Stefano Bollani - Carioca

1 Luz Negra 2 Ao romper da aurora 3 Choro sim 4 Valsa Brasileira 5 A voz no morro 6 Hora Da Razão 7 Segura Ele 8 Doce De Coco 9 Folhas Secas 10 Il domatore di pulci 11 Samba E Amor 12 Tico Tico No Fubá 13 Caprichos do destino 14 Na Baixa Do Sapateiro 15 Apanhei Te Cavaquinho 16 Trem Das Onze

Since saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd embraced Brazilian music in the early '60s, the world has come to know and love the gentle sway of bossa nova. Its most outstanding exponents, Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, inspired, and will doubtless continue to inspire myriad artists to borrow from their songbooks. The problem is, we can't seem to get past Gilberto and Jobim. Canta Brazil (Polygram Records, 1990) and the series beginning with Blue Brazil (Blue Note, 1999) did an excellent job of highlighting a plethora of other Brazilian artists and styles of music, but these efforts are few and far between. Stefano Bollani, in turn, is doing his bit with the release of Carioca; he plunges into the vast Brazilian folk canon preceding bossa, extracting gem after gem and polishing them up, in his quite personal style, to shine anew. Bollani is no stranger to Brazilian music, having previously recorded an entire album of Jobim's music, Falando do Amor (Venus Jazz, 2003) and the enthusiasm and panache of his playing here reveals an obvious love for, and affinity with the music. The coro and samba which spawned bossa is represented here in all its diversity, and Afro-Cuban rhythms, tango and European styles which have all shaped the development of music in Brazil, color the material on Carioca.

Price: $15.98