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Come With Me

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You won't be sorry. I first heard of Tania Maria a few years ago, but for some reason never got around to buying any of her CD's until yesterday, when I spotted a used copy of this CD which had been very strongly recommended to me by a friend. I am embarrassed to say I paid an absurdly low price for my copy. Now having heard it, I would happily pay $20 for it! It's really that good. She just explodes out of the gate on the first track, and then cuts to a ballad tempo with a VERY nice rendition of George Gershwin's Embraceable You. Think you've heard that song in every conceivable permutation? Listen to this. Both in her playing and and her singing she makes everything sound new. That's all I can say and it summarizes the whole release. Just plain fantastic.

I first bought this album in 1983, when I was about to graduate from college, and I still have never tired of it! The songs are life-affirming and uplifting. I just can't help but feel good whenever I listen to them. I particularly like the title song, "Come With Me," but I also love "Sementes, Graines & Seeds," which is my favorite, and the Latin-infused "Sangria". Tania is immensely talented on the piano; the chords are beautiful. Her vocals are out of sight also. Tania Maria is truly in a class by herself. This is one of my all-time favorite recordings. Listening to it makes you feel good to be alive. I defy anyone to listen to it without wanting to jump up and start moving! It's that good! Tania Maria -- the girl is baaaad!

I rarely find a woman singing over jazz, even Latin jazz, very appealing. It is either distracting me from the music or it just simply sounds like another Nancy Wilson imitator. Not here. At the time I heard this album I was 14 years old and worshipped heavy metal. It happen to be in my dad's car one day and I snuck the tape away, partaked in ceremonial greens (I was a 14-yr old headbanger!), then listened to the tape. It was the tape that catapulted my musical tastes into the jazz world. I have since obtained every album, but this remains the most powerful. Thank you TM!

Like the previous reviewer I got into this in my teens and it happened to be one of the first albums that I bought. London in the 80's had some excellent Jazzy funky clubs and when I first heard Tania Maria on a radio show that we all used to listen to I had to rush out and buy this. My dad who was very discerning with his Jazz tastes took an instant liking to it and I found it hard to get back from him.

Tania's first three albums for Concord Jazz including this one are probably here best remembered. For me this is timeless and when I feel like an uplift I can put on Come With Me and just enjoy the brilliance of Tania Maria. Certainly worth a spin on the CD deck.

I've been listening to Tania Maria since my early teens. They played her quite a bit in the mid 80's on the now defunct "Quiet Storm", an L.A. based radio station KUTE 102.

The title track "Come With Me" is timeless. I love that song. I can play this cd from start to finish and it never gets old.

I fell in love with Tania Maria when I first purchased this album in the early 1980s and played it non-stop until someone stole it! The combination of excellent musicianship and Tania Maria's hypnotic honey-toned voice just had me transported! I will not highlight any particular track - I love them all. At a push, I'd say Nega is the one I put on repeat the most. I feel a dear old friend has returned, now I have replaced my old vinyl with this CD - even though I had to purchase it abroad as it's not available on AmazonUK. I don't have a sophisticated music system to comment on whether the sound on CD is better than vinyl, I'm just happy to hear the tunes of Come With Me echo through my home again! This is an album and artist you will never tire of. After 30 years I certainly haven't.

This CD is exactly what I wanted. I owned this recording on an LP years ago and had not been able to find it as a CD until I decided to try Amazon.com. I am very pleased.

I purchasde the CD initially with the intent to have the title song. But since I have listened to the whole CD, I am pleased with the majority of its content.

I got to know Tania Maria while listening to my favorite radio show in the sunday afternoons of the early 80's.. So when I got the chance of actually having a cd I was excited!! Indeed this is one of tresured ones... impeccable execution.. nothing more to be desired.. dive in, if you are into great contemporary jazz..

There's not much left to be said and praised about this CD, but I'd just like to add my 2 cents.
I think this is one of Tania's best (and that's a lot to mention); so Jazzy, so Funky, so explosive, so sensual, so skilfull, and 4 of her best songs ever are here:
- Sangria
- Come With Me
- Nega
- Euzinha.
and what about those other two pulsating songs:
- Lost in Amazonia
- Sementes, Graines & Seeds ?

His guests for this awesome CD are:
- Portinho / Drums
- Jose Neto / Electric Guitar
- Lincoln Goines (Dave Valentin's band member / Electric Bass
- Steve Thornton / Percussions
- Eddie Duran / Guitars
- John Pena / Bass
- Tania Maria Correa Reis / Acoustic Piano, Yamaha Electric Piano, Fender Rhodes, Vocals, Vocal Percussions, Songwriting, Arranging

P.S. Make it yours while you can