Time: 45:45
Size: 104.7 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 1990
Art: Front
[2:46] 1. Salvador Não Inerte Ladeira Do Pelô
[3:36] 2. A Verdadeira Baiana
[4:14] 3. Begin The Beguine
[3:01] 4. Fon-Fon
[4:15] 5. Eu Acredito
[4:11] 6. Holofotes
[3:34] 7. Cabelo
[5:03] 8. Brilho De Beleza
[3:44] 9. Alguém Me Disse
[3:01] 10. Nua Idéia (Leila Xii)
[3:31] 11. Zanzando
[4:43] 12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Held in very high regard in Brazilian music circles, Gal Costa has been impressively consistent over the years. And the charismatic singer was in excellent form when she greeted the 1990s with Plural. Though Costa isn't a jazz singer per se, she uses jazz influence to her advantage on caressing versions of the standards "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Begin the Beguine" (which was a major hit for Artie Shaw during the swing era). Costa sings mostly in Portuguese, but switches to English for those standards. While they favor the type of relaxed introspection one expects from bossa nova, Costa is much more exuberant and upbeat on the reggae-influenced "Cabelo," the Caribbean-minded "Zanzando," and the percussive "Salvador Nao Inerte" (a fine example of the Bahian school of Brazilian pop). Plural demonstrates that the dedicated following she commands is well deserved. ~Alex Henderson
Plural
hi Matt, First of all thankyou for u and the rest of you providing such good music, music that I otherwise would never hear or identify with the musicians.
ReplyDeleteHowever on this album by Gal Costa I noticed a glitch or skip about 20 seconds into the song 'Begin the Beguine' and then again about 20 seconds later. I am going to re download it to see if my downlaod had messed it up.
None the less, this is also another great album that i otherwise never have known or know about.
Santos
On second thought after listening several times, the rhythm is so jumpy on this tune that this "glitch" sounds as if it was intentionally mixed in as a mixing studio effect.... It was not part of the original because it sounds artificial, but it is in an appropriate beat that someone in the mixing room liked doing it.... just my guess, it is only done once ... the second time is not as drastic and sounds like the musicians are just jumping all over the rhythm.
ReplyDeletehey santos, thx for the observation. i listened to the song in my files and it came out pretty well - no jumps or skips. i think you downloaded it from a fileserver that has bad sectors. i suggest you download it again this time from another host. tell me if the problem persists.
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