Soul of Brasil

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Indie
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
EAN: 7898420121787
ASIN: B0007OAQTY

Release Date: 2005-02-21

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Tracks:

Once Again I'll Call (Os Verbos Do Amor) - Marva King
Kiss Me (Besa Me) - Denise Stewart
O Que Vai Ser (What's It Gonna Be)
Future Lovers (Futuros Amantes) - Diana Moreira Booker
E Eu Quero Que Você Me Queira (Everwanting to Want You to Want) - Alexandre Lucas
Sentindo O Amor (Spirit of Love) - Luciana Mello
Você Me Faz Sonhar - Alexandre Lucas
Disseram
Simple Measures (Coisas Fáceis - Luciana Mello
Assim É O Amor
Sensualidade (Feminity)
Você E Eu - Alexandre Lucas
Hoje Sou Feliz
They Say (Disseram) [*] - Marva King
Spirit of Love [*] - Ali "Ollie" Woodson,

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Customer Reviews:

Soul of Brasil sizzles with the warmth of an Ipanema smile.......2005-10-09

Not sure why no one has written a review for this phenomenal CD. So here goes...

If the Cafý Soul All-Stars album is your kind of music, then here's a must-have for your CD collection. This album is as interesting as it is essential. It contains more superb productions by The Starship Orchestra's Jacques Burvick, and Duke Jones and features some superb performances from Marva King, Denise Stewart, Diana Booker (daughter of Flora Purim and Airto), Luciana Mello, and Ali Ollie Woodson.

You Entertainment is the brainchild of Clarence O. Smith, the co-founder of Essence magazine. Major kudos to him for releasing material of this very high standard!

This set is definitely recorded for Brazilian music lovers and contains many classy soul outings performed in Portuguese. The productions are solid, the music sturdier still, and the vocalists are magnificent.

Interesting also is the Latin versions of popular R&B numbers. Brian McKnight's "What's It Gonna Be" is given a very tasty makeover by Edmon, as is his BRILLIANT remake in Portuguese of Maxwell's 1998 song "Everwanting To Want You To Want".

Eric Benýt's gorgeous 1996 "Femininity" is given an interesting and quite respectful remake in English by Edmon as well, and showcases in English what a great talent he is. What I particularly like is the chorus is sung in Portuguese!

But the real showstoppers are the original songs by familiar names. If anyone could do a great job of sounding like Jean Carne it is the beautiful Marva King on "Once Again I'll Call". I imagine these are what were Brazilian songs - this one "Osverbos Do Amor" - and remade in English. The intricacy of the romantic Portuguese tongue sometimes falters when translated, but not so on this album.

Denise Stewart thrilled us on the Cafý Soul All-Stars album and also makes an appearance here with the deliciously Latin "Kiss Me". Throughout this album there is a spoken word but I am not sure who does this. Where it does pop up it is very well placed and does nothing but add to the track and not detract from it.

A new name to me is Diana Booker. Her song is called "Future Lovers" and is another translation from Portuguese. The lyrics in English are really beautiful, poetic and have had some intelligent thought behind it. Diana's able vocals and the seriously soulful music become one with the passion of the lyric and elevate this high above anything that is being churned out in America at the moment.

But there are too many fine cuts here to describe them all. Any one of these songs on this album alone would be enough to prompt an immediate purchase. You won't go wrong adding Soul of Brasil to your collection.

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