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Bossa Tres Jazz

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As a brazilian, I love brazilian music. I bought this cd because I loved Salome de Bahia's "Outro Lugar". The song in itself is not great, but Salome's performance is. She has an energy and a feel that one can only find in brazilian music. At home I got to listen to the rest of the cd (they're two). The other tracks are easy to like and listen... and here lies the issue: this cd was made by people (europeans and japanese) who probably never heard from Brazilian music more then those classic tunes from Tom Jobim, Joćo Gilberto. To me it seems they do not know the richness of brazilian music as much as I expected. In their attempt to get (let's say) a "Bossa Nova 2000" feel, they ended up with something much closer to simple easy listening then to Jazz (or Bossa Nova). The music seemed to me very well produced, performed, nicely melodic but also too easy and commercial. One thing that annoyed me very much was the deliberate use of brazilian elements that were clearly misused: Some words in the titles of a few tracks (portuguese words) are simply misspelt and that left me with the idea that the people who made this cd have no idea what they are naming their music after (laughs). It seems to me they just did it because it would look great to have their music named in portuguese and (laughs) that would make them look more brazilian. But it doesn't. I tried to find brazilian elements that would denounce the presence of someone able to deliver what the title on the cover suggests. But after listening to it I found only 10% of it brazilian, 10% Jazz and 80% easy listening. To me this is clearly something designed to look like something it isn't. ANYWAY it sounds good, it is very nice, it is moody, it has atmosphere, it is catchy... but it is not brazilian, it is not Bossa Nova (in any way) and I think it is certainly not Jazz either. Plus: I still haven't figured out what that multimedia section has to do with anything...

This is a project coordinated by DJ Yellow from French Yellow Productions (Kid Loco, Mighty Bop... are some of their stars) and it assembles a young jazz artists from Japan, England and France. On the basis of bossa nova rhytms, DJ Gregory, Neon Phusion, Modaji, Mighty Bop and others build plenty of excelent acid and electronic jazz. The mix of an easy-listening bossa nova and a hard acid and electronic jazz makes the disk interesting either to everyone that likes jazz, or to the club-dance electronic music fans. CD also contains Introduction to Bossa Tres...Jazz and Dzine paintings multimedia presentation for CD-ROM. The high quality music and the interesting conception of the disk promises that acid jazz has a bright future.

As a brazilian, I love brazilian music. I bought this cd because I loved Salome de Bahia's "Outro Lugar". The song in itself is not great, but Salome's performance is. She has an energy and a feel that one can only find in brazilian music. At home I got to listen to the rest of the cd (they're two). The other tracks are easy to like and listen... and here lies the issue: this cd was made by people (europeans and japanese) who probably never heard from Brazilian music more then those classic tunes from Tom Jobim, Joćo Gilberto. To me it seems they do not know the richness of brazilian music as much as I expected. In their attempt to get (let's say) a "Bossa Nova 2000" feel, they ended up with something much closer to simple easy listening then to Jazz (or Bossa Nova). The music seemed to me very well produced, performed, nicely melodic but also too easy and commercial. One thing that annoyed me very much was the deliberate use of brazilian elements that were clearly misused: Some words in the titles of a few tracks (portuguese words) are simply misspelt and that left me with the idea that the people who made this cd have no idea what they are naming their music after (laughs). It seems to me they just did it because it would look great to have their music named in portuguese and (laughs) that would make them look more brazilian. But it doesn't. I tried to find brazilian elements that would denounce the presence of someone able to deliver what the title on the cover suggests. But after listening to it I found only 10% of it brazilian, 10% Jazz and 80% easy listening. To me this is clearly something designed to look like something it isn't. ANYWAY it sounds good, it is very nice, it is moody, it has atmosphere, it is catchy... but it is not brazilian, it is not Bossa Nova (in any way) and I think it is certainly not Jazz either. Plus: I still haven't figured out what that multimedia section has to do with anything...

This cd brings back great memories. I remember the day I picked it up in the record store - I think it was about 3 years ago, figuring that if I liked the first Bossa Mundo, it would serve me well to check this one out too. And while I listened to Bossa Mundo, it was really this release here that got me interested in Tom & Joyce and a few other artists featured.

What you have here is a sort of global influence on dance and bossa from 1999-2001. The style that was in at the time, but this one has a noticeably high Japanese influence to the cuts with the beats and simply with the artists included. It's almost like one massive collaboration of great musicians! You have Tom & Joyce with a rare acoustic remix of their extremely popular "Vai Minha Tristeza", St Ernesto with his beat heavy and dark "Easy In" and Salome De Bahia pumping in a upbeat dance track of her own with "Outra Lugar". Also featured is Compost's own Kyoto Jazz Massive.

I definitely recommend this cd. The second disc has some different mixes of tracks on CD 1 and a few originals. I'm a big fan of the Bossa Mundo and Bossa Tres... Jazz series and recommend their releases - at least the 4 that I know of. And if you like Salome De Bahia, do note that besides vinyls, she has a cd out there titled "Cabaret" that's quite good too, but a bit difficult to find. And finally if you liked this particular release, check out Boss-A-Troniq vol. 1 if you can along with the second Bossa Tres... Jazz release.

This album is a seemingly effortless blend of Japanese Future Jazz (Kyoto Jazz Masif etc..), and the rich seem of Latin and Latin influenced jazz. Running throughout the album is the use of bossa nova, once the preserve of Jazz composers such as Jobim, now fused with ambient and modern jazz styles. Track five of the first disc is a particularly beautiful example. Listen to the clip! I don't yet own this album, but I have listened to all of it many times, and I can't think of any other music I'd rather chill out to. If you love Jazz, Dance or good music, you don't really have an excuse not to give this record your attention.

Strange how this is a cheaper than Bossa Tres vol 2, when this release is a double disc set and the other is a single.

But none-the-less, I liked this CD. The previous reviewer was correct in that the CD seems to be seeking an identity and to be honest, feels like a sort of collaboration effort that was not really understood. Amazingly, the sound and experience of the CD is still of very high quality.

The main point of the cd I think is to give different interpretations of the bossa sound as seen through different cultures and countries. Bossa Nova and brazilian music in general is so big in Japan. And the artists featured here are honestly an impressive collection of artists in the "new" Brazilian music movement. Kyoto Jazz Massive, Ernesto, Tom & Joyce, Jazzanova, Truby Trio... so many artists. The tracks are solid - you have an acoustic interpretation of "Vai Minha Tristeza", and a heavy, deep bossa in "Easy In" and loads of other tracks, some broken up by interludes which'll make you flash to the Red Hot series.

I recommend this CD to the collecter - if you liked Jazzanova or Rainer Truby's Glucklich series, you will probably enjoy this. This is nothing like the Schema compilations or Brazilectros. And if you like this, the new one, Bossa Tres vol 2 might be something else to look into. It feels similar to this one, but the music is actually a bit better in my opinion - and more soulful (except you can't duplicate Salome De Bahia_. Enjoy!

You think you don't like jazz? So listen to this pure, aerian musical line, and you will change your mind. If you enjoy electronic sound, latino rythms, the both or if you need music to give vacation to your brain, sure it's for you. It's peaceful,it swings, it's nice. No more to say, make good to your ears, get this dobble CD.

if you have ever been in love, if you have ever been to brazil, if you have ever confused the two..then you'll love this