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This release is Joao Gilberto stripped down nearly to his bare essentials -- his voice, guitar and the extremely spare drumming of Sonny Carr -- and he's just as mesmerizing as he's ever been on records. The whole record is about the rhythmic clashes and dovetailings of a singer and his guitar, pitched at extremely low levels of volume yet generating volumes of drive without seeming to breathe hard. Dig the insistent way in which "Falsa Baiana" and Gilberto Gil's marathon rhythm machine "Eu Vim Da Bahia" ride the waves of the bossa nova groove, or how Gilberto delivers one of the best renditions of Jobim's "Aguas de Marco" -- quietly relentless and to-the-point. Three of the tracks eschew words altogether -- gentle syllables and/or Gilberto's insistent guitar tell the entire story -- and the final selection, "Izaura," belatedly adds a female voice (Miucha) in the left speaker. Though recorded in a New Jersey studio -- the engineer, surprisingly enough, is Wendy Carlos, the electronic music pioneer of Switched-On Bach fame -- this addictive release originates from PolyGram Brazil.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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António Carlos Jobim, Composer, Lyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Ary Barroso, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - CAetano Veloso, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Geraldo Pereira, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Janet De Almeida, Composer, Lyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Haroldo Barbosa, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Joao Gilberto, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Carlos Coqueijo, Composer, Lyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Alcivando Luz, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Roberto Roberti, Composer, Lyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Herivelto Martins, Composer, Lyricist
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
Album review
This release is Joao Gilberto stripped down nearly to his bare essentials -- his voice, guitar and the extremely spare drumming of Sonny Carr -- and he's just as mesmerizing as he's ever been on records. The whole record is about the rhythmic clashes and dovetailings of a singer and his guitar, pitched at extremely low levels of volume yet generating volumes of drive without seeming to breathe hard. Dig the insistent way in which "Falsa Baiana" and Gilberto Gil's marathon rhythm machine "Eu Vim Da Bahia" ride the waves of the bossa nova groove, or how Gilberto delivers one of the best renditions of Jobim's "Aguas de Marco" -- quietly relentless and to-the-point. Three of the tracks eschew words altogether -- gentle syllables and/or Gilberto's insistent guitar tell the entire story -- and the final selection, "Izaura," belatedly adds a female voice (Miucha) in the left speaker. Though recorded in a New Jersey studio -- the engineer, surprisingly enough, is Wendy Carlos, the electronic music pioneer of Switched-On Bach fame -- this addictive release originates from PolyGram Brazil.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:30
- Main artists: João Gilberto
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Jazz
1973 Polydor 1973 Polydor
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