Album Notes

From the most sophisticated jazz harmonies and improvisations to folkloric and indigenous sounds of Brazil, this eclectic tRIO have created an exciting new sound in their album. Recorded in Rio right after Carnaval, with the three musicians in the same acoustic room and no over dubs the result is an amazing live sound. Multi-instrumentalists, composers and arrangers this power tRIO has created a category of their own in the music realm.

"After the Carnaval" features original compositions of tRIO:

Celia Malheiros (Brazil), vocals, guitar and percussion, the singer,composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist has CDs of her original music featuring great names of the Brazilian and Jazz world like Hermeto Pascoal, João Bosco.


Thomas Clausen (Denmark), piano, has recorded and performed in his own and with so many of world's greatest musicians like Miles Davis, Gary Burton, Dexter Gordon, Thad Jones, Elvin Jones, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz, Stanley Turrentine, Chet Baker... Thomas has received numerous awards including the Danish Grammy for "Cafe Noir" ( 1990) with Gary Burton.

Carlos Malta (Brazil) woodwinds, a multi- instrumentalist virtuoso in all saxophones and flutes including shakuhashi (Japan), di-zi (China) and many other Brazilian indigenous and ethnic flutes. He has performed and recorded with Edu Lobo, Hermeto Pascoal, Arturo Sandoval, Ivan Lins, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Lenine, Guinga,