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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0790248019529 Label: Putumayo World Music Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Putumayo World Music Release Date: January 08, 2002 Studio: Putumayo World Music Sales Rank: 3236 MPN: 195
Amazon.com: This eclectic compilation shows the syncopated and seductive evolution of the African-derived Brazilian samba and its offspring, the bossa nova. The CD features a new-wave series of moods and grooves tailor-made for the 21st century. There's angel-voiced Rosa Passos and her silky version of the Ary Barroso/Luiz Peixoto song "E Luxo So." Guitarist-vocalist Márcio Faraco's remake of Noel Rosa's samba-canção "Feitiço da Vila" is just as tasteful. The elegant, classically tinged Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum, led by cellist Jacques Morelenbaum, skillfully mixes Ravel-like harmonies with Afro-Brazilian beats on "Eu e o Meu Amor/Lamento No Morro" from the film Black Orpheus. The London-based group Da Lata swings the sacred syncopations of "Cores" in a club-friendly, secular rendition. And the talented Moreno Veloso, son of the great Caetano Veloso, turns in an intimate and atmospheric version of Olodum's "Deusa do Amor" (Goddess of Love). These tracks show that the bossa nova and the samba can still give us new musical surprises. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Rating: - Brazil here I come!!!
I looooove all the Putamayo compilations, I think they have great pros who are able to put together cool, smooth sounds of artists that sometimes are forgotten in time, or never made it to mass-distribution. ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful Exotic Beats Rhythms and Harmony
I was and am a Bossa Nova Neophyte. In May of this year my friend took me to D.C. for my Birthday...in Adams Morgan we ended up in a little club called Bossa Nova....loved the music not to mention the mojitos....I ... Read More
Rating: - love it!
i use this cd in my pilates classes and inevitably someone ALWAYS asks me what it is. it is great music to listen to while relaxing, exercising, cleaning the house, having a dinner party, you name it. i have many putumayo ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutely wonderful
This instantly became one of my all-time favorite CDs. Like other reviewers, it makes me think of summer.... warm breezes, happy afternoon naps in the hammock, a long walk in the moonlight. I usually combine this with a ... Read More
Rating: - Sweet set of new Brazilian music
The level of quality in Putumayo's world music samplers has been steadily rising over the last few years. The label scores another hit with this excellent collection of sleek modern balladeers and Brazilian pop innovators... ... Read More
- Brazil here I come!!!