Blissa Nova is the second album by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer and songwriter J. C. Schütz

J. C. Schütz

Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish singer, musician and songwriter. Since 2010 he uses the pseudonym Peacebird, thus advocating pacifism, direct democracy, social equality and human rights....

, released in 2007.

The title "Blissa Nova" is a play on the word bliss and the music style bossa nova

Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...

.

Recorded between 2005 and 2007, Blissa Nova is arranged and produced by J. C. Schütz. Apart from Schütz' own songs, it includes covers of five well-known Brazilian and Swedish standards, in Schütz own translations: "Tristeza" (Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...

), "Eu Vim da Bahia" (Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...

), "Pra Que Chorar" (Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...

/Baden Powell

Baden Powell de Aquino

Baden Powell de Aquino usually known simply as Baden Powell, was one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists. He explored the instrument to its utmost limits, playing it in a distinctive, unique manner, incorporating virtuoso classical techniques together with popular harmony and swing...

), "Underbart är kort" (Povel Ramel

Povel Ramel

Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical...

) and "Den lilla bäcken" (Allan Edwall

Allan Edwall

Johan Allan Edwall was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films such as Fanny and Alexander...

).

Several of Sweden's best jazz and world-music musicians play on the album, such as Sebastian Notini (drums), Peter Asplund (trumpet) and Karin Hammar (trombone) and Cloudberry Jam's Henke Sundqvist (rhodes and piano). Brazilian singer Aline de Lima

Aline de Lima

Aline de Lima, born October 23, 1978 in Caxias, Brazil, is a Brazilian singer, writer and composer.- Biography :Aline de Lima's first CD, Arrebol, was produced by Brazilian singer and producer Vinicius Cantuária. It was released on the French independent record label Naïve, which has also released...

, was invited to sing a 2-language duet with Schütz in "This Sadness (Tristeza)", whereas Schütz sings his English lyric and de Lima sings the original lyrics in Portuguese.

Track listing

1. "Plunge Into The Miracle"
2. "This Sadness (Tristeza)" featuring Aline de Lima
   Aline de Lima
   Aline de Lima, born October 23, 1978 in Caxias, Brazil, is a Brazilian singer, writer and composer.- Biography :Aline de Lima's first CD, Arrebol, was produced by Brazilian singer and producer Vinicius Cantuária. It was released on the French independent record label Naïve, which has also released...
   
   
3. "When Happiness Attacks"
4. "Difficult"
5. "I Came From Bahia (Eu vim da Bahia)"
6. "Be For Real"
7. "What Good Are Tears (Pra que chorar)"
8. "Aurora"
9. "One Moment's Bliss"
10. "Prayer"
11. "Caged Birds"
12. "Wonderful Is Brief (Underbart är kort)"
13. "Little Stream (Den lilla bäcken)"