An Answer to Your Silence

Luciana Souza | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: NYC (New York City)
• ASIN: B00000JY6K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,683 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most inventive new brazilian artists !!!, September 18, 1999

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This review is from: An Answer to Your Silence (Audio CD)

I first heard Luciana with Danilo Perez in New York and was taken with how she complimented his playing. I bought her new album which is a beautifully constructed work. Her Brazilian roots are definitly present but her compositions and the reworking of standards makes this a special album.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative and beautiful, November 30, 2002

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This review is from: An Answer to Your Silence (Audio CD)

I just saw Luciana with Romero Lubambo (another Brazilian great) and was taken with her personality and her wonderful voice. I really enjoy this album- her voice is rich and the music is a combination of relaxing and peaceful while also energetic and joyous.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Debut, November 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: An Answer to Your Silence (Audio CD)

I had liked Souza's recent bossa nova album, Brazilian Duos, a good collection of guitar/vocal duets. Then I attended one of her concerts with John Patitucci. She seemed nervous and insecure on the stage, but she was happy when I asked her to sign my CDs in the backstage. Next day I decided to purchase all other Luciana Souza albums, starting by ordering An Answer To Your Silence, since i had been her debut album. Oh, I felt very very disappointed with this pseudo-fusion journey. Souza's own compositions are really mediocre, and she murders Gershwin's Embraceable You, a classic from the GAS (Great American Songbook). Her motionless treatments for two Brazilian standards by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bonita and Retrato em Blanco E Preto, are gelid. Another Brazilian singer, Ithamara Koorax, recorded those two songs in much better performances, gifted with great emotion and sophistication. Souza should listen to her Rio fellow...