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Anahí

Jon Gold

Label: Entropic Records
Released: 2026
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Tracks

Guanabara Eyes; Squirrel Samba; Sumidouro; Ivaniando; The Broken Partido; Anahí; For Luiz; Old Story; Theme for MZ; The Lost Minuet; Big Friends; Hymn Noire; Bonus Track: Heptane;

Personnel

Album Description

Pianist and composer Jon Gold (www.jongold.com), who fits
no mold, announces his new album “Anahí”. This album showcases
Gold’s wide-ranging and genre-bending compositional talents in
formats ranging from solo piano to full bands with complete string orchestras.
With a discography well-received by the critics and public alike, Gold has made a remarkable
series of compositions that will appeal to the “serious” jazz listener as well as the casual
audience as he demonstrates a maturity in his compositions that allow for a high degree of
sophistication and cleverness woven in a tapestry of charming melodies and compelling
arrangements.
While many of the pieces draw from Gold’s life-changing experiences carved from his years
working and living in Brazil, many of the pieces are also drawn from his love of the music he
has inculcated into his repertoire from around the globe.
Anahí also grew from a desire to honor many of the people that have been important to him
musically and personally, One tune is dedicated to Luiz Ribeiro (Ivan Lins, Toninho Horta,
Milton Nascimento) another to his co-producer and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli (Eliane
Elias, Ivan Lins, Paquito D’Rivera) while a third is a tribute to Ivan Lins. As such the
compositions are truly heartfelt and reflect Gold’s love for the interesting diasporas of the
musical traditions he draws upon.
The recording features many influential players from the Brazilian music scene with
musicians from the bands of Ivan Lins, Joyce, Rosa Passos and Eliane Elias. Marina Marchi
(one of the greatest of the new generation of Brazilian vocalists) is present to add a dizzying
variety of vocal flavors to several pieces. Grammy-award winner Zach Brock is also a guest
artist.
This is an album for listening truly which tells a story. There are tracks that will appeal to
diverse moods and audiences ranging from the wistful and sentimental to others which give
way to inescapable foot-tapping.
Gold once again has shown his ability to make music that appeals to the mind, the heart and
the soul.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Jon Gold – “ANAHÍ”
The title “Anahí” (pronounced “Ahn-eye-eeh”) is from the indigineous language of Brazil Tupi-
Guaraní. It is a girl’s name which is thought to mean "one who brings happiness" or "one who
laughs"
The title track reflects that sense of joy and unbounded spirit.
The album was co-produced by Jon and the two-time Grammy nominee Mauricio Zottarelli
from Rio Claro, Brazil. While MZ was touring the world with several artists in 2024/2025 and
they did much of the producing work for this album remotely via various remote internet
platforms. Performers from around the globe were engaged remotely also yet the production maintains a deep sense of intimacy.