Lila Downs is one hell of a kick ass musician/singer/arranger on this disc...such taste she displays here! I firest fell in love with her when I saw her duet with Caetano Veloso on the Oscarcast when "Frida" theme song was nominated(and sung by those two, inCREDibly!)...and this is by no means a Mexican folkloric album. Jazzy, bluesy...w/mid-eastern/Arabian touches...multi-multi-multi-layered work this is.
...the Gipsy Kings for awhile have been getting the rap that their not purist enough, not
TRUE flamenco...and no they're not. But neither are they doing a bastardized pop music flamenco lite, at least NOT on this album. There's definitely some fire happening here....
I only wish that I could find a bigger copy of the cover of this disc, it's SO cool....1940s-50s street scene, B&W photo, prob some village in Spain of flamenco being performed among throngs on the street....I want to BE there!
Cool 2-disc sampler of bossas and sambas, of which I'm just now listening to the bossa disc....very nice smooooooth groove music...that's rhythmically angular enough to keep me quite entertained
DISC 1 Bossa Beats
1. When You Gonna Learn / Clara Moreno 4:53
2. Sereia, Amor d'Agua (Re-Make) / Cibelle 4:37
3. Midnight Sessions 5:29
4. Viver 6:53 (Butti 49 Mix)
5. De Costas Pro Mundo (With My Back to the World) / Fernanda Porto 4:17
6. Neguinho / Banda Favela 3:43
7. Foto Viva 7:01 (Nicola Conte Mix)
8. Arrividerci 3:24
9. Treasure 6:47 (Gerd Mix)
10. Mariposa / Nickodemus 4:40
11. Valeu / Marcos Valle 4:44
12. Seja O Que For / Anvil FX 4:43
13. Nao Vou Fugir / Ive Mendes 5:10
14. Sem Reposta / Celso Fonseca 2:38
15. A Ra / João Donato 2:15
DISC 2 Samba Sauce
1. A Espera / Chieko Kinbara 6:59
2. Queixume / Tom & Joyce 3:46 (Masters at Work Edit)
3. Congo 4:13 (Sao Benitez Cut)
4. Atabaque / Jazzanova 5:59
5. Preguiciman / Mamond 4:46
6. Beyond the Rains / Billie Godfrey 4:00
7. O Ronco da Cuica / Lilian Vieira 4:29
8. Grooves, Ritmos, Sons E Vinhetas / Jairzinho Oliveira 5:16
9. O Nosso Amor / The Boyz from Brazil 5:51
10. No Colo Do Mar / Liliana Chachian 6:31
11. Andar Noar 7:08
12. Inta Outa / DJ Patife 5:16
13. Dia de Sol / Gilberto Gil 4:14
14. El Ciudano y el Campesino / Henri Guedon 4:15 (Nickodemus & Osiris Mix)
15. Distracted Minds / Da Lata 3:51
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Alll of theses discs were listened to as an antidote to the taste of shit in my mouth after I listened(as my first 'Jams Of The Morning' today)this:
WHAT a fucking mistake! God, this thing simply infuriated me...what with the high marks it's gotten from some people here(and what, a 5-star review from Fricke in RS??)...
Granted I honestly do not know this band, even from their so-called halcyon days way back(call it 'generational' I suppose)...but this disc is VERY beer-coaster-worthy. What a piece of shit....
