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3.0 out of 5 stars
Solid Cuts, May 27, 2004
This review is from: Jazz Lounge 2 (Dig) (Audio CD)
The second edition of Water Music's Jazz Lounge is a solid two discs of tunes. It makes up for some of the downside of the first one - the flow is better. Water Music's also done a few other comps, like Cafe Roma, etc.
Tunes I enjoyed were the remix to Bebel Gilberto's "So Nice", Praful's "One Day Deep", Barrio Jazz Gang's "Hot Jacket", Banda Nova's "Sambud" and of course, Eddy & Dus's mix on "Round About Midnight". Gerardo Frisina's cut is also pretty sweet, and I was surprised to see Mr. Scruff's "Giffin" remixed here along with Bossa Cuca Nova's "Guanabara". There's enough good tunes here and middle of the road tunes to warrant this at least a look-see. The style is from lounge (De-Phazz, Ursula 1000, etc) to chill out to nu-jazz and electric-jazz.
This cd wasn't without fault - like Panaphonic's cut. Gees... it NEEDS to be remixed. Liliana Gimenez is cool but if you want a voice to be like an instrument, they should've called in Rosalia De Souza for this. And the loop to it sounded so forced and almost cliche. Although I dig the Gotan Project cut and several others, did they really need two versions of "Round About Midnight"? And you can get most of the best tracks here on other, better CD's like Break & Bossas, Paris Lounges, Verve Re-Mixed, etc. Likewise, if you dig this, check out those compilations and "Paris St. Germain Des Pres Cafe" series on Wagram & a new comp called "Freedom Jazz Dance" on the Schema label.
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