Bad Donato [Import]

Joao Donato | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0006VBG74
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Frog

2. Celestial Showers

3. Bambu

4. Lunar Tune

5. Cadê Jodel? (The Beautiful One)

6. Debutante's Ball

7. Straight Jacket

8. Mosquito (Fly)

9. Almas - Irmas

10. Malandro

Editorial Reviews

CD > BRAZILIAN MUSIC > BOSSA NOVA

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funky Brazilian jazz fusion, May 15, 2005

By 

DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Bad Donato (Audio CD)

This is a reissue of a 1970 album that many consider a jazz fusion benchmark. Brazilian pianist/arrangers Joao Donato and Eumir Deodato team up with an all-star cast, including fellow Brazilian expatriate Dom Um Romao and plenty of heavyweight North American jazz players to produce an energetic, somewhat aggressive set, built around Donato's electric piano work and a big, big beat. If you like "Bitches Brew"-era Miles Davis, or those early Chick Corea albums, you might really dig this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bossa-Funk Classic, July 2, 2008

By 

Michael H. Ricereto "clarinet1969" (Philly, PA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Bad Donato (Audio CD)

This is a classic early 1970's recording of super-funky Brazilian music of the highest order. I first heard of this record by a DJ friend of mine. He played a few tunes in his regular set and I was floored. When this re-release came up on Amazon I jumped immediately.

The liner notes explain how the record came to be. Joao Donato had already made a name for himself in Brazil with his lovely jazz sound and piano playing, and he was invited to make this record at his complete discretion. He brought in a cadre of fine musicians and made a tight collection of incredibly funky and influential tunes. If you grew up in the 1970's, you will hear all those cop show themes in this music - it's clear where they got their influence!

This is jazz/Brazilian/funk at it's greatest. If you have any interest in those sultry Carioca sounds, instrumental grooves, funky breaks or just like to hear an electric piano get a workout, this is a must-have.