Break 'n Bossa! - The American Chapter

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Instinct Records
• ASIN: B00005J723
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Anjos Ilmaos (Rainer Truby Trio mix) - Miyazawa

2. Bossa Per Due - Nicola Conte

3. Circle - Soulstance

4. Servus Mr. Bond - Les Gammas

5. Metti Una Sera A Cena (Jazzanova remix) - Balanco

6. Galicia - Rainer Truby Trio

7. Descarga - Gerardo Frisina

8. Delicado - South Copa

9. Corso - Beanfield

10. Eclipse - Kyoto Jazz Massive

11. The Chaser - Artless

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice "Best Of" sort of thing, February 4, 2002

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bordersj2 (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Break 'n Bossa! - The American Chapter (Audio CD)

I gave this cd three stars because it is more of a "Best Of" for the "Break N Bossa" series and I would have to recommend getting the regular "Break N Bossa" series instead of this one. I actually bought this on accident, thinking it was the first for some reason until I looked closer and saw that all of the tracks were on one of the four other BNB releases. This particular Break N Bossa you see is actually a specialty edition geared for the US market.

That said, it's pretty solid but I'm a little confused from Schema. You get an introduction to a lot of the different Schema artists like Soulstance, Nicola Conte, etc. The genre is more along the lines of "Bossa Italia", or 60's feel, martini sort of music with a Brazilian flavor. However the particular tracks on this album I think are a bit suspect - and I would certainly recommend looking into the real Break N Bossa compilations instead of this one, as the individual comps have better songs IMO. You have some extremely hard to find tracks, particularly on the latest Vol 4 of the seriesl, which features Montefiori Cocktail, Fauna Flash, S-Tone Inc. and etc.

For the record, this label, Schema, did this with Soulstance. Truth, Simplicity and Love is the same sort of deal as this album is, a "Best OF" sort of thing. And likewise, I recommend getting the second Soulstance CD as well. It's great!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give Bossa A Break, August 29, 2001

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HungryJack (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Break 'n Bossa! - The American Chapter (Audio CD)

I'm glad that folks here in the US are catching the new bossa wave! Break 'n Bossa! - The American Chapter is a great primer containing tracks from Gerardo Frisina, Soulstance and other great new bossa artists coming mostly out of Italy. If you like this comp, then you will be dying to check out the four volumes of Schema Records Break 'n Bossa series that started it all. After that I highly recommend Gerardo Frisina's AD LIB -- also on Schema, which seems to be the label to love if you like bossa!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars all around quality, February 25, 2003

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Katherine M Dickerson (Bethesda, Md United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Break 'n Bossa! - The American Chapter (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorites. I never get sick of any of these songs. I have some other similar albums like jassanova and om lounge but this one is my treasure! very urban atmosophere to it and even a little sexy!