Putumayo Presents - Bossa Nova Around the World
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Artist: Putumayo PresentsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2011-01-11
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Product features:
- VARIOS INTERPRETES BOSSA NOVA AROUND THE WORLD
- Jardim [Jardim D'Hiver] (Bia - Brazil/France/Canada)
- Esperanca de Mar Azul (Nancy Vieira with Tito Paris - Cape Verde/Portugal)
- Tout Seul (Didler Sustrac - France)
- Malancholisch Schon (2raumwohnung - Germany)
- Vida de Estrela (Pierre Aderne - Brazil/France)
- Hasta Que Pueda (Amanda Martinez - Canada/Mexico)
- Meditation (Tom & Joy - France)
- Menina Moca (Dusko Goykovich - Serbia)
- Vakker Natt [Corcovado] (Hilde Hefte - Norway)
- So Nice (Stacey Kent & Jim Tomlinson - USA)
- Railroad (Monla - South Korea)
- Mon Pere a Moi (Kad Achouri - France)
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Music Review: Sound of Sunshine
Rating: 5 Stars
"Bossa Nova Around the World" is a sunny opening to 2011. Despite the bleakness of the world, this is uplifting music to soothe the soul. This drives away the clouds of the "Singin' in the Rain/Umbrella" mash-up from Glee: The Music, Volume 4. These bossa nova songs combine one of Brazil's most popular genres with the sounds of Germany, Norway, Serbia, South Korea, and Algeria.
Bia's opening "Jardim" smoothly combines bossa nova with a Gallic sensibility. Nancy Vieira and Tito Paris bring in the sunbaked sounds of Cape Verde. 2raumwohnung have a melancholy Teutonic jazz song... yes, there is such a thing as Teutonic jazz Tom&Joy's "Meditation" is a cover of an Antonio Carlos Jobim song that Frank Sinatra popularized. Tom Naim hails from Paris, like Yael Naïm. Dusko Goykovich brings a Serbian Gypsy flavor to Brazilian jazz. Hilde Hefte's "Vakker Natt" brings some Rio sunshine into Norway (perhaps midnight sun is more fitting?) Stacey Kent&Jim Tomlinson give a slow, somewhat folksy cover of "So Nice" (Bebel Gilberto did a jazzier version with the late Serbian DJ Suba on Tanto Tempo) Monla brings some Seoul to bossa nova in "Railroad." Kad Achouri pays tribute to his immigrant father in the final song.
Most of the singers/groups in "Bossa Nova Around the World" are French, showing a kinship between Sao Paulo and Paris. Chanson and bossa nova are musical cousins. Listen to the sounds of sunshine!
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Description of Bossa Nova Around the World
There is a select group of musical genres that truly have global reach. Jazz, blues, rock & roll and reggae are among those that can be found everywhere from New Zealand to Zimbabwe. Another genre that's had a huge impact on the planet's music is Brazilian bossa nova ("new trend"), which emerged among a small collective of musical visionaries in the late 1950s. Derived from traditional samba rhythms, innovative composers such as João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes added complex melodies, jazz-inspired chord progressions, richly poetic lyrics and a sophisticated attitude to traditional Brazilian music. These musical evolutions helped bring the sounds of Afro-Brazil from the poor favelas to Rio's upscale beachfront neighborhoods such as Ipanema and Copacabana. In 1959, the film Black Orpheus, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, introduced the world to the irresistible new sound of Brazil. Soon, American jazz musicians Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd were collaborating with Brazilian musicians. Even before the classic song "The Girl from Ipanema" became a global hit, bossa nova had exploded onto the world scene. By the early 1960s, the lilting swing of bossa nova was the ubiquitous soundtrack of cocktail parties and cool jazz clubs the world over. In recent years, the success of artists such as Bebel Gilberto and the popularity of the bossa sound in the contemporary lounge and electronica music scene demonstrate the continued appeal of this rich musical movement. On this collection, you can hear some of the many languages in which bossa nova has come to be performed and the continued role it plays in our global musical culture.International CDs
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