Softly the Brazilian Sound [Import]

Joanie Sommers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B000025H7H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,872 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue of this 1964 masterpiece, theonly Boss Nova album this pop singer did. Comparable toAstrud Gilberto. 12 tracks: 'Meditation', 'Dear Heart','Watching The World Go By', 'Quiet Nights', 'Once', 'Softly,As I Leave You', 'I Could Have Danced A --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten voice, March 17, 2001

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Carlos Torres Moura (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Softly the Brazilian Sound (Audio CD)

I don't understand why is so difficult to find Joanie Sommer's CD's. She was the best cool voice of the sixties. Why must we buy her albuns only in Japan? She had a fantastic sweet voice. Listen to her performance in some Brazilian bossa nova standards like "Carnival" ("Manha de Carnaval", with different lyrics of the famous Sinatra recording named "A day in the life of a fool") or "Meditation", an Antonio Carlos Jobim's masterpiece. The album is superb. All tracks are in bossa nova rhythm, with the participation of late Brazilian guitar player Laurindo Almeida. Just one more question: why the strings background? If you like Stacey Kent, the best jazz singer today, listen to Joanie. She was Stacey Kent yesterday. We want to hear in CD others Joanie's LPs like "Sommers Seasons" or "The voice of the sixties" , one of her best recordings.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten voice, March 18, 2001

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Carlos Torres Moura (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Softly the Brazilian Sound (Audio CD)

I don't understand why is so difficult to find Joanie Sommer's CD's. She was the best cool voice of the sixties. Where's she now? Why must we buy her albuns only in Japan? She had a fantastic sweet voice. Listen to her performance in some brazilian bossa nova standards like "Carnival" ("Manha de Carnaval", with different lyrics of the famous Sinatra recording named "A day in the life of a fool") or "Meditation", an Antonio Carlos Jobim's masterpiece. The album is superb. All tracks are in bossa nova rhythm, with the participation of late brazilian guitar player Laurindo Almeida. Just one more question: why the strings background? If you like Stacey Kent, the best jazz singer today, listen to Joanie. She was Stacey Kent yesterday. We want to hear in CD others Joanie's LPs like "Sommers Seasons" or "Dream"!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The sweetest voice singing the best Brazilian music, July 24, 2003

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Thomas Condon (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Softly the Brazilian Sound (Audio CD)

I've been in love with Joanie Sommers since I was a teenager and she was the Pepsi Girl. The pairing of her sweet voice and phrasing with the lush Bossa Nova-style rhythm and melody is absolutely perfect. I miss hearing her and wish someone in the music business would find a way to reprint her out-of-print albums.