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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624516521 Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea MPN: 45165 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: September 14, 1993 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea Average Rating:
 Rating: - familiar voices and familiar musici will focus on the brasil part in this review. as other reviewers have noted, joao was at his finest on some amoroso tracks but the production is unbearable at times. the voices on brasil are familiar to anyone who is a fan of brazilian music: gilberto gil, caetano veloso, joao gilberto, and maria bethania are among the greatest superstars all time of brazilian music individually. and on this album they all come together to play joao gilberto's style of music. i'm not sure about bethania ... Read More Rating: - Fantastic CDFantastic CD. Great orchestrations and concept. Wonderful songs. Singer creates a nice mood and has interesting rhythmic concept of deliberately not staying exactly with the beat at times. Rating: - BeautyJoao Gilberto (b. 1931) first came on to the scene with his debut album of 1958 titled "Chega de Saudade", introducing a new style of jazz samba called bossa nova. Gilberto is credited as the innovator of the bossa nova sound that sprung to life out of Brazil. We all likely own the 1965 classic Getz/Gilberto album, featuring his then wife Astrud on vocals along with Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. This album is good to own because you get two albums for the price of one, Gilberto's ... Read More Rating: - Bossa Nova rocksThis cd was the first of many brazilian bossa novas I've bought. I heard the Girl from Ipanema on a complilation jazz cd and was hooked then. I don't aggree w/ the above reviewers who don't like the orchestral arrangements? Are you nuts? This album is fantastic! Its actually two albums, and I love every song. I grew up listening to mostly r/b and this style is second only to that for me. I had never heard music so beautiful as in (portueguese'.) One of my professors suggested that I give ... Read More Rating:  - A masterpiece PLUS a great albumAs many reviewers have said, tracks 9-14 are worth the price of the album. These tracks are simply astonishing. I first heard three or four of them over the internet and on various mix CDs that my friends had. I was drawn to "Aquarela do Brasil" and "Disse Alguem" especially, and you could tell that it was the same session. I told myself I had to find such an album. (You see Mr. Record Company, many file sharers do go out and buy CDs!) Wasn't I suprised to find the Brasil album (tracks ... Read More |
