
This song was written when I was very young.
I did not know Jobim yet and I believed that Astrud is Bossa Nova.
I wrote it inspired by “Manhã De Carnaval” sung by Astrud.
After that I forgot about this song.
But about 10 years ago I met a wonderful female jazz pianist at our local jazz club where I often go.
So, I asked her for a recording session and she accepted it pleasantly.
This song is one of the 7 songs we recorded at that time.
Sorry, the recording was intact at that time, only 2 mix file was left, so there are some problems with the mix balance.
Any comments encouraged.
Always welcome.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Title: half moon

Vocal: Yoko K. (when she was young), my friend
Piano: Miya Nakajima, our local female jazz pianist

Link:
https://soundcloud.com/animarorecords/half-moon

Style is BOSANUVO.STY (MIDI)
MIDI Instruments are :
Acoustic Bass (33),
Slow String (50),
MIDI Drums : Brush and GM Percussions
All are played with EastWest Quantum Leap Goliath (Kontakt Version)
Nylon String Guitar (25), replaced by live performance of Yamaha teacher

Summary of lyrics:

I see a blue moon in the window
You sleeping profile is disappearing
With faint shadow
In the night sky

Even in our deep kisses
Nothing was left but scent
Even sure things
Will melt in this darkness

You just get to sleep
While healing the pain wound
Something is left in my mind
But it will fall deeply like droplets

Only on my fingers
I surely feel you
I want to be wrapped
Left alone forever in the night

Overflowing sadness will
Just carry away my heart
We will be left never united in a body
Like the vanishing foam on the sea

Even though we are together
Our hearts are like a half moon
Without becoming a full moon
We don’t know what to do with our hearts

Waiting for the moon to fade away
The reality now begins again
While grinding down the sorrow
That awakens pale

Shigeki,

Great song. I love the mix and vocal.

Very nice job on this.

Bob

Shigeki,

Lovely sophisticated song with a beautiful vocal.

Very nicely done as usual.

Peter

Shigeki,

The piano and vocals are very good and the whole sounds pretty sophisticated to me... but then I`ve yet to write my bossa nova song!
Very enjoyable music; well worth saving your original recordings.

Robert

Hello, Bob

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune, the vocal and the mix.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Peter

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune and the vocal.
I owe the pianist for so many things to make this song sophisticated.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Robert

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune, the piano and the vocal.
I had recorded many songs by Yamaha digital recorder when there was no DAW.
The original files are owned by one of my friends.
So, someday I'd like to transfer all of the files to my DAW and remake them again.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Shigeki...wow! So beautiful, and beautifully done..Every aspect perfectly executed. Completely captures the spirit of bossa. You are so lucky to have had live professionals to record this track! The vocal is just right, the spirit of the lyric is so faithful to the genre, the chord changes (modifying on the 2nd 4 beats, such as moving m7 to m6), the guitar playing itself, the tone and nature of the piano solo...I can speak for this genre, but I'm sure it is true for many other styles--when you so totally capture the spirit, and all the elements are in balance, your song moves into another higher dimension of professional excellence.
Thanks for going into the past to share this..and I hope I will hear more like it!

Shigeki,

We do not pretend to be knowledgeable about Bossa. But we listen to a LOT of different genres including some jazz so we like to think that we can recognize excellence when we hear it. Everything sounds sophisticated and like all the participants are in their element. The arrangement, vocal and piano are outstanding.

Very nice!

J&B

PS You did a great job working with those older tracks.

Very enjoyable listen Shigeki. I really like the bossa rhythm. Very cool feel to the music. Loved the vocal. Well done

Hi Shigeki Adachi
That is lovely. Such beautiful vocals. I can just picture sitting in a smokey bar at two in the morning listening to this. Wonderful!

I have no idea what is good bossa nova, but this song is excellent example of it to me. Vocals, piano and guitar form strong band and BIAB instruments support it seamlessly. Great melancholy lyrics also ("We don’t know what to do with our hearts" line summarizes it nicely).

Janne

Hello, Tom

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
I am very happy to hear nice words from you who sincerely love Bossa Nova and understand its spirits deeply.
As you said, I was very lucky that I could record this track with fantasy players.

There are many excellent guitarists also in my district.
However, most of them are good at rock, jazz and blues, but Bossa Nova.
So are Yamaha teachers. But that is not their fault.
Because there is little demand for bossa nova from their students.
The guitarist who played this track is an exception.

And our local jazz club pianists also play excellent jazz improvisations, but they could not have good performances when they play bossa nova.
The pianist who played this track is also an exception.
As soon as I heard her performance, I felt bossa nova's spirits clearly.

It was because I met these two players that the idea to record my old song came up to my mind.
I would also like to write bossa nova in the near future again.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Really beautiful Shigeki.

Enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Beautiful Shigeki!!! You are a master of melody and harmony!! Vocal is also excellent....props to Yoko. Very wonderful listen!! Take care. Greg

This was such a beautiful song. You did a really great job on this one. Thanks for sharing!

Hello, Janice & Bud

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
This song was written when I was absorbed in Bossa Nova, which is probably the best of my all works in this genre.
So, I am really glad you like this tune, the piano and the vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Scott

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune and the vocal.
Please share your bossa nova. I would really like to listen to it.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Joanne

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune.
And I much appreciate your compliments to Yoko's vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Janne

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune, the piano, the guitar and the vocal.
I am always extremely grateful to the musicians who participate to finish my works.
And I much appreciate your compliments to the lyrics.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Beautiful song wonderfully written and sung.

Hello, David

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Greg

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like my melodies and harmonies.
And I much appreciate your compliments to Yoko's vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Ember

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello, Elliott

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune and the vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Shigeki Adachi,

This is very nice. A beautiful song.

Yoko's vocal is lovely. The piano by Miya Nakajima is a delight.

The mix sounds good. It has a "live" sound to it. A very nice listen.

fj

Hello, floyd

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune, Miya's piano and Yoko's vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Shigeki, this is wonderful!! It's another flawless production from you! The vocalist's performance is beautiful! Thanks, Torrey

Hello, Torrey

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune.
And I much appreciate your compliments to Yoko's vocal.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi