Vento De Maio

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Brazil is a country rich on pop vocalists--and seemingly producing talented new ones every day. Yet Elis Regina Carvalho da Costa (1945-1982) remains the impossible standard to which they can only look up. A lithe but strong voice, impeccable enunciation, precise phrasing, complete control of color and nuance, easy sense of swing, power--Regina had it all. Listen to the poignancy of "Outro Cais" (Another Pier) and "So Deus e Quem Sabe" (Only God Knows), her blues- like grit in "O Trem Azul" (The Blue Train), or her power in the elegiac "O Que Foi Feito Devera" (De Vera) (sung with Milton Nascimento). Then be surprised by her bright, exact, playful singing in "Calcanhar de Aquiles" (Achilles's Heel) or "Sai Dessa" (Get Off It). Some of the instrumental parts may sound quaintly dated (the electric pianos, the rock guitars) but her voice and her singing is timeless. --Fernando Gonzalez

Vento De Maio,Elis Regina,Blue Note Records,Brazilian,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: Pure jazz, little Latin

Os Filhos Do Vento: Children of the Wind Manufacturer: Adventure Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002VEWNI Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Pelo Mundo Afora (Out There in this World)
2. The Making of a Path
3. Sonata Brasileira - I-II-I Movements
4. Sonata Brasileira - III Movement
5. Sara
6. Prologue - Ritual I
7. Prologue - Ritual II
8. Prologue - Ritual III
9. Os Filhos do Vento (Children of the Wind) - Part I Haven - Opening
10. Part I Haven - Flute Cadenza
11. Part I Haven - Interlude and Bossa
12. Part II - Excellence of Being
13. Part III - Aura Lilas (Purple Aura)
14. Part IV Lua Nova (New Moon) - Opening
15. Part IV Lua Nova (New Moon) - Piano Cadenza
16. Part IV Lua Nova (New Moon) - Interlude
17. Part IV Lua Nova (New Moon) - Recapitulation and Afterthoughts

Customer Reviews:

Pure jazz, little Latin.......2004-11-18

 OS FILHOS DE VENTO is a composition of classical, jazz and Brazilian influences written about the Roma gypsy people.
 No Roma influence mars the smooth pieces of jazzy keyboard works and clarinet/oboe throughout, however: this too is pure jazz with little Latin influence other than the background of its creator.

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Vento de Maio Nara Leão Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000NDFKW2 Release Date: 2007-05-07

Album Details

Includes the Bonus Track "Estrada I O Vioreio".

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Vento de Maio Telo Borges Manufacturer: Independent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00079LWG0 Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

1. Taquicardia Rara
2. De lra C
3. Inverno Azul
4. Lance de Dados
5. Capacidade de Amar
6. Vento de Maio
7. Como Vai Voc
8. Voa Bicho
9. Chama Sentimento
10. Viva O Povo Brasileiro
11. Drina
12. Vinheta

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Vento de Maio Manufacturer: Independent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0001ZO4M4

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VENTO DE MAIO TE LO BORGES ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SQJSRC

Product Description

1- TAQUICARDIA RARA 2- DE LA PRA CA 3- INVERNO AZUL 4- LANCE DE DADOS 5- CAPACIDADE DE AMAR 6- VENTO DE AMIO 7- COMO VAI VOCE 8- VOA BICHO 9- CHAMA SENTIMENTO 10- VIVA O POVO BRASILEIRO 11- DRINA 12- VINHETA

Average customer rating: The great Elis Regina ELIS - A TORRID STUDIO SESSION NEAR THE END Vento de Maio a great companion to Elis & Tom For the true Brazilian music lover. Inexplicable voice smothered by unfavourable settings.

Vento de Maio Elis Regina Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Folk | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elis & Tom Lam Toro Personalidade Aquarela Do Brasil Femi Kuti ASIN: B000006Q5Y Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. Vento De Maio (May Wind)
2. Sai Dessa (Get Off It)
3. Tiro Ao Alvaro (Hit The Bulls Eye)
4. So Deus E Quem Sabe (God Only Knows)
5. O Que Foi Feito Devera (What Was Really Done)
6. Nova Estacao (New Season)
7. Calcanhar De Aquiles (Achilles' Heel)
8. Outro Cais (Another Pier)
9. Rebento (Explode)
10. O Trem Azul (The Blue Train)
11. O Medo De Amar E O Medo De Ser Livre (The Fear Of Loving Is The Fear Of Being Free)
12. Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus (If I Would Speak With God)
13. Aprendendo Jogar (Learning To Play)

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Brazil is a country rich on pop vocalists--and seemingly producing talented new ones every day. Yet Elis Regina Carvalho da Costa (1945-1982) remains the impossible standard to which they can only look up. A lithe but strong voice, impeccable enunciation, precise phrasing, complete control of color and nuance, easy sense of swing, power--Regina had it all. Listen to the poignancy of "Outro Cais" (Another Pier) and "So Deus e Quem Sabe" (Only God Knows), her blues- like grit in "O Trem Azul" (The Blue Train), or her power in the elegiac "O Que Foi Feito Devera" (De Vera) (sung with Milton Nascimento). Then be surprised by her bright, exact, playful singing in "Calcanhar de Aquiles" (Achilles's Heel) or "Sai Dessa" (Get Off It). Some of the instrumental parts may sound quaintly dated (the electric pianos, the rock guitars) but her voice and her singing is timeless. --Fernando Gonzalez

Customer Reviews:

The great Elis Regina.......2007-05-21

I have not listened to this album until recently. As expected, this is another great album by Elis Regina. Not her best but definitely worth listening to it. A great addition to my collection.

