When Cesária Évora recorded her first album, Tito Paris was there. He wrote a song for her ('Regresso'), conceived arrangements and played numerous instruments. This was a step, a memorable moment, but not the beginning. His history and involvement in music go back way before that-in fact, to the very day of his birth (30th May 1963) in Mindelo, the principal city on the island of São Vicente. When you're born into a family where everyone is somewhat musical, it's hard to escape music.
Not having any more resistance than the next guy, Tito Paris also succumbed. He had music in his heart as much as in his soul. If he strolls down memory lane, he remembers his escapades in bars, unbeknownst to his mother, taking advantage of his father's absences. Tito was always dragging around his guitar on which his sister had taught him a first chord.
He played with his brothers and cousin Bau, already quite skilful on the cavaquinho and who would also become famous later on. He profited from the advice, know-how and acquaintances of the clarinettist Luis Morais and the pianist Chico Serra. After the night clubs, cafés and cabarets of Mindelo, Tito Paris was going to be born a second time.
At the age of 19, he left for Lisbon, summoned by Bana, a great Cape Verdean singer who had settled there and who brought him to Portugal to play in his group, Voz de Cabo Verde. From that moment on, with his head full of dreams, Tito Paris began his great adventure. It began with a brief disappointment: he thought he was going to play bass, but was offered drums.
He was on the point of giving up and even going back to Cape Verde, when chance smiled on him. The bass player left, and Tito was able to take his place. Four years passed, and he decided it was time to leave Voz de Cabo Verde, with which he had grown up musically, thanks in particular to Paulinho Viera.
He became one of the most prominent names on the Cape Verde scene in Lisbon, as well as one of the most sought-after musicians, accompanying the finest, like Dany Silva, who encouraged him to take up the guitar definitively. He would also be seen collaborating with numerous Portuguese artists, including Rui Veloso.
In 1985, he produced his first album. This was solely instrumental record and focussed the spotlight on his talents as a guitarist. He formed his own group and, in 1994, recorded Dança mi criola, by which he made himself known throughout the Cape Verde community.
It also became, and has remained, up to the present day, his favourite song, the one everyone requests in concert. In Lisbon, he frequently performed in the cellar of the Enclave, his restaurant-club, or at B. Leza, another meeting place of the African community in the capital. This disc was followed by Graça de Tchega in 1996, then two live albums, including 27 de Julio 1990, which was released last year.
Between these various recordingshis travels took him from Oslo to New York and from Louisiana to Paris.
Guilhermina, the new album, prolongs the pleasure of the previous ones or, even better, magnifies it and gives it wings. Here, gorged with the blues, his voice asserts itself, present and instinctive, while the guitar displays an eloquence ever more fascinating. From inexpressible melancholy to coarse hip-swaying, with large traits of sadness and fruited scents.
All of that is to be found in Guilhermina, i.e., mornas tinged with saudade, that sorrowful serenity, that nostalgia that constantly imbues Cape Verdean music, but also coladeiras and funana, joyous propositions and temptations to dance. Tito Paris adapts these emblematic styles of Cape Verde in his own fashion.
Accompanied by his regular group, joined by numerous guests artists and a string quartet, he slows down or speeds up the rhythm, here introducing an Angolan rhythm, there another from northern Portugal, making a detour by Mozambique or evoking the samba of Brazil.
Although he is anxious to preserve the singularity, the Creole genius and the tradition of the music of Cape Verde, Tito Paris, an enthusiastic volunteer ambassador of the musical soul of his country, also knows how to open doors and windows and build bridges. He invents without ever forgetting where he comes from.
Estrela Linda
Tito Paris Lyrics
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linda e luminose
ta corrê na céu.
Lembran oi d'um criola,
calor k'um recebê,
kel n'ka ta esquecê.
bo ke nha amor,
perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura.
Ded pontód pa tchuva,
tchuva ta cai,
num tempo undi tinha,
rubera ta corrê.
olai olai... bo ke nha amor
The lyrics of Tito Paris's song Estrela Linda portray a sense of nostalgia and longing for a lost love. The song's opening lines depict a beautiful and luminous star running through the sky. This star serves as a metaphor for the singer's former love. He remembers a Creole girl who had warmed his heart, and he cannot forget her. The singer implores his beloved not to suffer and to stay close to him, as she is his sweetness.
The lyrics also allude to the changing weather patterns, as the singer notes that rain falls in a place where there was once a river. The song seems to lament the passage of time and the loss of something precious. It is a melancholic tribute to a love that has been lost.
Overall, Tito Paris's Estrela Linda is a wistful love song with a touch of sadness. The lyrics serve as a reminder of the transience of love and the need to cherish it while it lasts.
Line by Line Meaning
Ja'm oiá um estrela,
I saw a beautiful, shining star in the sky.
linda e luminose
It was gorgeous and luminous.
ta corrê na céu.
Moving across the sky.
