Blissa Nova


Blissa Nova is the second album by Swedish singer and songwriter Johan Christher Schütz, released in 2007.
The title "Blissa Nova" is a play on the word bliss and the music style bossa nova.
Recorded between 2005 and 2007, Blissa Nova is arranged and produced by Schütz. Apart from Schütz' own songs, it includes covers of five well-known Brazilian and Swedish standards, in Schütz own translations: "Tristeza", "Eu Vim da Bahia", "Pra Que Chorar", "Underbart är kort" and "Den lilla bäcken".
Several of Sweden's best jazz and world-music musicians play on the album, such as Sebastian Notini, Peter Asplund and Karin Hammar and Cloudberry Jam's Henke Sundqvist. Brazilian singer Aline de Lima, was invited to sing a 2-language duet with Schütz in "This Sadness ", 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 " featuring Aline de Lima
  3. "When Happiness Attacks"
  4. "Difficult"
  5. "I Came From Bahia "
  6. "Be For Real"
  7. "What Good Are Tears "
  8. "Aurora"
  9. "One Moment's Bliss"
  10. "Prayer"
  11. "Caged Birds"
  12. "Wonderful Is Brief "
  13. "Little Stream "