 Tony
Marino
"Samba De Say Party?" CD
Toneman
Productions
Genres: latin jazz, elevator music
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April 2002 |
For
a CDR release, this is remarkably professional (although it suffers
from some very poorly printed cover art). Not only is it
barcoded, but it is also available from Amazon and CD Street. Knowing
this, I was expecting a collection of crisp, cleanly recorded
compositions. And I got what I expected. Although my inital reaction
to this was not exactly positive, I'm really starting to lighten up to
these eleven latin jazz pieces. Altogether, they are very nice, each
song exhibiting a combination of talented songwriting and professional
instrumentation. My favourite piece was "Chancery Place," a
beautiful, melodic song that sounds exactly like elevator music. In
fact, pretty much all of this album would fit perfectly as Muzak; the
crisp, contained sounds just have that supermarket "feeling"
to them. That said, I have no reservations in claiming that I enjoy
Muzak thoroughly, and, if you do too, you'll probably enjoy
"Samba De Say Party?" immensely. Although, if you aren't
intrigued by the promise of Perez Prado-inspired elevator
music, perhaps this isn't a good choice.
70%
Matt Shimmer |
