Ouro Negro

Moacir Santos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Adventure Music
• ASIN: B00022XEJ0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #49 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Brazilian > Afro Brazilian

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Coisa No. 5 - Nana/ Thing No. - 5 Nana

2. Suk-cha

3. Coisa No. 6/ Thing No. 6

4. Coisa No. 8 - Navagacao (Make Mine Blue)/Thing No. 8 - Navigation

5. Amphibious

6. Mae Iracema/ Mother Iracema

7. Coisa No. 1/ Thing No. 1

8. Sou Eu (Luanne)/ It's Me (Luanne)

9. Bluish Men

10. Kathy

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Coisa No. 7 (Evocative)

2. Coisa No. 2

3. Lamento Astral (Astral Whine)

4. Maracatu, Nacao do Amor (April Child)/Maracatu, Nation Of Love

5. Coisa No. 4

6. Coisa No. 10

7. Jequie

8. Odudua (What's My Name)

9. Coisa No. 3

10. Anon

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful revelation!, February 22, 2005

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M. Deane (Los Angeles, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ouro Negro (Audio CD)

So I'm in Sao Paulo having dinner with a Brazilian friend and we're discussing Brazilian music and he mentions this CD and Moacir Santos. He knows I know something about Brazilian music despite the fact I'm a gringo. But I had never heard of this guy and so I must have flashed a completely blank look. My friend shrugged and told me to go buy it. Of course I couldn't find it in Brazil so I ordered it online and it was waiting for me when I got home. But I did pick up a copy of Coisas and got a taste of what to expect.

Oh my goodness--it is heaven! It is unbelievably familiar especially for those who pay attention to jazz and to movie soundtracks. Apparently Santos has lived in Pasadena for over 30 years, toiling in obscurity in the film business. His sound is unbelievably comforting and listenable.

Perhaps this is his time and this is an extraordinary pair of cds. Obviously a labor of love by those who organized and produced this in Brazil, I can not recommend it enough.

Definitely check it out...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Superb! Magnificent!, August 31, 2003

By 

João Carlos Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moacir Santos - Ouro Negro (Audio CD)

The composer and saxophonist Moacyr Santos belongs (with Paulo Moura, Johnny Alf, Alaide Costa, Do Um Romão and few others) to a very unknown cathegory of brazilian popular music. That of afro-brazilian artists belonging to the Bossa Nova movement, considered by most people as an white middle-class way of play the samba. Santos, who lives in California since late sixties, have recorded very few in Brazil and America. This double cd "Ouro negro/Black gold" shows how good he is, with his sensual songs and magnificent arrangements. One of the best things ever recorded of modern brazilian music. Superb!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ouro Negro + Moacir Santos = Colors of Brazil, November 11, 2004

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David Stahl (Citizen of the World) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ouro Negro (Audio CD)

Ouro Negro is a recent release by one of my long time favorites, Moacir Santos. I owe him a great debt of gratitude for bringing such joy into my life. This is a beautful CD by one of the long-acknowledged maestros of Brazil. It has incredibly intricate, yet accessible rhythms, lush harmonies, soaring solos from some of the great musicians of his country, and the essence of Moacir's joyous spirit! Favorite tunes?? Hard to pick and choose, but "Mother Iracema," "Suk-Cha," and "Carnaval" are hard to beat.

If you are in love with the music of Brazil, you owe it to yourself to own this one. I wish I could give it 6 stars!

I smiled from ear to ear from the moment I put it on until the last song ended.