1990s Puzzle of Hearts is an album surprisingly similar to both Djavan and Oceano (both released in 1989), all of which are on Columbia Records, no less. In fact, no less than seven of the nine tracks on Djavan and Oceano (which are essentially the same album) make up the bulk of Puzzle of Hearts. The new tracks here are the title track, a soft ...
In this album, Djavan had two hits, "Nem Um Dia" and Jobim's "Correnteza." Other good points on the release are the ternary blues "Sêca" interpreted in a Brazilian way, the ballad "Não Deu...," the sambas "Deixa O Sol Sair," "Coração Leviano" (Paulinho da Viola), the soothing "Cordilheira," and "Malásia," with exciting alternated time signatures. ...
Brazil Now is a good collection of contemporary Brazilian music in the '90s. Many of the artists on the album are on EMI's roster -- not surprising, since it's an EMI-Hemisphere release -- but there are also a few stars, like Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, who have been licensed to give a more complete picture of Brazilian music. The gambit ...
This album marked Djavan's association with American producers. After signing with CBS, he recorded this album in the U.S.A. (in Portuguese), which was produced by Ronnie Foster. For that occasion, Quincy Jones acquired the publishing rights of many of his songs through Djavan's own publisher Luanda. The album is divided between a romantic section ...
This album, co-produced with Ronnie Foster, is less jazz-influenced (in comparison to, for example, Novena), dedicated to a more straightforward pop style, but not as pop as Lilás. The album has Iberian influences in "Andaluz" mixed with Afro-samba, a partnership with Caetano Veloso in "Linha Do Equador," and the songs that really made it to the ...
A predictable release by the Brazilian important composer Djavan, Bicho Solto, his 13th album, has no surprises. Fully danceable in funky watered-down versions (with the exception of the beautiful, fluent melody of "Retrato da vida" and the angular "Tão raro"), surrounded by the indulgence of a faithful audience earned over the years by his ...
This is a quite straightforward and basic compilation of Djavan's biggest hits and most famous songs, including ballads like "Seduzir," "Álibi," "A Ilha," and "Aquele Um" that appear on most Djavan collections. There is also the great xote song "Serrado," which reminds the listener of Djavan's home state, Alagoas, in the Brazilian northeast region ...
This live album in two volumes by Djavan has, on the second volume, some of his biggest hits, like the pop ballads "Pétala," "Meu Bem-querer," and "Um Amor Puro"; the stylized reggae "Cigano"; the funk songs "Boa Noite" and "Eu Te Devoro"; the doleful song "Faltando Um Pedaço"; the pop/rock rendition for "Lilás"; and the soul "Acelerou." His ...
This is a reissue of Djavan's first recorded LP. In 1975, he received a second-place award at TV Globo's Festival Abertura for his song "Fato Consumado." The following year he recorded this album, which contained one of his biggest hits, "Flor de Lis," along with his previous award-winning song. The highlights are the wonderful melodies, the ...
By the time he recorded his third album, Seduzir, Djavan was a superstar in Brazil, and was attracting attention in American jazz, R&B and pop circles as well. Though his style inspires comparisons to fellow Brazilian great Milton Nascimento, Djavan is a distinctive vocalist whose inspirations range from Northeastern Brazil's tropiscalismo school ...
Capitol presents an all-purpose world music collection with heavy emphasis on the danceable. Entitled Hemisphere, it should probably say "southern hemisphere" because in this case "world" really means "mostly Africa" and "a handful from Latin America" in the form of Brazilians Djavan Caetano Viana and Joel Nascimento along with Chilean ensembles ...
With tracks from seminal artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, Elis Regina and Vinicius de Moraes, Brazil: The Essential Album is actually a fairly decent -- and fun -- collection of some of the country's musical traditions. Of course, there are exclusions (Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, João Bosco, and Beth Carvalho, most notably), ...
This is a reissue of Djavan' first recorded LP. In 1975, he was awarded with the second place at TV Globo's Festival Abertura for his song "Fato Consumado." The following year he recorded this album, which contained one of his biggest hits, "Flor de Lis," along with his previous award winning song. The highlights are the wonderful melodies, the ...
In spite of the wonderful jazz-like sounds of this album, produced and arranged by Djavan himself, none of its songs happened. The samba "Limão," the samba de Angola "Nas Ruas," the Bahian samba "Quero-quero," the swinging effect of the use of contrast between time signatures and melody in "Lobisomem," the instrumental fusion "Sete Coqueiros," and ...
The Putumayo label has sometimes been guilty of a certain overweening multicultural earnestness in its presentation of various ethnic music traditions. On this winning compilation, though, it's all about the groove. Leading off with a cool, beat-heavy remake of Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" and proceeding through examples of, among other things, ...
Bird of Paradise came roosting around the time the second Brazilian wave began to crest in North America, following Djavan's extensive contributions to the Manhattan Transfer's Brasil album. And this album's a beaut -- full of strong, haunting, lusciously melodic songs often backed by that gently jumping, uplifting rhythm that runs through much of ...
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