The Possibility of Life - Robert Lamm, Lamm, Robert
Aguas de Marco - Robert Lamm, Jobim, Antonio Carl
Girl Talk - Robert Lamm, Hefti, Neal
Samba in Your Life - Robert Lamm, VanEps, John
Nice 'N' Easy - Robert Lamm, Bergman, A.
Send Rain - Robert Lamm, Lamm, Robert
Speak Low - Robert Lamm, Nash, Ogden [Author
Haute Girl - Robert Lamm, VanEps, John
Girl Talk [Jve Remix] - Robert Lamm, Hefti, Neal
Nice 'N' Easy [Jve Remix] - Robert Lamm, Bergman, A.
Samba in Your Life [Jve Remix] - Robert Lamm, VanEps, John
Robert Lamm is one of the original members of the legendary group Chicago and he is the man behind a lot of their hit songs. Beside Chicago he has made a solo career and he has releasedseveral solo albums.
Robert Lamm is one of the original members of the legendary group Chicago and he is the man behind a lot of their hit songs. Beside Chicago he has made a solo career and he has releasedseveral solo albums.
"This was well worth the wait. Mr. Lamm's mature voice lends itself well to these wonderful Bosa Nova classics. His own compositions such as "The Possibility Of Life" sound as though they could have been written years ago.
What a great thing to have for the summer ahead. A word of warning to current day Chicago fans. There are no power ballads. No high pitched hootin' and hollerin' about lovin' someone forever because they're your hero. It's subtle. Turn your baseball caps around the right way, listen and enjoy!"
Highly Listenable
J. Conrad Guest | Northville, MI United States | 06/14/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I had high hopes for Lamm's Bossa Project when I first heard about it maybe 18 months ago. I'd heard cuts from it on his MySpace and was impressed; yet it seemed, from the length of time it took for it to be released on disc, that Lamm had trouble selling this project. The Bossa Project is unlike anything Lamm has recorded before, and certainly a departure from his work with Chicago. Lamm admits to a long love of bossa music, popularized by the likes of Stan Getz, famous for Girl from Ipanema back in the 1960s.
This collection of covers interspersed with originals is a worthy addition to Lamms' legacy, showcasing his unmistakable style as a composer, but also the lower range of his voice, which is a perfect fit for this genre. Notable cuts include covers of A Man and a Woman, Aguas de Marco, Nice "n' Easy and Girl Talk (although the latter, by today's standards, might be a touch politically incorrect!), Samba in Your Life, as well as the Lamm originals Send Rain and, particularly, The Possibility of Life.
Kudos, Robert, for once again pushing the envelope of contemporary music! Highly listenable and recommended.
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It will be a Bossa summer at our house!
Marienne M. Reese | Florida | 06/07/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Our home is FILLED with die-hard Chicago fans, who also follow all of the diverse solo work by members of this very talented group. Robert Lamms' Bossa Project is fresh and feels good. His smooth voice is just what this music calls for. While perfect for background music, take the time to just listen and absorb without distractions. Beautiful and unique. The power of the music can relieve the days tension and bring back the smile. You can't help but sing/him along, tap your feet, or in our case, bounce around the house! So glad it's finally out! Enjoy!"
A lone dissenting voice
Randall Wallace | San Francisco, CA | 08/28/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"The songs chosen are very nice. The backround musicians are very nice. But for me the voice is completely inappropriate for the music. Great -he's famous for singing in Chicago. However that doesn't mean that he'll do the best version of "Nessun Dorma" either. I have a lot of Chicago records. I have over 200 Brazilian records. I've played a lot of Brazilian music in clubs on guitar. Like a lot of people who didn't review this record, I prefer brazilians playing Brazilian music the most. And french people playing French music the most. Cut one is Francis Lai's "A Man and a Woman"; I can't imagine a musically literate person liking Robert's version more than Francis Lai's original definitive version off the soundtrack recording. My guess it that the other reviewers never heard the original. "Waters of March" is one of my favorite Brazilian songs of all time. But check out the definitive version on Sergio Mendes and Brazil '77's "Vintage 74" recording before assuming that Robert's is so amazing. Robert's monotone version is every bit as captivating as Jane Monheit's lounge version of "the Very Best of Jane Monheit". The one chord intro of Robert's version sounds pathetic next to the gorgeously orchestrated beginning (by no less than film composing heavyweight Dave Grusin) to Sergio's version. Rather than slam me here, fact check first what I am saying by listening to the other two versions first (Lai & Mendes). If you want monotone, check out Art Garfunkel's better version of Waters of March. If you want almost as good as Sergio's '74 version, check out "Elis & Tom"'s brazilian version. If you like only americans singing non-american music, this Lamm CD could be the record for you. If you like listening to the best possible versions of the prettiest songs, maybe not."
Pitch perfect summer opener
Scott D. Parker | Houston, TX | 06/07/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Got mine on 5/28. Ripped open the plastic (pesky though it was) and played it. I have listened to the versions on Mr. Lamm's myspace site for these past months but hearing these tunes sonically perfect was great. My six-year-old (whose favorite Chicago tune is Saturday in the Park) liked it. As a sax player, Larry Klimas's solos were sublime. And the flute. Fantastic. One of the underrated treats of this recording is its acousticiveness. (Yeah, I just made that up.) Sure, the 'orchestral programming' was computer generated but the rest of the CD sounds warm, immediate. There are places where you can hear JVE's fingers sliding over the strings. That warmness is what is missing from lots of overproduced music nowadays.
Another thought: Lamm took a chance with this CD. Other singers took creative chances (Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions; Sting with the lute CD; Elvis Costello with the Brodsky Quartet) and are better artists for it. In this day and age, with the fading of radio's influence, it's nice to see artists recording projects they want to record. It's nice to have CDs like The Bossa Project. ([...])"
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
