Millennium [Import]

Joao Donato | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0000508PZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. So Danço Samba

2. Sambou...Sambou

3. Tema Teimoso

4. Olhou Para Mim

5. Rio

6. Lugar Comum

7. Bananeira

8. Tudo Tem

9. Depois Do Natal

10. Ê Menina

11. Deizei Recado

12. Naturalmente

13. So Se for Agora

14. Pretty Dolly

15. Pra Que Chorar

16. Tim Dom Som

17. Silk Stop

18. Bluechanga

19. Emorio

20. Caminho de Casa

Editorial Reviews

20-track compilation by the Brazilian jazz pianist who was a major figure as a musician & arranger in the bossa nova movement. Universal. 2003. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must from a Master, October 26, 2000

By 

Greg C (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Millennium (Audio CD)

It sure took a while, but Universal Brazil has finally dipped into its Joao Donato holdings for a non-bootleg CD release. How does one accurately sum up the great Mr. D? An individualistic and brilliant veteran of Rio's bossa nova-jazz wars whose style, consisting of highly melodic and harmonically-sophisticated interpolations of various styles from Brazil's vast musical repertoire, done up in a jazz-infused style that wouldn't shame Monk, Tatum or Powell, yet always bearing traces of Afro-Cuban-derived rhythmic values. Always a highly-distinctive composer, his approach proved too progressive for Rio's nightclub patrons of the 50s, much to the dismay of Donato's fellow musicians. He ended up fleeing the country for California in 1959 in search of work and found himself at the cutting-edge of Latin Jazz, playing with Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader and others. Two-thirds of the tracks on this compilation are taken from a pair of stunning instrumental albums he recorded over a two-week period during a visit back to Brazil in 1964. They feature a combination of originals and bossa nova hits recorded in a piano-trio-plus-percussion format, lending a striking mambo-rumba-cha-cha flavor to the proceedings, and making for absolutely essential Latin-Jazz-Brazilian listening. The remaining third of the selections, all with vocals, come from 1975's superb and long-deleted "Lugar Comum" album, mostly co-written by and featuring Gilberto Gil. These tracks are catchy, smooth, joy-inducing mid-70s MPB, guaranteed to put smiles on faces at any party or get-together. This whole album needs to be reissued! In the meantime, this collection is a godsend, and is just about the ideal introduction to this enigmatic, innovative and beloved musician, whose classic work is slowly starting to resurface at long las on CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Collage of Masterpieces by El Maestro, March 29, 2006

By 

Papetti "papetti" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Millennium (Audio CD)

I agree 100% with the previous reviewer; this fantastic Millennium compilation is absolutely marvelous; it's composed of some songs from three great albums perviously recorded by our admired Maestro Joao Donato; they are:

- Muito a Vontade (1964)

- A Bossa Muito Moderna de Joao Donato (1965)

and...

- Lugar Comum (1975)

The first two are all-instrumental albums that represent the hard-bossa era that many masters used to play back then like Milton Banana and Walter Wanderley among many others; so it's a combination of subtle Bossa Nova with many Funk elements found in pretty much all of Brazilian Music; and the last album was co-written with another genius Gilberto Gil. Both of them were going through a Funky/Jazzy era in the mid 70's and it shows on this gem.

All in all this is a must-have for Joao's fans and admirers as well as those into Hard Bossa Nova, Brazilian Jazz and Funk/Jazz fusion.........