Souza, Luciana / Duos 2
Album: Duos 2   Collection:World
Artist:Souza, Luciana   Added:Aug 2005
Label:Sunnyside Communications  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-10-09 Pull Date: 2005-12-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30 Oct 16
Airplays: 1 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 08, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Muito Bobeira
4. Oct 25, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian - Francais
Nos Horizontes Do Mundo
2. Nov 01, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian - Tokyo
Muito Bobeira
5. Oct 14, 2005: The Minimum Memory Dog
Sai Dessa
3. Oct 28, 2005: No Cover, No Minimum
Muito Bobeira

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2005-10-07
LUCIANA SOUZA – “Duos II” Sunnyside, 2005

BRAZIL/USA – Voice/guitar duets. Souza, one of the finest of the new generation of Brazilian vocalists, has deep bossa nova roots and a true jazz (rather than just “jazzy”) musical sense. This is her second album of this sort (Brazilian Duos came out in 2002). The four guitarists (Romero Lubambo, Marco Pereira, Swami Jr. & Guilherme Monteiro) all make great companions for Souza’s warm alto voice. I prefer the upbeat numbers, but the many sad ballads all have a lot of melancholy depth.

FO’S PICKS: 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 (and 7, but only if you really like scatting!)

1. 3:02 – fast, happy, flowing melody
2. 4:00 – tender, dramatic. Great solo.
3. 4:45 – gentle medley, floating vox
4. 2:50 – upbeat samba, good scat
5. 3:29 – sweet classic, elegant & sad
6. 4:27 – soft ballad, excellent vox!
7. 3:49 – quick tempo, all-scat vocal
8. 5:48 – sleepy Ivan Lins ballad
9. 5:42 – aching tune, guitar patterns
10. 2:54 – light melody, scat vocal
11. 2:46 – slow, soft, simple ballad
12. 3:34 – slow, haunting, elec. guitar

[Fo] – 10/7/05

Track Listing
1. Sai Dessa   7. Sambadalu
2. Nos Horizontes Do Mundo   8. Aparecida
3. A Flor E O Espinho   9. Trocando Em Miudos
4. Muito Bobeira   10. Chorinho Pra Ele
5. Modinha   11. Atras Da Porta
6. No Carnival/Vento   12. Voce