Americana

Artist: Arturo Sandoval
Label: Encoded Music
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 026656420528
EAN: 0026656420528
ASIN: B00001R3NQ

Release Date: 1999-10-05

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Tracks:

Just The Way You Are
Come Back To Me
Englishman In New York
Let's Stay Together
All Night Long
Baby Come To Me
Killing Me Softly With His Song
If You Leave Me Now
She's Out Of My Life
We've Only Just Begun
Isn't She Lovely

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Customer Reviews:

Great tribute album to American pop music........2003-10-01

This is the type of album that purists will probably not enjoy. If you always expect Arturo to do something like Flight To Freedom, Hot House, Straight Ahead, L.A. Meetings or Trumpet Evolution, you'll probably be disappointed with this one. If you like Arturo as a musician and not just a latin jazz trumpeter then this album is great to hear. Arturo plays beautiful, musical phrases on flugelhorn and trumpet. Americana is a tribute to the United States in a sense that he has just finally gained citizenship (after about eight or nine years). The songs here are popular songs of today's American culture. Arturo solos sweetly on a latinized version of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are", and takes muted trumpet and plays Janet Jackson's awful "Come Back To Me" pretty well. Probably the most jazz-like tunes in this set are "Englishman In New York" (by Sting), "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green), "Isn't She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder) and "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie. The muted trumpet solo from Arturo on "Englishman In New York" is awesome, he keeps ascending and hits a Triple-G#, playing confidently throughout. I love "Let's Stay Together", it swings and pays tribute to the original beautifully. "All Night Long" is given the Cuban flavor and Arturo and the band really rip it on this song. Arturo shows off his brilliant showmanship on "Isn't She Lovely", and more beautiful ballad work on songs like "She's Out Of My Life" by Michael Jackson, although with plenty more.

If you're looking for Arturo in his normal form, buy one of the other albums I mentioned above. If you want a great, commercial-sounding Arturo album, this is it. Just because he is playing pop songs doesn't mean he isn't still playing with confidence and he still goes crazy. Not a must-buy, but a very solid album in its own right.

Fine effort which shows Sandoval's multidimensionality.......2001-04-12

The people who complain about this CD think that all AS can do is play jazz. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Sandoval, a true Renaissance musician, can play everything from classical to funk to jazz and everything inbetween. This CD is a loving tribute to his new country, which finally gave him citizenship after too many years of waiting.

If all you are looking for is stereotypes, don't look here. If your horizons are broad, this is a wonderful addition to your collection featuring one of the greatest trumpeters of all times. I've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with AS - what a super person he is.

Not Arturo-Not Jazz.......2001-03-22

A big disapointment. I got the cd at an Arturo concert. A great, burnin' highnote concert. On the way home I tried listening to it but couldn't stand it. The only plus that I give the cd is that he plays the fluff-filled remakes very nicely. If you are looking for popular music remakes, this is the cd for you. If you are looking for standard Arturo, look elsewhere. I will never listen to this cd again.

Wut is wrong with you?.......2000-10-10

Hey wut the heck is wrong with you. Elevator music? Since when has a triple G been elevator music? Maybe if the elevator was falling straight down i would agree with you.

This CD is AWFUL.......2000-05-05

What the heck is this? Arturo needs to stick to what he knows and knock off all the synthesized cheese. There are no screams, and no blazing bop lines. Don't waste your money. Arturo, if you read this, let me know before you make another CD like this, so I can ask amazon.com for a lower rating that 1 star. And get back to stuff like your DREAM COME TRUE album, which was really tight. You are an awesome musician, don't sell out!

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