Finbury, John, Featuring Thalma De Freitas / Sorte!
| Album: | Sorte! | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Finbury, John, Featuring Thalma De Freitas | Added: | Jun 2019 | |
| Label: | Green Flash Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-07-08 | Pull Date: | 2019-09-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 1 | Aug 25 | Aug 4 | Jul 28 | Jul 14 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2021: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019)
Ondas |
4. | Aug 31, 2019: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Ondas |
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| 2. | Sep 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Ondas |
5. | Aug 22, 2019: | Global Ginga
Ondas, Filha, Sorte! |
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| 3. | Sep 15, 2019: | Audio Ambrosia
Sorte! |
6. | Aug 20, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Ondas, Surrealismo Tropical |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-06-25
Reviewed 2019-06-25
Reviewed: 2019-06-25
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel composer John Finbury’s collaboration with Brazilian-born vocalist de Freitas and an excellent small band on this jazzy EP The first thing that jumps out from Sorte! is de Freitas’s emotional melodicism. You don’t need to understand Portuguese to absorb it. When you do dive into the surprising lyrics (there are English translations in the CD booklet) you find they take a intellectual approach to spirituality. Sunny musicianship backs up de Freitas’s clean, unprepossessing vocals.
If You Like: Jobim, Astrud Gilberto
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Sorte! – drums/electric piano starts> midtempo song> electric piano solo> midtempo song> slow fade
2/ Filha – guitar starts> midtempo song> instrumental break> midtempo song> slow fade
*3/ Ondas – vocal starts uptempo & acapella> uptempo song> slows to slows briefly, then swings back up> guitar solo> uptempo song> slows briefly then swings back up> quick stop
4/ Maio - guitar starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*5/ Oracao – organ starts> slow song with sliding vocal> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**6/ Surrealismo Tropical – cymbals start> slow ethereal song> bass solo> midtempo song> fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel composer John Finbury’s collaboration with Brazilian-born vocalist de Freitas and an excellent small band on this jazzy EP The first thing that jumps out from Sorte! is de Freitas’s emotional melodicism. You don’t need to understand Portuguese to absorb it. When you do dive into the surprising lyrics (there are English translations in the CD booklet) you find they take a intellectual approach to spirituality. Sunny musicianship backs up de Freitas’s clean, unprepossessing vocals.
If You Like: Jobim, Astrud Gilberto
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Sorte! – drums/electric piano starts> midtempo song> electric piano solo> midtempo song> slow fade
2/ Filha – guitar starts> midtempo song> instrumental break> midtempo song> slow fade
*3/ Ondas – vocal starts uptempo & acapella> uptempo song> slows to slows briefly, then swings back up> guitar solo> uptempo song> slows briefly then swings back up> quick stop
4/ Maio - guitar starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*5/ Oracao – organ starts> slow song with sliding vocal> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**6/ Surrealismo Tropical – cymbals start> slow ethereal song> bass solo> midtempo song> fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Sorte! | 4. | Maio | |||
| 2. | Filha | 5. | Oracao | |||
| 3. | Ondas | 6. | Surrealismo Tropical |