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America Brasil by: Seu Jorge List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £11.98 You Save: £2.01 (14%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5050693207427 Label: Discos Como No Manufacturer: Discos Como No Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Discos Como No Release Date: June 30, 2008 Studio: Discos Como No Sales Rank: 1758 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Songlines magazine, August/September 2008 (issue #54): With América Brasil, Seu Jorge shows that he is the rightful pretender to Jorge Ben's crown. And Bezerra Da Silva's. Each track is as joyous a celebration of daily life in Rio as Ben's classic `Pais Tropical', full of wry asides that poke fun at Rio's rich and point to Brazil's colour bar and unequal social reality. It's Jorge's best work to date - successfully fusing the social samba-funk he began with on his former band's Farofa Carioca's Moro no Brasil with the looser but wonderfully rootsy feel of Cru. The first track `América do Norte' sets the tone with Jorge's trademark fusion of traditional samba and samba funk (inspired, he told Songlines, by Chico Science and Nação Zumbi). Jorge's guitar is joined by rabeca violin, staccato mandolin, squeaking cuíca, tight kit drums, hand-claps and a bass line that's so fat and funky it could have been played by Chuck Rainey. `North America is going to samba too,' promises Jorge. You bet it is. This CD would have Dick Cheney swinging in his swivel chair. But for a couple of ballad breaks (including a delicious light samba canção tribute to his wife Mariana), Seu Jorge keeps us moving for the next musical hour - wiggling to his celebration of the Brazilian blue-collar worker, `Trabalhador', trying out our samba steps on his sharp and witty piss-take of the Rio bourgeoisie, `Burguesinha', and dancing full throttle on `Mina do Condomínio'. With América Brasil, Seu Jorge requires the world to get up and go. And even dance a little samba. Alex Robinson Album Description: Seu Jorge returns with his first album of original material since "Cru" in early 2005. On the one hand this album manifests his musings on the complex relationship between North and South America, while on the other Jorge says: "Cru was international, this is for the Brazilian audience who wanted some traditional samba, samba rock, ballads and gafiera to dance to and enjoy at weekend barbecues." Seu Jorge (Mr. George) made his live UK debut as part of La Linea '05 at the Royal Festival Hall where the line up consisted of acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, percussion and bass. On his recent triumphant return to the same venue the line up had grown to include keyboards, violin, harmonica, kit drums with Jorge on occasional electric guitar and flute. This is the line up showcased here. From the Artist: "The instrumentation is a joke on US culture. Brazil grew up with European influences principally from Portugal but is more influenced now by US. Now we want to be winners like Americans." Seu Jorge Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Stunning!Please, Please buy this. This is a masterwork of genius. Never have I heard someone with such a deep understanding of what music should be. Jorge is a adpetly at home in so many styles. "America do Norte" and "Trabalhador" are both nods to the influence of North American percussion, both styles fitted effortless into the Jorge plan - sprightly, melodic - this man can make a violin sound funky. "Burguesinha" is a beautiful pop-samba - Jorge's understanding of the transecendent chanted chorus in evidence. This track will have you humming along, tapping your toes. My favourite track is the show-stoppingly brilliant "Mina do Condominio" - the way the lyrics just patter around the passionate chorus with that beautiful mandolin - one of the great ... Read More: |
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