Customer Reviews

Brazil chill

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I see this excellent album as the successor of real classics such as "A Brazilian Love Affair" by George Duke (1979), "Salongo" by Ramsey Lewis (1976) or "Happy People" by Paulinho Da Costa (1979). Like "Brazil Chill", these albums contain brilliant mixtures of American style Jazz-Funk and Brazilian rhythms as well as melodies and vocals from the largest Latin-American country, which delivers the most wonderful folklore music on this planet. For anyone who loves Latin flavors and Contemporary Jazz, this is the most important release of the year!! I would give "Brazil Chill" 10 stars if I could even though 5 is the maximum!

Baldwin has a body of work. This is his 10th. Each effort is creative AND innovative. This is Baldwin't sexiest to date. All you people hating on him who want his new album to sound like his previous, give it a rest. The boy is growing. Heck, he might put out a Christmas Record next!! Everybody back up and breathe!!!

An amazing CD! If you're looking to get away from your daily grind, listening to "Brazil Chill" will wisk you away causing you to forget where you are and truly believe that you are on the beach in Brazil! Take a mental vacation and buy "Brazil Chill!" It never leaves my stereo!

BB is hot once again! You see, I agree! Let's get out of the same old boring radio box and get into something different. It's about the rhythms, the mood, the feeling of Brazil. He captured it and it is good!!

OK, the entire sub-genre's pretty hurtin', but this strikes me as one of the better offerings. I detect some real soulfulness in Baldwin's piano playing (Joe Sample is an apt comparison), generally toned-down background vocals and sweeting, and often a very pleasant and even quite sophisticated rhyhmic groove.

No, this is not Horace Tapscott or Keith Tippett let alone Cecil Taylor. But for what it is, it ain't all that bad. I must admit, I often find smooth jazz unlistenable, but this disc has a congenial enough feel and enough backbone to make it at least an agreeable diversion, if not great music. 3 and 1/2 stars.

Everything Bob touches is good! What has happened is Bob has set the bar too high for himself. I agree that it does not measure up to "Standing Tall" but good non the less in a "chilled out" mellow mood. This one will have to grow on us, unlike previous recordings that "smacked us in the face".

If you're familliar with Bob Baldwin you know that he likes to mix different styles on his cd:s.
He has done that here as well but with the difference that he went to Rio de Janeiro to record this one.
It's like a cool, smooth mix of contemporary urban jazz and brazilian music.
The players are mostly from Brazil with some exceptions.
On this one Bob managed to get it right.
It's a perfect record to chill to just as the title suggests!
Great mix between Brazil and U.S..

bob baldwin makes it look easy, but his sound is strangely entrancing -- the rhythms come at you just a tiny bit faster than you can sort them out, which keeps you listening over and over. there's talent galore -- clean arrangements of lilting, hang-loose melodies put across with sparkling, welcoming musicianship. it's pure pleasure. hear this album and you'll want more from baldwin. one reason is there's not a bad cut on this one; my favorites are "manhattan samba", "i wanna be where you are" and "last call for love". they're all infectious. they weave themselves right through you.

This CD is great for getting away. For those who are stuck in place with out sunshine, put in this disc and close your eyes. It takes you away to a happy state of mind, and helps you enjoy the day just that much more.

I have several of Bob's recordings. I like the direction he went with this project. Very different sound than prior recording. There is a heavy latin influence here. Heavy on percussion and that "latin feel." All in all, a good effort!