Distancia (Magos Herrera album)

Distancia
Studio album by Magos Herrera
Released	May 5, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Latin jazz, Latin pop
Label	Sunnyside Records, Jm Distribuidores
Producer	Tim Ries, Magos Herrera
Magos Herrera chronology
Minha Historia (2007) Distancia (2009) Mexico Azul (2010)
Singles from Distancia
"Reencuentro" Released: May 2009

Distancia (In English: Distance) is the fifth studio album by the Mexican jazz singer Magos Herrera, released on May 5, 2009. Tim Ries produced the album along with Herrera.

Background and theme

Recorded in New York City, Distancia includes songs written by Herrera and by composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim and César Portillo de la Luz.

The record includes original themes "Reencuentro"; "Tus ojos"; "Staying Closer" and "Alegría", with scintillating vocal percussion interlacing with rhythmic Pan-Afro/American structures, with touches of sonorities that evoke Joni Mitchell, and pat-flavored flamenco, as well as reinterpretations of classic themes from Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento and César Portillo de la Luz "Retrato em Branco e preto", "Inutil Paisaje", "Dindi", "Veracruz" and "Tu, Mi Delirio".

Track listing

1. "Reencuentro" (Reunion)
2. "Tus Ojos" (Your Eyes)
3. "New Song"
4. "Retrato Em Branco E Preto" (Portrait in Black And White)
5. "Inutil Paisaje" (Useless Landscape)
6. "Veracruz"
7. "Staying Closer"
8. "Tu, Mi Delirio" (You, My Delirium)
9. "Alegría" (Joy)
10. "Dindi"

Personnel

1. Magos Herrera, vocals
2. Lionel Loueke, guitar
3. Aaron Goldberg, piano
4. Ricky Rodriguez, bass
5. Alex Kauta, drums
6. Jennifer Beaujean, Ingrid Beaujean, vocals