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Music CD: Solo in Rio 1959
Artist: Luiz Bonfá
List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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Tracks:
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1. Pernambuco
2. Night And Day
3. Shearing
4. Sambolero
5. Calypso Minor
6. Uma Prece (A Prayer)
7. Bonfabuloso
8. Quebra Mar (The Seawall)
9. Luzes Do Rio (Lights Of Rio)
10. Perdido De Amor (Lost In Love)
11. Manha De Carnaval
12. Amor Sem Adeus (Love Without Goodbye)
13. Variacoes Em Violao (Variations On Guitar)
14. Seringuerio
15. Chopin
16. Na Baixa do Sapateiro [In the Shoemaker's Hollow]
17. Murder
18. A Brazilian In New York
19. Prelude To Adventure In Space
20. Tenderly
21. Blue Madrid
22. Marcha Escocesa (Scottish March)
23. Fanfarra (Fanfare)
24. Samba De Orfeu
25. Manha De Carnava
26. Perdido De Amor 2
27. Sambolero 2
28. Qubra Mar 2
29. Seringueiro Excerpt
30. Seringueiro 2
31. Luzes De Rio 2
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093074048320
Format: Live
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 2005-02-22
Studio: Smithsonian Folkways
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A "Must Have" CD!
Comment: Luiz Bonfa was one of the original creators of Bossa Nova music. This CD is one of his best. His guitar playing was superb and astounding. This music is playable for any occasion, either as background music at parties or music to sit and listen to. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: The Chairman loves this!
Comment: I am in awe. His superb musicianship surpasses my other favorite, the Jobim Songbook.
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Summary: Solo in Rio 1959
Comment: Luiz Bonfa has to be one of best classical style guitar players I'll ever hear during my lifetime. Luiz Bonfa is not a singer. He can play a solo piece and you would swear he had an accompaniment, if you could not see him playing. If you have an ear for music, you'll appreciate his playing.
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Summary: Sublime
Comment: This CD illustrates beautifully why Luiz Bonfa is considered one of the most important and influential Brazilian guitarists ever. No collection of Brazilian guitar music (or quality guitar music of any genre for that matter) is complete without this sublime recording. Excellent liner notes by an accomplished writer/musician who really knows this man's music are icing on a delicious cake.
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Summary: A real talent
Comment: Luiz Bonfa was a classically trained guitarist who became a wonderful jazz musician and composer. The spontaneity of these solo performances - all miniatures that do not seem brief at all - is matched by the natural sound of the recording. It is hard to believe that it was made with a battery operated tape recorder in one night in 1959. This CD proves that all you need to sound great is real talent.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Luiz Bonfá, along with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Baden Powell and Joao Gilberto, helped invent Brazilian Bossa Nova. "The whisper heard around the world" was budding during the 1950s but achieved full flower a decade later. It was a coolly intellectual yet irresistibly melodic marriage of African-derived samba rhythms with American jazz and French Existentialism. Bonfá eventually became world-famous due to his contributions to the score of Orfeo Negro, a much-honored film in which the tragic Greek legend was transmuted to Rio during Carnival time. The present tracks were produced by Emory Cook and this invaluable reissue not only revives a beautiful album but contains 15 previously unreleased tunes. The sonic environment is clear and spacious throughout, uncluttered by unnecessary studio adulterations. Bonfá was not a great singer but his wistful, straight-from-the-heart delivery makes mere technique seem showy and overdone. However, as a guitarist, he had no superiors and few peers. --Christina Roden
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