Customer Reviews

Orfeu

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4 star:		(1)
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.. and although the jukebox has 5 other cds, this one keeps on playing! The music is in the best tradition of Carter's past recordings ('So What','The Bass and I'). Quiet, cool jazz, now with a touch of Latin culture. Certainly his bass is superb, his quiet hand is behind the band in every note, but it's not a 'bass plus five' band, it's a real sextet with carefully arranged solos for each instrument. Special thanks to Bill Frisell for excellent electric guitar solos. Also, the album is very carefully produced, so the bass sounds natural on any kind of equipment.

This is an excellently recorded ensemble playing great tunes... The production is close to stellar and the addition of Bill Frisell makes a nice icing on the cake... This is a very relaxing, brazilian CD. Again, Frisell's guitar moves the music to intrigue with relaxed confidence.

I enjoyed this CD quite a bit. There's lots of mellow bossa on this CD with a little hot samba and jazz mixed in. Has some nice tenor sax solos, and of course great bass solos. Very enjoyable.

This is one beautiful cd every track is nice. If your into Brazilian music you can't go wrong with this title. Just get it!

After the first few promising bars, the wind chimes kick in and you know that this lightweight recording is far, far less than the sum of its parts. After running through it a few times, it's going right to the used bin. While Bill turns out a couple of nicely lyrical solos, he, like the rest of the band phones it in. The most disappointing is the cheesy sax tone of Houston Person. Like Sanborn for the New Age set.