Passarim - Antonio Carlos Jobim And The New Band

Advantages: Beautiful acoustic guitar music superbly played
Disadvantages: Very difficult now to get hold of as original CD.

...to me. All of these tracks are very listenable whether you are a jazz fan or not. The slowest track played is Ill Wind. The remaining numbers are either medium paced, How Insensitive or played fast, Joy Spring. How Insensitive was the track I first heard on Jazz FM, and is my favourite here. You'll probably recognise the tune without necessarily knowing it by name. It was written by Brazilian Antonio Carlos Jobim who wrote the very famous Girl From Ipenema. The version here is superb. Larry Coryell wrote tracks 1) and 5), with the remaining songs being cover versions of standards. Being new to this album the problem arises, who is playing the lead at any particular time on a song. Unfortunately the CD notes are none too helpful. At times the 2 guitarists sound similar in style eg on How Insensitive. On the other hand on Six Beats, Six... Read review

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Advantages: one of the best album of 2005
Disadvantages: not easy to find on the market

...ok , these are my words to speak of this record. I first heard Isabelle Antena when she wrote and sung Seaside with Buscemi on his album Camino Real .I then found that the first Eighteen street lounge compilation started with one of her track (Antena). As I'm a fan of both Thievery Corporation and Buscemi , when I saw that this record had remixes from both , plus Nicola Conte and Yukihiro Fukutomi (who are among my favorite artists) , I had to get it. And actually , I do prefer now by far the first CD , pure bossa nova in Jobim style. The cover of Henri Mancini's song is outstanding.I new it from the movie the Party , Claudine Longet being a french actress and Dimitry from Paris (french dj) had made an instrumental version.But this one , to me is even better than the original. The bossa cd is recorded with a big band , strings , flutes... Read review

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Advantages: Vastly original, superbly expressive
Disadvantages: Singles spoil the mood only slightly

...that I’ve taken you through a classic of the modern times – from yhwman: “Very good, but not enough anger.” Michael has really pushed the boat out with this one, throwing himself and his ideals fully into his work. Having officially “Come out” as a homosexual in 1998, he must have had a lot to think about, and a lot to live with during his career, and I admire him immensely for what this album stands for and what it preaches. If you like powerful and thoughtful lyrics, buy it. If you want to see how big a step one determined man can make in a short time, buy it. PS: Yours truly has just finished doing some research on said “Spanish sounding guys” whom the album is dedicated to: Antonio Carlos Jobim: I couldn’t really find much out about this person as the site’s were mostly... Read review

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