Tania Maria - Brazil With My Soul (1978) {Universal}
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Genre: Brazilian Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossa Nova, Post-Bop
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC Image level 8 | Cue+Log | Full Scans 300dpi | 239MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 107MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Brazilian Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossa Nova, Post-Bop
Tania Maria's debut is a mix of hushed bossa numbers and up-tempo, jazz-inflected sambas that show off the prowess of her nine-piece band. "Zé," which belongs to the latter category, is an original tune that begins with Maria's slightly over-the-top scatting and builds into a kickin' samba jam; on "Para Chick," a Tom Jobim instrumental, the group is at its most improvisational, with Maria herself (on piano) dishing out some fine solos; and on the tempo-shifting "Ideias E Ideias," Maria manages to sound like Astrud Gilberto and Ella Fitzgerald within the span of a few chord changes. Though it's heavy on the standard bossa/samba fare, it's also a uniformly solid album and a fine introduction to Maria's catalog.