Joanie Sommers, Laurindo Almeida - Softly, The Brazilian Sound

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:14
Size: 85.3 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Easy Listening
Year: 1964/1997
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Meditation
[3:16] 2. Dear Heart
[3:06] 3. Watching The World Go By
[2:49] 4. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
[2:43] 5. Once
[3:21] 6. Softly, As I Leave You
[2:21] 7. I Could Have Danced All Night
[2:57] 8. I'll Remember April
[3:31] 9. You Can't Go Home Again
[3:23] 10. Carnival
[3:55] 11. Old Guitaron
[2:49] 12. That's All

Joanie had a great 'teen' hit in the early sixties called "Johnny Get Angry". But it was only a bit later when she released an album of Bossa Nova numbers that blew me away. Still a teen ager, I had landed a job with a local FM station and put Joanie's Bossa Nova on the air immediately. It was like a breath of fresh air. Her unique voice caressed subtle Bossa rhythms like a cool sea breeze. She handled rhythms and phrasing as subtly as Getz --lilting, gently swinging, precise. Listening to her ablbums are still like sipping Pina Coladas, barefoot on a sunset beach. Rio never had a better ambassador. The good news is: this sound is as fresh as ever. Timeless! This collection features some of the same songs that I remember from that sixites release --Quiet Nights and Meditation, specifically. But every song she touches, she makes hers. Joanie is definitely among the great vocalists. ~Len Hart

Softly, the Brazilian Sound

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