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Bossa Nova [Ana Caram]

Ana Caram
1 disc

1. Chega de Saudade :: No More Blues
2. Summer Samba (Samba de Verao) :: Summer Samba
3. Rio :: Rio
4. Garota de Ipanema :: The Girl From Ipanema
5. Agua de Beber :: Water To Drink
6. Chovendo Na Roseira :: Double Rainbow
7. O Amor Em Paz :: Once I Loved
8. O Pato :: The Duck
9. Voc Vai Ver :: You'll See
10. Brigas, Nunca Mais :: No More Quarrels
11. Olha Pro Cu :: Look To The Sky
12. Samba Do Aviao :: Song Of The Jet
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 129
Credits

Producer David Chesky; Steve Sacks
Engineer David Merrill; Bob Katz
Personnel includes: Ana Caram (vocals); Steve Sacks (arranger, flute); Cliff Korman (piano); Romero Lubambo (guitar); David Finck (bass); Duduka Da Fonseca (drums).
Personnel: Ana Caram (vocals, guitar); Romero Lubambo (guitar); Steve Sacks (flute, alto flute); Al Hunt (alto flute); George Young (saxophone); Clifford Korman (piano, synthesizer); Duduka Da Fonseca (drums).
Liner Note Author: Ana Caram.
Recording information: Master Sound Studios, New York, NY (01/22/1995-01/24/1995).
Director: Steve Sacks.
Editor: Miguel Kertsman.
Photographer: Luciana Pampalone.
Arranger: Steve Sacks.
After saluting Antonio Carlos Jobim's lesser-known songs on The Other Side of Jobim, Ana Caram turned to his more famous work with equally splendid results on Bossa Nova. Jobim had recently died when she recorded the CD in January 1995, and the singer/guitarist felt that another tribute was in order. While Other Side purposely avoided standards, Bossa Nova is full of them. Anyone with even a casual knowledge of Brazilian pop-jazz and the bossa nova will be familiar with such standards as "The Girl From Ipanema," "Agua de Beber" and "Chega de Saudade." But while Caram's choices may be obvious, her treatment of them isn't. From "O Pato" to "Double Rainbow," everything on Bossa Nova sounds personal and individualistic rather than cliched. ~ Alex Henderson
Critic Reviews

Jazziz (9/95, p.22) - "...Ana Caram, the silken-voiced bossa goddess whose vocal style is out of the Astrud Gilberto school of cool understatement, has crafted an album that's pure bossa all the way....Every nuance of the bossa era, musical and visual, has been lovingly captured on BOSSA NOVA....a retro gem..."