Samba Meu [Import]

Maria Rita | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000UYX5BW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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CD > BRAZILIAN MUSIC > MPB - BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MARIA RITA'S BEAUTIFUL, BLAZING SAMBAS-AT LAST!! (Latin-Grammy Winner), September 29, 2007

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RBSProds "rbsprods" (Deep in the heart of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samba Meu (Audio CD)

Five HUGE Stars!! Wonderful performances by Maria Rita (Mariano), Brazil's brilliant, multi-Grammy-winning young diva, on "Samba Meu" (Samba Mine). She generally avoided straight-forward sambas on her award-winning eponymous debut CD, "Maria Rita", and on the "Segundo" CD in order to establish her MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) musical identity. Now on her 3rd CD, she delivers what many have waited for: the CD focused on the samba and it won a Latin Grammy for Best Samba/Pagode Album in 2008. And she delivers many types of sambas from gentle 'samba-canção' to thundering 'samba-school' batucadas in a virtuoso display of this great Brazilian musical form, punctuated throughout by the unique sound of the 'cuica'. The 'Best of the Best' include great performances of "Samba Meu", a blazing song about "Maria do Socorro", a vowel-popping "Casa de Noca" (House of Commotion), the dazzling "Num Corpo Só" (In Only One Body) "Cria" (Son) dedicated to her boy who makes an hilarious appearance, and "Corpictho" ('Fine' Body) where she eerily sounds like her mom, the late great super-diva Elis Regina. "Tá Perdoado" (You're Forgiven) is high on the 'Brazilian Hot 100' charts as of this writing, and the breathtaking "Mente Ao Meu Coracao" (He Lies To My Heart) is further proof that Maria Rita has the full genetic DNA vocal inheritance of her legendary mother and the musical sensibilities of her pianist/arranger father, Cesar Camargo Mariano. A wonderful CD sung entirely in sensual Braziilian-Portuguese that transfers the emotions without need for translation, it's just great samba music. Bravo, Maria Rita !! My Highest Recommendation. Five BLAZING Stars!!!
(This review is based on an iTunes digital download. BTW, "Rita" is pronounced HEE-ta, after her namesake, Brazilian rock queen Rita Lee.)

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Brazilian New Samba, September 18, 2007

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Bent Tine "RPS" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samba Meu (Audio CD)

There has been a lot to love coming out of Brazil in the last few years. Well, for that matter, the last 30 years and more. But recently, Maria Rita stands out for me along with Moreno Veloso (see his dad's record called Ce), Domenico & Kassim. There's a good deal of interesting hip-hop coming out of Brazil, artists here in the states doing their best to alter the course of American jazz and popular music (see Arto Lindsay, Cyro Baptista, Vinicius Cantuaria, others).

I just think this is incredible music, satisfying on so many levels. Rhythmically, melodically, energy-wise. It's fun music that's not dull. It's challenging. And it feels so good. Pick it up. You won't regret it. Her first album is still my favorite. There are a few choices made in production on the last two that wouldn't be my top choices, but the music recovers in the end. Totally worthwhile stuff. Thank you, Maria.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFULL, April 28, 2008

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Mirna L. Chacin "mirloy" (caracas,venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samba Meu (Audio CD)

Whether you know or not Maria Rita , You will love this cd.
So far, I have all the 3 cds and 2 dvd of Maria Rita,This one is as good as the other, but a quite joiness bea=cause is about samba. Even is the are 2 includes two melaconlic themes , "saudade di samba" is music to make you feel happy. I just waiting for the dvd of this last production so wach her performance .
Enjoy it!!
Mirna