Lembran oi d'um criola,
It reminds me of a Creole girl.
calor k'um recebê,
Warmth that I received.
kel n'ka ta esquecê.
One that I can never forget.
Kretcheu ka txam sofrê,
My dear, don't let yourself suffer.
bo ke nha amor,
You are my love.
perta na mi,
Stay close to me.
bo eh nha doçura.
You are my sweetness.
Ded pontód pa tchuva,
From the pointy tip to the rain.
tchuva ta cai,
The rain is falling.
num tempo undi tinha,
In a time when I had.
rubera ta corrê.
My flow of tears.
olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Oh, my love, you are everything to me.
Contributed by Emma F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Ijasilton Fortes
Estrela Linda Tito Paris
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Kretcheu ka txam sofrê,
Bo ke nha amor,
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura.
Ded pontód pa tchuva,
Tchuva ta cai,
Num tempo undi tinha,
Rubera ta corrê.
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Kretcheu ka txam sofrê
Bo ke nha amor
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura
Ded pontód pa tchuva
Tchuva ta cai
Num tempo undi tinha
Rubera ta corrê
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
(Bo ke nha amor)
(Bo ke nha amor)
(Bo ke nha amor)
Kratcheu ka txam sofrê
Bo ke nha amor
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura
Ded pontód pa tchuva
Tchuva ta cai
Num tempo undi tinha
Rubera ta corrê
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Ijasilton Fortes
BEAUTIFUL STAR
I´ve seen a star
Beautiful and bright
Running in the sky
Reminded me a “kriola´s” eyes
The heat i received
That, I won´t forget
I´ve seen a star
Beautiful and bright
Running in the sky
Reminded me a “kriola´s” eyes
The heat i received
That, I won´t forget
“Kretcheu” don´t let me suffer,
You are my love,
Hug me tight, you are my sweetness
Pointing to the rain,
The rain is falling,
There were a weather with
Streams flowing
Olai olai…. You are my love
Olai olai…. You are my love
I´ve seen a star
Beautiful and bright
Running in the sky
Reminded me a “kriola´s” eyes
The heat i received
That, I won´t forget
I´ve seen a star
Beautiful and bright
Running in the sky
Reminded me a “kriola´s” eyes
The heat i received
That, I won´t forget
“Kretcheu” don´t let me suffer,
You are my love,
Hug me tight, you are my sweetness
Pointing to the rain,
The rain is falling,
There were a weather with
Streams flowing
Olai olai… you are my love
(You are my love)
(You are my love)
(You are my love)
“Kretcheu” don´t let me suffer,
You are my love,
Hug me tight, you are my sweetness
Pointing to the rain,
The rain is falling,
There were a weather with
Streams flowing
Olai olai… you are my love
Olai olai… you are my love
PS: “Kretcheu” or “Kretxeu” means more or less as “My Love”
“Kriola” means in a modern context, a girl or a woman, from Cape Verdean islands.
Not a original english version
Ijasilton Fortes
Estrela Linda
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Kretcheu ka txam sofrê,
Bo ke nha amor,
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura.
Ded pontód pa tchuva,
Tchuva ta cai,
Num tempo undi tinha,
Rubera ta corrê.
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Ja'm oiá um estrela
Linda e luminose
Ta corrê na céu
Lembran oi d'um criola
Calor k'um recebê
Kel n'ka ta esquecê
Kretcheu ka txam sofrê
Bo ke nha amor
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura
Ded pontód pa tchuva
Tchuva ta cai
Num tempo undi tinha
Rubera ta corrê
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
(Bo ke nha amor)
(Bo ke nha amor)
(Bo ke nha amor)
Kratcheu ka txam sofrê
Bo ke nha amor
Perta na mi, bo eh nha doçura
Ded pontód pa tchuva
Tchuva ta cai
Num tempo undi tinha
Rubera ta corrê
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Olai olai... bo ke nha amor
Celso Ndongala
Grande Tito Paris , sempre a proporcionar boa música que alimenta a alma.
Jacqueline Finch
Me encanta!
Filipe João Pereira de Figueiredo
GRAAAAAANDE TITO PARIS , Continue o Mundo precisa de Cantores como o Sr. OBRIGAD um ABRAÇO
Felix Adão Adão
As tuas musicas são verdadeiras incrìvel !
Eduardo Raposo
Lindo, gosto da musica de Cabo Verde, é quente, faz bem à ALMA.
Luís Filipe
Grande Tito Paris 👍👏👏
rosa sabino
Perfeito obrigada meu querido Proença por me mostrar esse maravilhoso cantor
Carlos graça
Faz bem ao coração saudades dessa linda terra
Andrea Sou
Tão linda musica. Que ritmo maravilhoso.
Antonio Neves
Um dos muito bons intérpretes da belíssima música Cabo-verdiana.
Grande embaixador da música e da cultura de Cabo-Verde