[.ca] Sergio Mendes Presents

Chronique amazon.fr:
Lorsque Edu Lobo débarque en juillet 1970 dans les studios du label A & M en Californie pour enregistrer ce disque, il est déjà, avec Caetano Veloso, une des stars les plus en vue du mouvement tropicaliste. Aidé par le pianiste et arrangeur Sergio Mendes qui repéra son talent le premier et prête pour l'occasion une bonne partie de son groupe Brasil '66 (le guitariste Oscar Castro-Neves, le bassiste Sebastiao Neto et le batteur Claudio Slon), secondé par le flûtiste, pianiste et présentement arrangeur Hermeto Pascoal et l'ex-percussionniste de Miles, Airto Moreira, Edu Lobo chante et joue principalement des ballades qu'il a composées, en portugais et en anglais (dont le très beau "To Say Goodbye" et ses somptueux arrangements de violoncelle), ainsi qu'un morceau d'Hermeto Pascoal et une version chantonnée à l'unisson avec la flûte de "Hey Jude" des Beatles. En 1970, la musique populaire brésilienne n'hésite pas à puiser une partie de son inspiration dans la musique pop anglo-saxonne. Pour le meilleur d'une fusion riche en saveurs métissées. --Hervé Comte

WHY only 4 stars ?:
OK,I will tell you. it is because, for me ,Edu singing some of his finest songs "em Ingles" is like putting catsup on a FILET

Rich Brazilian Bossa/Jazz/Funk:
Great collection of beautiful songs arranged with so much interesting percussion, electric piano, and acoustic guitar that you could listen to this all day and never hear everything built into these tracks. Great vocals too but these are always balanced just right with the orchestra. This is probably the best album of dozens I have bought this year. If you like this you may also like Astrud Gilberto's "Gilberto with Turrentine". I wish I could find more music like this.

My introduction to Edu Lobo...:
I enjoyed this CD very much--after I gave myself time to get used to Edu Lobo's style, which I was not familiar with prior to this album. Of course, for years I heard his songs performed by other musicians, but never by Edu himself. This made quite a difference, but by the third time through, I was enjoying what I heard, very much. My favorites are "Zanzibar", "Crystal Illusions", and "Casa Forte". Edu sings with conviction, passion, and style. After this album, I won't hesitate to listen to more of him!

Edu Lobo: A Genius:
If you are shopping for light bossa Jobim style, this is not the album you want. On the other hand, if you have ever dug Egberto Gismonti, Gil Evans, Milton...meaning, something different,innovative, a little dissonance, you must get this album. Hermeto Pascoal's intervention is also amazing

An Exotic Adventure!:
I have just recently started getting into Brazilian music, and this album is one of the resaons why. The pulsating beats, exotic rhythms and flowing melodies are something to behold here. All of the tracks are great, but my favorites were "Zanzibar", "Crystal Illusion" (a very trance-like song), "Casa Forte" and "Jangada". Even Lobo's version of "Hey Jude" is engaging. If I wanted to turn someone on to Brazilian music, I would start with this album. It's that good.

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