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Article: Culture: Jazz CDs: Jazz fans will go nuts about the music of Brazil.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Byline: Reviewed by Peter Bacon
Marcos Valle Contrasts (Far Out FARO 082CD) Way back in bossa nova's golden years Valle wrote Summer Samba (So Nice) and after some years of obscurity he's back in fashion, thanks to the Far Out label, for which this is his third album.
It's not that Valle does anything spectacularly well he's an average singer, an adequate guitarist and keyboard player, a writer of sturdy tunes. It's that the sum is greater than the parts, and it's all combined with a sensibility that makes it hugely attractive and satisfying in the ears of ...