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Echoes of Brazil

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Badi Assad has converted me to her style of Brazilian music. Anyone who loves classical accoustic guitar music will love this cd. "Farewell" is the most haunting, perfectly played cut I have heard in years - It is worth the price of the CD for this cut alone.

I know of very little music that I can listen to in a variety of contexts and still get pleasure out of it like the music of Badi Assad. Sit alone or with someone, turn the lights off, relax and be taken away by complexities of tone and rhythm that are nevertheless so easy to swallow. Or turn it on while you're thinking hard about some program or essay you're writing, letting it wash around you as you concentrate. And by all means, have it playing when you serve that exotic meal to your loved one, candles lit, the aroma of gently fried garlic in the air. Delicious!

Brazilian guitarist Badi Assad offers an overview of Brazilian guitar music on this CD, accompanied by acoustic bass and percussion, and recorded in very clean sound by Chesky engineer Bob Katz. Not music you are likely to play every day, but when you are in the mood for Brazilian guitar, Echoes of Brazil provide an extremely satisfying 47 minutes of pleasure and grace.

Até que ponto escutamos aquilo que gostamos ? Será que escutamos aquilo que realmente nos dá prazer ? Ou ouvintes ouvimos o que nos ordenam ouvir ? Escutamos o que a indústria nos recomenda escutar através de maciças campanhas publicitárias ou aquilo que os críticos dizem ser bom e adequado ou aquilo que conseguimos captar das rádios ou aquilo que nos trazem as controversas towners com porta-malas semi-cerrados ? Numa época em que não existem mais Garotos, Dilermandos Reis, Laurindos Almeidas, Waldires Azevedos, Badens Powells nem Jacós nem Bandolins, ficamos derramando nossas lágrimas saudosistas em cima do vazio toca-discos sem discos. Então, do nada, surge ela: Badi Assad: moderna, sensível, inteligente, arisca, levada e, principalmente, calada: absolutamente calada, apenas tocando magistralmente seu violão cheio de swing e bamba. Toca-disco, prepara-te: não vamos apenas escutar, vamos também ouvir.

get this cd. badi's guitar playing is excellent and this cd is moving and relaxing, energizing and inspiring.