Songbook Joao Donato V.3 [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: B00003IR2T
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,253 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. Meanwhile, the fondly recalled 1973 New York session featuring Randy Brecker, Airto, Ray Barretto, and Eumir Deodato, reissued on 32 Jazz as João Donato, radiates all the funky spirit of the crossover Brazilian jazz of that era.

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

Product Description

Tracks: (Disc 1) 1 - Minha saudade ; 1 - Minha saudade - gilberto gil ; 2 - Depois do natal ; 2 - Depois do natal - djavan / joao donato ; 3 - A paz - rosa passos ; 3 - Paz ; 4 - Naturalmente ; 4 - Naturalmente - zelia duncan / lenine ; 5 - Everyday ; 5 - Everyday - ed motta / joao donato ; 6 - Gaiolas abertas ; 6 - Gaiolas abertas - leila pinheiro ; 7 - Daquele amor nem me fale ; 7 - Daquele amor nem me fale - joao nogueira ; 8 - Amazonas ; 8 - Amazonas - veronica sabino / leandro braga ; 9 - Flor de maracuja ; 9 - Flor de maracuja - dominguinhos ; 10 - Entre um sim e um nao ; 10 - Entre um sim e um nao - ze renato ; 11 - Lua dourada ; 11 - Lua dourada - os cariocas / joao donato ; 12 - Lugar comum ; 12 - Lugar comum - leny andrade ; 13 - Fonte da saudade ; 13 - Fonte da saudade - elza soares ; 14 - O escafandrista ; 14 - O escafandrista - tita ;

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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: Songbook Joao Donato V.3 (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 third 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 the great songbird Leny Andrade, by Grammy 1998 winner Gilberto Gil, and by Djavan - all well-known by American audiences. Great!