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Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower Audio CD

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Antonio Carlos Jobim Band: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Title: Stone Flower
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Release Date: 2002-03-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tereza My Love 2: Children's Games 3: Choro 4: Brazil 5: Stone Flower 6: Amparo 7: Andorinha 8: God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun 9: Sabi� 10: Brazil [Alternate Take][*]

An Enriching Experience
--but I also think of Antonio Carlos Jobim, to whom I was turned on by Jim Mancilla, a friend from high school to whom I shall forever be indebted for enriching my life. When I think of `60s music, I of course think of the Beatles, the Stones, Dylan, the Byrds, the Airplane, etc. I can still remember sitting on the floor in his small bedroom listening to Wave on his little portable record player. It was hardly sound of audiophile quality, but it was certainly a musical experience of great quality indeed.

Stone Flower, which was originally released as an LP on the CTI label in 1970, featured quite a band: Jobim on guitar, piano, and vocals; Eumir Deodato (who also did the arranging) on guitar; Joe Farrell on soprano sax; Hubert Laws on flute; Urbie Green on trombone; Ron Carter on bass; Harry Lookofsky on violin; and Airto Moreira, Everaldo Ferriera, and Joao Palm on percussion and drums. The arrangements were pretty well straight ahead, the music sounding elegant but not prettified. The overall sound was clean and clear, especially for a 1970 studio job, and it still sounds OK today. Rock fans may recall the melody of the title cut, "Stone Flower," which was covered by Santana, while movie buffs my recall the melody of "Brazil" (a song not written by Jobim) from the Terry Gilliam film.

All in all, Stone Flower is quite an enjoyable album, and Sony should be commended for making the effort to bring this hidden gem back to the marketplace in this fine CD re-release. Jobim fans should snap this one up before it disappears from the shelves, if it has not already.


The dark side of bossa
Plenty of great players on this one : Deodato as an arranger and guitarist, Ron Carter on Bass, Hubert Laws on Flute, etc. This is a decent cd by Jobim, it starts off great, but tends to get a little avante garde on a couple of songs. Check out Wave/Tide and the song Favela.


Sublime
I fell totally in LOVE with Bossa Nova back in high school. I'll add my praises of this disc to all the others. I collected everything I could, from Best of Sergio Mendes - which is also very highly recommended to those who love this genre- to Joao Gilberto. In fact I made a trip to Brazil back in 1975 because I had to see this land where this sublime music came from. Anyway back to the disc. I had everything Jobim had recorded but this one intrigued me the most. It was his darkest and most complex. Worth adding to any collection of jazz, bossa, latin or anything else.


Jobim
"Wave", "Tide", "Stone flower" and the rest of the albums with Jobim's music will live for ever. Listen to the samples and you will not need anyone's comments. Smooth, relaxing, stylish.


Maybe the most precious Jobim treasure


Repertoire consists of Jobim material except for traditional Brazilian composer Ary Barroso's 'Brazil'.
Another 5-star Jobim collaboration with producer Creed Taylor for his CTi label with arrangements by Deodato and a team of Jazz master musicians featuring Urbie Green and Hubert Laws.

Part of Jobim's compositions is music he composed for the film 'The Adventurers' also with arrangements by Deodato, issued in a very rare soundtrack album by Paramount label. Unfortunately, out of print.

Refer to the beautiful waltz 'Children's Games' which was also recorded by Elis Regina in her 'Elis & Tom' under the Portuguese title 'Chovendo na Roseira'.

A fundamental Jobim and Bossa Nova and Great Music album! .


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