Ito, Yuko / Esperanca
Album: Esperanca   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Ito, Yuko   Added:Dec 2017
Label:Funny Baby Face Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-12-20 Pull Date: 2018-02-21 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 18 Jan 21 Jan 14 Jan 7 Dec 31
Airplays: 2 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 17, 2018: Old Fart at Play
Manha De Carnaval
4. Jan 16, 2018: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Stolen Water
2. Feb 17, 2018: Music Casserole
So Danca Samba
5. Jan 11, 2018: Cardinal Importance
So Danca Samba, Vera Cruz
3. Jan 20, 2018: Wild Kingdom
Vera Cruz
6. Jan 02, 2018: Clean Copper Radio
Manha De Carnaval

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-12-14
Reviewed: 2017-12-14
genre: Jaxx
FCCs: none
Review: Composer & vocalist ito delivers an upbeat mix of jaxx & pop on this session, often tinged with Latin influences. She leads an impressive and versatile group, plus a handful of guest artists, through some clever adaptions of standards, and also sings in 3 different languages.
If You Like: Marta Topferova,,
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Vera Cruz (5:31) - piano starts> slow jam builds to uptempo song> fabulous piano solo> uptempo song> flute solo to fade
2/ Moon River (5:23) - drums/piano start. slo tempo song> lovely uptempo piano solo> slow song> fade on piano
*3/ So Danco Samba (5:29) - guitar starts> slow tempo swings to uptempo samba with vocal> guitar solo> scat solo> uptempo song> quick stop
*4/ Manha De Carnaval (5:35) - > slow tempo song> flute solo> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
*5/ Owan No Nai Kisetsu (4:54) - percussion starts> uptempo song. piano solo> uptempo song> quick stop on vocal
6/ Madalena (4:57) - piano starts> uptempo song> piano solo> uptempo song with scat singing> quick stop
7/ Comecar De Novo (4:14) - piano starts> slow tempo song> piano solo> slow song> fade on vocal
*8/ Ponta de Areia (4:42) - percussion starts> midtempo song> piano/percussion duet> midtempo song> slow fade
9/ Stolen Water (3:12) - guitar starts. slow tempo song> guitar solo> midtempo song> quick fade
*10/ Vivencia/Obsession (3:28) - percussion starts> uptempo song> scat/flute duet. uptempo song> fade
11/ Tsubasa wo Kudasai (4:03) - piano starts> uptempo song> piano solo> uptempo song> quick stop
12/ What A Wonderful World (5:22) - piano starts> slow tempo song> piano solo> slow song> fade
*13/ Esperanca (4;24) - guitar starts> midtempo song> spirited guitar solo> song with chorus to fade

Track Listing
1. Vera Cruz   7. Comecar De Novo
2. Moon River   8. Ponta De Areja
3. So Danca Samba   9. Stolen Water
4. Manha De Carnaval   10. Vivencia/Obsession
5. Owari No Nai Kisetsu   11. Tsubasa Wo Kudasai
6. Madalena   12. What A Wonderful World
  13. Esperanca