Bebo Best & The Super Lounge Orchestra - Bossa & Sitar

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 153,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:54)  1. Dolce Vita
(4:13)  2. Out Of Myself (Radio Mix)
(4:21)  3. Magic World Remix
(4:35)  4. Teu Corpo
(4:39)  5. Whole Lotta Love
(5:07)  6. La Fleur De La Musique
(4:22)  7. Beat Conductor
(4:38)  8. Afinado Remix
(4:02)  9. Samba Wonder
(3:32) 10. Life Is On The Sea
(3:43) 11. Entao Eu Vou
(5:06) 12. Bass 70
(4:30) 13. Riempimi Di Baci
(4:28) 14. Sigo Vere Mama
(4:07) 15. Bollywood Ghost Dance

I thought that well orchestrated/arranged lounge/dance music with its own character was from a different time (50s->60s), but this project proves me wrong, even when the arrangements are not blasted by a huge orchestra, the effect remains the same. Leading talent for this is Bebo Best, an experienced composer/arranger and multi-instrumentalist with his awards in filmmusic (some movies that played on the Venice International Film Festival), theatre and other projects (he played on works like ‘electronic paintings’ for Wim Wenders). He also collaborated before with people like Gilberto Gil, Jon Hassel, Steven Brown, Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Trilok Gurtu, Sinead O’Connor, Sakamoto, Frank Zappa, guitarist David Torn (D.Sylvian, J.Garbarek, Don Cherry). 

The music is perfectly arranged with clarity and a bit of humour, and there are chosen perfect voices, there’s a warm whistling added. Not one note is too much, and the effect is equally suiting for dance purposes as for a perfect listening experience. There is no exploitation whatsoever of the concept of sitar nor bossa nova. The sitar only delivers just here and there the right accents, and the music switches from samba (often) over bossa nova (mostly) over hints of chachacha, disco-swing, and so on, with a few clever hints to known samba classics (like on “Whole Little Love”, a track from which brilliantely takes and reshapes a few riffs the Led Zeppelin rock classic), and a few modern beats (fastened sambas,..). There is more a Brazil flavour to whatever is composed and arranged. A great album. ~ http://www.psychefolk.com/bollywoodbeat.html

Bossa & Sitar

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