Sorte!
Jazz
| Jun 2019
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-06-25
Reviewed 2019-06-25
Reviewed: 2019-06-25
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel composer John Finbury’s collaboration with Brazilian-born vocalist de Freitas and an excellent small band on this jazzy EP The first thing that jumps out from Sorte! is de Freitas’s emotional melodicism. You don’t need to understand Portuguese to absorb it. When you do dive into the surprising lyrics (there are English translations in the CD booklet) you find they take a intellectual approach to spirituality. Sunny musicianship backs up de Freitas’s clean, unprepossessing vocals.
If You Like: Jobim, Astrud Gilberto
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Sorte! – drums/electric piano starts> midtempo song> electric piano solo> midtempo song> slow fade
2/ Filha – guitar starts> midtempo song> instrumental break> midtempo song> slow fade
*3/ Ondas – vocal starts uptempo & acapella> uptempo song> slows to slows briefly, then swings back up> guitar solo> uptempo song> slows briefly then swings back up> quick stop
4/ Maio - guitar starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*5/ Oracao – organ starts> slow song with sliding vocal> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**6/ Surrealismo Tropical – cymbals start> slow ethereal song> bass solo> midtempo song> fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel composer John Finbury’s collaboration with Brazilian-born vocalist de Freitas and an excellent small band on this jazzy EP The first thing that jumps out from Sorte! is de Freitas’s emotional melodicism. You don’t need to understand Portuguese to absorb it. When you do dive into the surprising lyrics (there are English translations in the CD booklet) you find they take a intellectual approach to spirituality. Sunny musicianship backs up de Freitas’s clean, unprepossessing vocals.
If You Like: Jobim, Astrud Gilberto
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Sorte! – drums/electric piano starts> midtempo song> electric piano solo> midtempo song> slow fade
2/ Filha – guitar starts> midtempo song> instrumental break> midtempo song> slow fade
*3/ Ondas – vocal starts uptempo & acapella> uptempo song> slows to slows briefly, then swings back up> guitar solo> uptempo song> slows briefly then swings back up> quick stop
4/ Maio - guitar starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*5/ Oracao – organ starts> slow song with sliding vocal> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**6/ Surrealismo Tropical – cymbals start> slow ethereal song> bass solo> midtempo song> fade
Recent airplay
Ondas
Ondas
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Sep 17, 2019
Sorte!
Audio Ambrosia — Sep 15, 2019
Ondas
Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles — Aug 31, 2019
Ondas, Filha, Sorte!
Global Ginga — Aug 22, 2019
Ondas, Surrealismo Tropical
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Aug 20, 2019
Charting
2019-07-08 — 2019-09-09
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 1 | 1 |
| Aug 25 | 2 |
| Aug 4 | 3 |
| Jul 28 | 1 |
| Jul 14 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Sorte! | ||
| 2. | Filha | ||
| 3. | Ondas | ||
| 4. | Maio | ||
| 5. | Oracao | ||
| 6. | Surrealismo Tropical |