Search - Filo Machado :: Cantando Um Samba

Don't sweat it, just let it, you won't forget it

Papetti | 06/03/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Although the best tracks on this CD are the ones NOT activated, lovers of Al Jarreau, George Benson and Baden Powell should buy this immediately. Filo is a guitarist-singer-songwriter from Sao Paulo who's been making wonderful, light-hearted and highly accomplished jazz-tinged pop albums for over 20 years. This is one of his best. It's totally unpretentious, endlessly melodic and the equivalent of spending a sunny day at the beach with someone you love dearly. Lots of carefree scatting up and down the scales, and his solo guitar/scat version of "Take Five" swings like crazy. This album is pure sunshine."

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Papetti | Mexico City | 10/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"...Filó is a superb artist; in some of the cuts in this Album is just him and his guitar in multiple-recording and that's the perfect show-case for him. My favorite cuts are: "AGUA VIVA" (great song with the typical Brazilian Jazz scatting like Celso Miguel), "TEMA DISTORCIDO" (Fantastic vocals in multiple-recording - was described in the liner like: Take 6, but I think Filó's technique is a lot better considering it's just him), "PAM PAM" (It'll be hard you can find a freshest song around) , and "TAKE 5", (I think you can have Al Jerrau's version of this super-classic mixed with George Benson's and you'd probably would come close to Filo's version).
If you're into Brazilian Jazz or love Brazilian rhythms, this is absolutely for you !!!"