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Dreamy guitar & flute

Pink Noodle | Duncanville, TX USA | 10/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"from website:

The guitar of Toninho Horta is always a treat, but on this 2005 album it's made even better by some lyrically light flute work from Nicola Stilo! The set's got a dreamy quality that really gets at the gentler sound of Horta's work on guitar -- and a few tunes even feature his vocals, singing in a laidback way that has echoes of the earlier bossa era, but a more gently jazzy approach overall. Stilo plays a variety of flutes on the set, and titles include a great version of Coltrane's "Naima", plus "Very Early", "Vento", "My Ideal", "In A Sentimental Mood", "Meu Canario", "Bons Amigos", and "Illusion".

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Brazilian Master on Guitar returns with a Master on Flute

Carlos from Rio | Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil | 04/09/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

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Great deal! Finally, Toninho Horta and flutist Nicola Stilo decided to record their live work, fortunately in a studio.



Here you'll find Mr. Horta as usual with his guitar and sensitive vocalise driven by his arranger's mind that makes all the difference.



Nicola Stilo was a surpise to me: a new flutist in my collection with brilliant conception in the same level as Horta's.



Repertoire mix 5 standards, jazz or not, with 5 compositions of their own. Coltrane's 'Naima', beautiful Bill Evans' 'Very Early' and Duke Ellington's 'In A Sentimental Mood' are the jazz standards. Also you'll find three Horta's classics here - 'Meu Canario' (aka 'Canario Vizinho Azul'), 'Bons Amigos' and 'Vento' - all with fresh and new approaches.



Beautiful guitar and flute duet."