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João Voz e Violão by: João Gilberto List Price: $18.98 CD-Charts Price: $9.97 You Save: $9.01 (47%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731454671323 Label: Polygram Records Manufacturer: Polygram Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polygram Records Release Date: June 13, 2000 Studio: Polygram Records Sales Rank: 40329 MPN: 546713 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: If Antonio Carlos Jobim is the compositional force behind the bossa nova, and jazz tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is its most eloquent American interpreter, then Joao Gilberto is its angelic voice. Since 1958, Gilberto's haunted and lyrical Brazilian-born Afro-Indian Portuguese has seduced generations with its sophistication and seductiveness. This CD, produced by Caetano Veloso, is Gilberto's first studio recording in nearly 10 years and it's well worth the wait. With just his voice and his guitar, Gilberto fills the heart and head with enough musical force to equal a symphony orchestra. Of course, the classic bossa nova titles "Desafinado," "Voce vai Ver," and "Chega de Saudade" retain their pathos and power. Gilberto christens Veloso's "Desde que Samba e Samba" and "Coracao Vagabundo;" Ernesto Lecuona's "Eclipse" and Gilberto Gil's "Eu Vim da Bahia" with the same soulful sounds that made him a legend for 40 years. --Eugene Holley Jr. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Admirably Straight-ForwardThis is a simple, yet intimate album. It sounds like what you might hear had you Joao Gilberto over for drinks and got him to play his guitar for a half hour. I am not very familiar with Joao Gilberto's music (I am better acquainted with his ex-wife Astrud's). Mostly what I know of him is from the classic Getz-Gilberto album. But if this album is any indication, Joao's talent has not diminished since the 1960s. He made a wise artistic choice here and recorded these tracks with just him on guitar and singing. No drums, sythns, or strings. Most of the songs I was unfamiliar with, other than the classic Desafinado. Perhaps great musicians of the 1960s can never really recapture the sound they had perfected back then, whether it be Joao Gilberto, ... Read More: Rating:  - extraordinaryThis CD is an extraordinary experience of one voice with one guitar. For 40 years I've waited for the perfect Joao Gilberto album, and finally here it is. Rating: - The essentialsI've taken a discovery dive into the wonderworld of Brazilian music, which was mostly unbeknowst to me, even being Brazilian myself. From all the different genres and musical movements I've researched, bossa nova is by far the most inspired. It was the most creative ever made in this country and I think nothing better will ever be done. To listen to any given bossa nova song is to look at a snapshot of the Brazilian soul. And this was the first bossa nova record I bought. I'm looking forward to buying Gilberto's earlier, orchestrated work, part of which I've listened to on the internet, but for me, this is really what his music is all about: voice, guitar, and silence. Any bossa nova fan should buy this. By the way, I strongly disagree with those ... Read More: Rating:  - Zen Baiano's voice will never be the same again...Joao has remained the same romantic crooner that he was 40 years ago, but his voice is not the same... it's natural it won't ever be the same, our beloved Zen Baiano is getting on... The arrangements somewhat lack expression, they produce and impression of drowsiness. However I have to admit such arrangement is quite good in Eclipse (perhaps the best song of the disk, it's gently swinging like the reflection of the moon on the water). I also enjoyed Da Cor do Pecado, a lovely, sensual tune... But the overall impression is that his best times are gone. Rating: - Pretty good, but not his best by any meansThis is a pretty straightforward album: just João and his guitar, playing a bunch of songs he's cut before. Almost exceptionlessly beautifully, with one exception: the version of "Eu Sou da Bahia" on this album is HORRIBLE, even more so when compared to the version in his 1973 album, and should just have been left out. The rest of the songs are really good; my favorite is "Da Cor do Pecado". The sound could have been much better on this album, though; the bass sounds somewhat muddy. It's also really short at 30 mins. Anyway, this is a really good album, and I was blown away by it when I got it; but after getting some of his older stuff (especially the original recordings compilation, his Montreux live set, and the 1973 album), I don't ... Read More: |
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