Paradise Station [Original recording reissued]

Torcuato Mariano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Liquid 8
• ASIN: B0000AM6H2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good start for a Great Guitarist, September 13, 2006

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

This is Torcuato's rookie album and a good one.

Compared to some of his subsequent CDs though, this "Estacao Paraiso" project, falls a bit shy of the mark (great technique and great compositional skills but it sounded still experimental, like trying to find his definitive identity), but nonetheless a good start back in 1994 for who's become a major player in Brazilian Jazz.

What's amazing especially for a first-time project of this magnitude, is the huge amount of great Brazilian Jazz players who contributed here with Torcuato; check the list:

- Torcuato Mariano / Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Midi Guitar, Keyboards, Programming.

- Armando Marcal / Percussions

- Leo Gandelman / Soprano Sax

- Rique Pantoja / (ex-Cama de Gato member) Keyboards on cuts 1 & 9

- Renato Neto / Electric Piano

- Flavio Venturini (ex-Clube da Esquina member) / Piano & Vocals

- Joao Batista / Bass Guitar

- Cidinho / Percussions

- Carlos Bala / Drums

- Paulinho Calazans (Djavan's band member) / Electric Piano & Programming.

- Arturo Maia (Cama de Gato member) / Bass Guitar

etc. etc.

* Highlights:

1) Um Trem P'ra Uberaba

2) Sobre O Mar

4) I Can't Help It (Vocals by Ana Leuzinger)

5) 2350 (Superb cut)

8) Xafoul

Check it out before it goes Out of Print for good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Summer tones., January 17, 2007

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P.J. Le Faucheur (Canada (ex- U.K. resident)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paradise Station (Audio CD)

Beautiful & light, breezy CD which reminds me at times of Pat Methenys

Brazilian influenced albums. The track "2350" got alot of airplay on "jazzf.m" in London in the early 90s and rightly so to.

Mariano is a wonderfully gifted guitarist similar to Luis Salinas.

This CD is especially to be played during those warm, sunny days in July.