ELIS - A TORRID STUDIO SESSION NEAR THE END.......2005-10-05

Five GREAT Stars!! This is the late Elis Regina at her very best, singing, scatting, purring, and soaring her way through her only EMI studio session as only she can. Near the end of her life, Elis was pouring it on in this studio session. This session stretches from using huge orchestras and choruses to smaller intimate groups with friends. We can tell this is probably one of her last studio sessions because several songs are the exact songs and arrangements that appear on the live home-recorded "Trem Azul" (The Blue Train) CD, which was the last recording of her work. ("Trem Azul" was remastered from an 8-track recording to a wonderful CD.) The difference between the two CDs is in her vocal delivery and in the inclusion in this CD of other remarkable songs and bonus tracks. That makes both CDs worthy of purchase for inclusion in any comprehensive Elis Regina collection. All singing is in beautiful romantic Portuguese.

Let's get to the "Pieces D'Resistance". The big performance for me is "What Was Really Done" a fiery performance by Elis with Milton Nascimento that ranks among her very best; even her scatting in the background is exciting as Milton whips up his own brand of flames over the rolling beat. In "Get Off It" and "New Season" her voice is a combination of sassiness and poignancy that is matchless, not even by daughter Maria Rita. "Hit The Bullseye" is the type of joyous song that made all of Brazil fall in love with Elis. The single stop hesitations in the song and the sound effect are a real hoot! The title song, "Winds of May" is another huge extravaganza with Elis singing on the upper arc of her voice, as only she can, her voice holding firm. "The Blue Train"is always a bittersweet moment because we know that it was the last recorded song she sang in public before the tragic accident. She purrs her way through "God Only Knows"with a lot of saudade in solo and with the backgound group. In all, a great performance worthy of Five GREAT Stars.

(Note: there were those who said Elis was losing her voice near the end of her life. This CD totally refutes that: listen to "Achilles Heel", the incredible upper register arcing on "Blue Train" and the multi-tracking of her voice on "Another Pier": perfect pitch and total control. What a great loss to us all!)

Vento de Maio a great companion to Elis & Tom.......2004-06-27

Of all the Brazilian CDs that I own, this is one that I bring out the most often, along with other E. Regina albums, those of Gal Costa, and several others. One of the great things this album proves is her innate ability to sing the more pop-flavored material, rather than the samba/bossa repertoire she is usually associated with. It would be impossible for me to list all the fantastic performances in Vento de Maio, but all I can say is that this recording shows what she was capable of, with the fantastic vocal and stylistic range, the growling and cooing, and all the unbelievable musical highs. A fine companion to the great Elis & Tom session.

For the true Brazilian music lover........2002-02-08

If you expect easy-listening run of the mill bossa nova, you most likely will not appreciate this excellent album. Different, raw, dreamy, in a way seventy-ish but always honest. It is an album which, like the best albums in history, will grow on you. Those who know Portuguese will understand that this is not just 'I love you so, please love me too'. There is enough boring bossa out there, this is for the true affecionadas of Brazilian music.

Inexplicable voice smothered by unfavourable settings........2002-01-30

Anyone warming a well-appointed chamber in their heart for 'Elis and Tom', Antonio Carlos Jobim's desafinitive collaboration with the singer (what an inadequate word) Elis Regina may find the latter's 'Vento De Maio' album very disappointing. It's not that the songs are bad - some of them are very beautiful, echoing with strange, often folk-dark, Brazilian melodies, Elis' bird-restless voice dodging the mysterious mood- and tempo-changes. But the whole thing is an early example of rycooderfication - all native eccentricities are ironed out by superslick production and anonymously proficient session-playing. A few of songs survive the process - 'Tiro Ao Alvaro' (Hit the Bull's Eye) equals anyting on the Jobim album, a joyous, rasping busk; 'So Deus E Quem Sabe' (God Only Knows) and 'O Que Foi Feito Devero' (What Was Really Done) lurk enigmatic vocal alleys; 'Outro Cais' (Another Pier) is a haunting miniature.

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Vento DE Maio Nara Leao Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BRHPBY Release Date: 2000-11-27

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Vento de Maio Nara Leão Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W9UA Release Date: 2000-06-28

Tracks:

1. Quem Te Viu Quem Te Ve
2. Com Acucar Com Afeto
3. Noites Dos Mascarados
4. Vento De Maio
5. Maria Joana
6. A Praca
7. O Circo
8. Morena Do Mar
9. Fui Bem Feliz
10. Rancho Das Namoradas
11. Um Chorinho
12. Passa Passa Giviao

Album Description

Japanese exclusive CD reissue of the 1967 album from the late vocalist referred to as 'the muse of bossa nova'. 12 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

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Vento De Maio Elis Regina Manufacturer: Musicrama, Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DXKC Release Date: 1993-01-01

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