Rhythm of Life

Claudia Acuna | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B00005UW23
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A feast from start to finish!, May 26, 2003

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Andy Agree "jackrabbit79" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rhythm of Life (Audio CD)

Wow, am I glad I discovered Claudia Acuna! This is not only a 5-star album, it is an album of nothing but 5-star songs. I look at the ambivalence of some of these reviews and I think what planet are you on? What is there to be ambivalent about? Chilean Claudia Acuna has a powerful and beautiful voice, clear and bright, with just a hint of vibrato on the longer notes, full of excitement and tenderness. Her non-native English is near-perfect, yet her slight slips into a Spanish accent are charming, as in her "fontastic drims" in "My Romance". And when she sings in Spanish, she is angelic. The songs and arrangements are all top drawer, and the band, led by pianist Billy Childs, is sheer perfection, especially on the three Spanish songs. On "I Fall in Love Too Easily", Claudia proves she can interpret a jazz lyric with the best American singers, and she will break your heart. The only song that is less than completely successful is "Nature Boy", a radical re-interpretation of the Nat Cole classic, with a salsa piano refrain, but even this one will entrance you. At least one reviewer said she's better in concert, and all I can say in response is that the best acts always are. Get this CD and you'll be as anxious to catch her live as I am.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my GOD!!, June 4, 2003

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MusicFreak "Ivan" (FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rhythm of Life (Audio CD)

I confess I haven't listened to this album, but I saw Claudia live at the PR Heineken Jazzfest a couple of days ago, and I was in a trance!! I did not know much about her prior to that, and boy, am I glad I was there! She got several standing ovations, and an encore. Yet, what actually drew such reactions was not vocal or even musical pyrotechnics or flash. Her music is mostly mid-tempo to slow, and always, ALWAYS brimming with emotion. That is what gets to you - the simple melodies delivered by her sensous, beautiful, deeply heartfelt voice. I was almost in tears, I got chills - in short, I was deeply touched by this woman's immense talent, and effortless ability to tug at your heartstrings. In this world of programmed, sugar-coated and pre-fab music, Claudia Acuna sticks out as a very powerful singer and artist, who does not rely on any artifice. Also, she was very, very humble and sweet. I am sure she won over most of the people present at the concert, because two days after (yesterday) I called several music stores, and those who carried Claudia's CD's had run out of them! Damn! I will get them both, that's for sure. If you like your music pure, yet bristling with emotion and beauty, look no further. Claudia Acuna's got it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Claudia Acuna takes "Standards" and makes them her own., July 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rhythm of Life (Audio CD)

Forget what you heard about latin-hype. Also forget that Claudia is amazingly beautiful with a voice to match. Clear your mind and hear the voice of an angel. From the first track to the last, this album, made up of mostly standards, plays out like a soundtrack to a movie. Highlights of the album:
-pianist Jason Lindner's arrangement of "My Romance"
-Avi Lebovich's trombone on "Nowhere To Go" (an original by Claudia)
-"Volver a Diecisiete" the string quartet is amazing here.

-Luisito Quintero on percussion on various songs, most notably is the timbale solo on "Nature Boy"
-Jeff Watts and Dave Holland!

This isn't one of those albums where maybe two songs are good, you will fall in love with this music upon listening.