{"product_id":"608917355222","title":"Maria Mendes - Saudade, Colour of Love - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Mendes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collaboration between vocalist Maria Mendes and the Netherlands Metropole Orkest with pianist\/composer John Beasley, 2022s Saudade, Colour of Love is a gorgeous Brazilian-inspired jazz production. Born in Portugal and based in the Netherlands for over a decade, Mendes brings a worldly sophistication to her vocal jazz. It was that sophistication that garnered her and Beasley a Latin Grammy nomination for their previous collaboration, 2019s Close to Me. Saudade, Colour of Love is very much a spiritual companion piece to its predecessor as Mendes and Beasley deftly weave together Portuguese fado, bossa nova, and expansive symphonic jazz arrangements. Vocally, Mendes has a pitch-perfect style, marked by a warm resonance, bright articulation, and endless lyricism that she punctuates with forays into improvisational vocalese. Tracks like the opening \"Com Que Voz\" and \"Tudo Isto E Fado\" have the lush, swinging warmth of Frank Sinatras 1960s albums with arranger Nelson Riddle. But whereas Sinatra would sink into a song with his light baritone, Mendes soars, lilting birdlike over a verse before rising skyward with a tremulous accent. Its a style she fully embraces on the kinetic Latin number \"Verdes Anos,\" diving and fluttering with falsetto vocalese improvisations against a shimmering piano and the orchestras vibrating strings. Elsewhere, we get the fusion-esque \"Quando Eu Era Pequenina\" with its muted, alien horn lines and the equally infectious Tropicalia-sounding \"Meu Pobre Capitao,\" both of which evoke the vibrant, stylistically cross-pollinated 70s work of artists like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa. ~ Matt Collar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Com Que Voz\u003cbr\u003e2.Tudo Isto E Fado\u003cbr\u003e3.Verdes Anos\u003cbr\u003e4.Foi Deus\u003cbr\u003e5.Hermeto's Fado For Maria\u003cbr\u003e6.E Se Nao For Fado\u003cbr\u003e7.Danca Do Amor\u003cbr\u003e8.Quando Eu Era Pequenina\u003cbr\u003e9.Meu Pobre Capitao\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Challenge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40411008270396,"sku":"608917355222","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/products\/608917355222.jpg?v=1664245304","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-at\/products\/608917355222","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}