All One

Oscar Castro-Neves | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mack Avenue
• ASIN: B000EHQ7LU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,941 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shining and sensitive Bossa Nova album from master Castro-Neves, May 15, 2006

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All One (Audio CD)

Oscar Castro Neves comes from the early Bossa Nova era (60s). He is an inspired composer, guitar player and arranger of so many Bossa Nova classics. He's the author of 'Onde Esta Voce' and 'Morrer de Amor', both Bossa Nova standards in Brazil.

BTW, Brazilian singer Luciana Souza performs a beautiful rendition of 'Morrer de Amor' in this album.

Typically a musician of musicians, Mr. Castro-Neves is one those artists who virtually touches a song with such delicate sensibility. He's surely one of those underrated artists who acts mainly behind the scene.

Soon he moved to the USA and began working in the local studios mainly as an advisor for Brazilian music on albums by some American artists like Dianne Reeves. He is claimed to be responsible for the Bossa Nova version of 'Something' which Sarah Vaughan sings in her 'Songs of the Beatles'.

His fans are gifted a new album from Mr. Castro-Neves now and then and this is another gem, his second one for label Mack Avenue.

As usual in his albums, Mr. Castro-Neves offers some Jazz standards here and also some Brazilian hits like traditional samba 'N?o Me Diga Adeus' and Tom Jobim's 'Double Rainbow'.

He also offers an extraordinary rendition of Chopin's Prelude n? 28 and a sensitive version of bolero 'Historia de un Amor' which sounds like a slow Bossa Nova, very good taste.

Jazz standards include Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight' and a beautiful Bossa Nova uptempo take of John Coltrane's 'Naima'. Two standards from the Great American Songbook are also played 'There Will Never Be Another You' and Ray Noble's 'The Very Thought of You', both played with their rare verse.

Some great and intelligent compositions by Castro-Neves himself completes this must-have program.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite blend of Brazilian rhythms, jazz and popular songs, August 19, 2006

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jean sparrow - See all my reviews

This review is from: All One (Audio CD)

This album has a balance of vocal and instrumental numbers, with exquisite arrangements by master Oscar Castro-Neves, wonderful vocals, great new original songs, as well as new interpretations for old classics. I listen to it non-stop. It's a real gem.

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesante trabajo, April 30, 2011

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Manuel Carranza C "Hamelin" (Lima, PERU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All One (Audio CD)

El productor, arreglista y legendario guitarrista brasilero Oscar Castro-Neves nos entrega una producción fresca y variopinta como ésta llamada "All One".
Participan grandes músicos como Don Grusin en el piano y teclados, Briam Bromberg en el contrabajo, Alex Acuña y Mike Shapiro en las baterías, entre otros para darnos una larga seleccion de temas propios como arreglos de standards del jazz, muy interesantes, estas últimas. Interesante la participación del violinista Charlie Bisharat con histriónicos solos y del multi-instrumntista Gary Meek. Interesante la composición "More Than Yesterday" llena de virtuosismo para la guitarra y la flauta. Su versión cantada del bolero "Historia de un amor" y de la balada "The Very Thought of You" no es muy convincente que digamos a excepción de su arreglo instrumental. Excelente el arreglo en latin-bossa de "'Round Midnight" con un solo extraordinario del Briam Bromberg y Charlie Bisharat. Muy bueno tambien el tema "One Bad habit" con que cierra el disco.