Brazilliance

Marco Figueira | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Toucan Music
• ASIN: B000211HIQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'You can take the man out of Brazil but you can't take Brazil out of the man!', February 13, 2007

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Marco Figueria is simply one of the finest musical exports from the land of Bossa Nova. Born in Carangola, Brazil, Figueroa moved to the jazz oriented community of New York in 1988 and since that time he has become a staple on the scene. His musical compositions and singing and guitar artistry fill this very satisfying CD, a fine collection of twelve songs which in addition to the five written by Figueria also share space with works by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Rosa Passos, Joao Bosco, Lenine and others.

Figueria's singing style is sultry and he sings in his native Portuguese, able to allow the American jazz version of scat singing resound in his warmly sensuous Portuguese syllables. The ensemble that backs him includes Hello Alves, a very fine pianist, the usual percussion, strings, brass and woodwinds in as acute a balance as a group can attain. On some of the works he invites Kerry Linder and Luiz Simas to join him on vocals.

This is a winsome mix of jazz and Brazilian sounds and sensibilities and is one of the more consistently 'listenable' albums to appear in a long time. Definitely recommended for those with an affinity for Brazilian moods. Grady Harp, February 07

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER GREAT BRAZILIAN ALBUM, March 31, 2005

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Papetti "papetti" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brazilliance (Audio CD)

Marco is a "new" star in the fantastic realm of Brazilian Music.

His songwriting is so fresh and with a sofisticated level of taste.

His interpretations are very good, reminding us at times of people from Joao Gilberto to Marcio Faraco whith compositions of his own as well as of Milton Nascimento, Joao Bosco, Rosa Passos, Tom Jobim, Roberto Menescal etc. etc.

His interpretations of Bossa Nova (Corcovado, O Barquinho & Aguas de Marco)have a great taste of Jazz, making them super attractive.

Also something that caught my eyes was the fantastic list of guests:

Claudio Roditi / Trumpet

Hendrick Meurkens / Harmonica

Paulo Braga / Drums

Helio Alves / Piano

Paulo Andre Tavares / Guitars

Eumir Deodato / String Arrangements

and many more.............

This is a great CD that will become a classic soon, so get it

while you can; you'll be glad you did !!!!!!!!!