Customer Reviews

Live at Mcg

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Lins--a human music box and worthy successor to Jobim and Nasimento--leads a hot sextette of Rio musicians thru his tunes in this live concert. It's awesome: Lins laughs, aches, howls, soars--and you will too. Quite simply, the best Brazilian jazz in years. The craft and pop finish on the arrangements disguises the solid musicianship required to pull this off, live. To hear Lins do Aparecida--cut 8--is as close as you'll ever get to orgasm on a cd. The good news: the miking and sound by the Pittsburg musicians who staged the 1997 concert is first class. The better news: you will soon be singing Portugese in your car and dreaming of Rio. A knock out. Order it.

I could not agree more with the two positive reviews. I had the good fortune to attend one of the shows in Pittsburgh that week and Ivan truly astounded all in attendance. The band was tight, the arrangements superb and the compositions awe inspiring! Ivan emits this warm, humanist vibe (just like Milton, Caetano, and Boca Livre) whether performing "ao vivo" or in the studio. This release is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Ivan's music has always been an array of different rhythms from his beloved Brasil; and one that he feels very comfortable in, is Brazilian Jazz. Here, he performs beautiful arrangements to some of his classics as well as some newer cuts. This CD has no weak songs; all of them are absolute hits.

His guests for this amazing series of concerts:
Teo Lima on Drums
Ze Carlos Santos on Guitars
Jaguaraci machado on Percussion
Bororo on Bass, and
Marco Brito on Keyboards.

My favorite cuts:
E de Deus/Aquele Abraco
Love Dance
Feitio de Oracao
Quem Ri Melhor/Onde Esta a Honestidade
and
The last medley that includes a very funky version of
a song by Joao Bosco played in galope/jazz format.

If you collect Lins like many of us; you cannot miss this
superb concert.

This (to me) is simply the very best work ever done by Ivan Lins. If you are a fan this is a MUST HAVE CD.