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Momento
April 24, 2007
From All Music Guide: Recording Info: Avatar Studios, NY; Beauty Supply Studios, NY; Electric Lady Studios; Super Legal Studios, NY; The Barber Shop Studios, NJ
From All Music Guide:
On her self-titled 2004 sophomore album, Bebel Gilberto ditched the loungey grooves she explored on her debut and stuck to mostly acoustic elements -- guitars, percussion, strings -- to complement her voice, but her next release, Momento, finds the singer returning to both electronica and more traditional bossa nova. Gilberto is still, of course, thoroughly modern, with a much more lush, produced sound than her predecessors had (including her father), but it works for her, the overall gentle ambiance she's trying to create, even when she's singing old favorites. In Chico Buarque's lovely "Caçada," she adds more bass to the underbelly of the song and lets the woodwinds play a bigger role, and the cover of Cole Porter's "Night and Day" comes off well, gentle, and with a jazzy tenor sax solo. In fact, it's when Gilberto stays simple, and looks more closely at her roots for inspiration, that she sounds the best. It's her ventures into the Rio lounge world that are less interesting, safe to...
Performers:
Aaron Johnston, Bartolo, Bebel Gilberto, Berna Ceppas, Bidu Cordeiro, Béco, Carlos Darci, Celso Fonseca, Cezar Farias "Bodão", Didi Gutman, Domenico Lancelotti, Felipe Pinaud, Guy Sigsworth, Ian Burdge, Jesse Murphy, Jorge Continentino, Jorge Helder, Marlon Sette, Masa Shimizu, Mauro Refosco, Moreno Veloso, Nelson Jacobina, Paulo Levi, Pedro Baby, Pedro Sá, Roberto "Beco" Dranoff, Rodrigo Amarante, Rubinho Jacobina, Sabina Sciubba, Stephane San Juan, Thalma DeFreitas, Ze Luis
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