Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes / Magic Lady '2005
Artist | Sergio Mendes Related artists |
Album name | Sergio Mendes / Magic Lady |
Country | |
Date | 2005 |
Genre | Jazz |
Play time | 01:13:35 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 490 mb (+3\%rec.) |
Price | Download $3.95 |
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Sergio Mendes spent the 70s straying very far from his Brazilian roots. The Sergio Mendes album from 1975 is very much in the smooth soul/quiet storm bag and Magic Lady from 1978 is a straight disco record. Neither of the records are the disasters you might have already pegged them as. Sergio Mendes is actually a small pleasure and Magic Lady, while overly smooth, isnt an embarrassment. The best part about Sergio Mendes is the sweetly harmonizing vocals of Bonnie Bowden and Sondra Catton and the laid-back groove that percolates throughout the album. The songs are all covers. Some like the Beatles Here Comes the Sun or Donny Hathaways Someday Well All Be Free have interesting arrangements, while some like Stevie Wonders I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) have hackneyed or meandering arrangements. Best to call it a mixed bag and cherry-pick the three or four good songs. Unlike Sergio Mendes, which actually has some emotional weight, Magic Lady is total disco fluff that sounds like it was made by the house band on the lido deck of the Love Boat. Every track has the same frothy beats and cooing vocal combo topped off with shimmering strings, synth-drum fills, and choogling percussion. By the time the disc is over, you sort of have to admire Mendes and company for so fully appropriating the disco ethic and becoming a faceless disco machine. Only the occasional piano run that peeks out from behind the sequins gives any clue that Mendes was once a semi-respected musician. Not that respect will pay the bills. By the 70s, jazz sure didnt, nor did bossa nova. Mendes did the best he could and 30 years later Collectables was there to make sure the listening public knew it. Tracks: Sergio Mendes (1975): 01. Davy (4:05) 02. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (3:40) 03. All In Love Is Fair (4:26) 04. Let Them Work It Out (3:07) 05. Here Comes The Sun (3:47) 06. If I Ever Lose This Heaven (3:05) 07. Lookin For Another Pure Love (3:37) 08. Someday Well All Be Free (4:13) 09. You Been Away Too Long (4:09) 10. The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye (3:59) Magic Lady (1979): 11. Ill Tell You (5:49) 12. Lonely Woman (3:25) 13. You Get Your Love From Me (3:49) 14. Magic Lady (3:55) 15. Yes I Love You (3:55) 16. A Dream Come True (Cant Hardly Wait) (4:31) 17. Let It Go (6:22) 18. Summer Dream (3:36) Personnel: Sergio Mendes (1975): Sergio Mendes - piano, synths Harvey Mason - drums Paulinho Da Costa - percussion David T. Walker - guitar Oscar Castro Neves - guitar David Amaro - guitar Dennis Budimir - guitar Bernard Ighner - guitar Jerome Richardson - flute Chuck Rainey - bass Bonnie Bowden - vocals Sondra Catton - vocals Produced by David Grusin and Sergio Mendes. Magic Lady (1979): Sergio Mendes - piano, synths, percussion Tom Scott - sax Chuck Findley - trumpet Michael Sembello - guitar David Amaro - guitar Alan Diaz - drums Nathan Watts - bass Sebastian Neto - percussion Steve Forman - percussion Laudir Oliveira - percussion Oscar Castro Neves - acoustic guitar, string arrangements Greg Adams - horn arrangements Clifford Coulter - piano Bonnie Amaro - vocals Carol Rogers - vocals Marieta Waters - vocals Tower Of Power Horn Section: Lenny Picket, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka, Mic Gillette, Greg Adams Produced by Sergio Mendes.
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