Songbook Joao Donato V.2 [Import]

Joao Donato | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Lumid
• ASIN: B00003IR2S
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #719,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

A Brazilian musician and composer of almost mythical proportions, João Donato is one of the surviving - and still prospering - members of a generation that produced Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, Manfredo Fest, Luiz Eça and many other masters associated with the heyday of bossa nova. The impish pianist, known for his deliberate, single-note musings and catchy compositions, is, along with Gilberto and Jobim, one of a small handful of artists whose sound defines bossa. In the United States in the 1960s, he worked with Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, and Bud Shank, while at home in Rio in the '70s, he collaborated with Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, and other younger writers. The three-volume Songbook, on the import label Lumiar, features 42 tunes performed by the pianist and a phalanx of Brazilian jazz talent backing such vocalists as Gil, Veloso, Daniela Mercury, João Bosco, Djavan, and Leila Pinheiro.

--Mark Holston, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Product Description

Tracks: (Disc 1) 1 - Ate quem sabe ; 1 - Ate quem sabe - nana caymmi ; 2 - O fundo ; 2 - O fundo - caetano veloso / joao donato ; 3 - A ra - daniela mercury / guinga ; 3 - Ra ; 4 - A bruxa de mentira - arnaldo antunes / joao donato ; 4 - Bruxa de mentira ; 5 - Cafe com pao ; 5 - Cafe com pao - marcos valle ; 6 - Terremoto ; 6 - Terremoto - elba ramalho ; 7 - E proibido afinar o piano - eduardo dusek ; 7 - Proibido afinar o piano ; 8 - Chorou chorou ; 8 - Chorou chorou - miucha ; 9 - Nossas ultimas viagens ; 9 - Nossas ultimas viagens - joao bosco / joao donato ; 10 - Amor perfeito ; 10 - Amor perfeito - moraes moreira ; 11 - Sambolero ; 11 - Sambolero - carmem costa ; 12 - Os caminhos ; 12 - Os caminhos - emilinha borba ; 13 - Quem diz que sabe ; 13 - Quem diz que sabe - johnny alf ; 14 - Doralinda ; 14 - Doralinda - donato jr ;

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joao Donato as Great a Master as Jobim, July 9, 2000

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joao Donato: Songbook 1 (Audio CD)

Simply put, Joao Donato is one of the Bossa Nova masters as a composer and as an original pianist -no more or no lesser than Jobim. This is the first of a 3-CD collection which covers all Donato's compositions as performed by the most remarkable Brazilian performers what proves Donato is highly prestigious among serious musicians.

This volume contains performances by Ivan Lins, Wanda de Sah, and Joyce - all well-known by American audiences. Great!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joao Donato as Great a Master as Jobim, July 9, 2000

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Songbook Joao Donato V.2 (Audio CD)

Simply put, Joao Donato is one of the Bossa Nova masters as a composer and as an original pianist -no more or no lesser than Jobim. This is the second of a 3-CD collection which covers all Donato's compositions as performed by the most remarkable Brazilian performers what proves Donato is highly prestigious among serious musicians.

This volume contains performances by Caetano Veloso and Marcos Valle - well-known by American audiences. Great!