| Mendes, Sergio / Celebration: A Musical Journey |
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| Album: | Celebration: A Musical Journey | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Mendes, Sergio | Added: | Apr 2011 | |
| Label: | Verve Music Group | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-04-17 | Pull Date: | 2011-06-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jun 19 | May 29 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 04, 2022: | Global Ginga The Dock Of The Bay, Never Gonna Let You Go, Mas Que Nada | 4. | Sep 27, 2018: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Fool On The Hill, Mas Que Nada | |
| 2. | Mar 12, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics The Fool On The Hill | 5. | Nov 29, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio Chove Chuva, The Fool On The Hill | |
| 3. | Mar 05, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Mas Que Nada | 6. | Aug 01, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio Waters Of March, After Sunrise |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2011-04-18 | ||
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Jazz pianist, composer and musical ambassador from Brazil brought the new bossa nova sound along with the songs & lyrics of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Jorge Ben to the rest of the world. A nice look at his works from the 1960's to the present. [Disc 1] 1: 2:24 soft lounge 1962 bossa nova 2: 3:15 1964 instrumental "The Girl from Ipanema" 3: 3:10 soft lounge 1967 bossa nova ****4: 2:40 the great tune that played the world. First song in Portuguese that charted in the USA. GREAT vocals by Lani Hall & Janis Hansen ***6: 3:16 fem chorus in English with a novel sitar riff ****7: 3:07 classic Cole Porte Night & Day" ****8: 2:44 Classic 1968 Burt Bacharach & Hal David "The Look of Love" **9: 4:29 slow,lush bowed strings, fem vocal ****10: 3:15 Lennon/McCartney's "The Fool On the Hill" ***11: 3:21 classic Simon-Garfunkle "Scarborough Fair" 12: 3:12 Otis Redding-Steve Cropper's "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay" 13: 3:22 great fem vocals "Pretty World" 14: 2:49 mid tempo cover of "Wichita Lineman" **15: 3:51 Lennon/McCartney' "Norwegian Wood, nice fast instrumental jam ***16: 3:31 nice vocals by Lani Hall & Janis Hansen 17: 2:16 fast ****18: 2:46 nice Jorge Ben song in Portuguese ****19: 3:05 a Gilberto Gil tune in Portuguese, fast, Gracinha Leporace **20: 3:29 Brazil 77 great fem vocal scat style " la la la la la la la la" ****21: 3:34 Brazil 77 a Dori Caymmi cover, very good percussion [Disc 2] 1: 4:17 pop hit for Mendes in 1983 sung by Joe Pizzulo & Leza Miller 2: 4:02 pop hit with Gracinha Leporace & Michael Sembello 3: 3:26 sung by kids 4: 3:26 pop, big lush instrumentation 5: 4:35 Brazil 86 pop 6: 3:32 pop tune in Portuguese 7: 4:43 upbeat poppy number ***8: 4:43 pop samba ****9: 3:54 fast fem vocals, nice percussion, vocal by Gilberto Gil ****10: 4:25 classic Sergio Mendes Mas Que Nada written by Jorge Ben. Sweet piano, fem chorus in Portuguese and rap by Black Eye Peas ***11: 3:51 rap by Q-tip & William of Black Eye Peas, fem chorus vocal in Portuguese minimal scratching. ****12: 4:00 fast "Waters of March" in English, sung by Ledisi 13: 4:20 faster scat style, flute, male vocal, arranged by Joao Donato 14: 3:46 fast, pop fem vocals in Portuguese ****15: 3:57 faster more processed update to a classic, nice scat style chorus. 16: 3:22 Lennon/McCartney's "The Fool On the Hill" mellow, fem vocal ***17: 3:46 mellow "Constant Rain" in Portuguese | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Outra Vez | 19. | Viramundo | |||
| 2. | Garota De Ipanema | 20. | After Sunrise | |||
| 3. | So Danco Samba | 21. | Promesa De Pescador | |||
| 4. | Mas Que Nada | 22. | Never Gonna Let You Go | |||
| 5. | Going Out Of My Head | 23. | My Summer Love | |||
| 6. | Constant Rain | 24. | The Sound Of One Song | |||
| 7. | Night And Day | 25. | Kisses | |||
| 8. | The Look Of Love | 26. | Daylight | |||
| 9. | So Many Stars | 27. | Sarara | |||
| 10. | The Fool On The Hill | 28. | Cinnamon & Clove | |||
| 11. | Scarborough Hill | 29. | Rio De Janeiro | |||
| 12. | The Dock Of The Bay | 30. | The Frog | |||
| 13. | Pretty World | 31. | Waters Of March | |||
| 14. | Wichita Lineman | 32. | Y Vamos Ya | |||
| 15. | Norweigian Wood | 33. | So Tinha De Ser Com Voce | |||
| 16. | Masquerade | 34. | Magalenha | |||
| 17. | What The World Needs Now Is Love | 35. | The Fool On The Hill | |||
| 18. | Pais Tropical | 36. | Chove Chuva |