Freddy Cole - Rio De Janeiro Blue (2001)

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Artist: Freddy Cole
Title: Rio De Janeiro Blue
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Telarc[83525]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 52:40
Total Size: 268 MB(+3%) | 124 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1 Rio De Janeiro Blue 4:29
2 I Concentrate On You 5:09
3 Delirio 4:14
4 Invitation 5:00
5 Words Can't Describe 5:24
6 Wild Is Love 3:31
7 Yellow Days 5:50
8 Sem Voce 3:04
9 Something Happens To Me 4:28
10 There, I've Said It Again 5:02
11 To Say Goodbye 6:23

Freddy Cole - Rio De Janeiro Blue (2001)

personnel :

Freddy Cole - vocals, piano
Joe Beck - guitar, acoustic guitar
Lou Marini - flute, tenor saxophone
Michael Mossman - trumpet, flugelhorn
Angel Vazquez - trombone
Ruben Rodriguez - electric bass
Steve Berrios - drums, congas, shaker, surdo, bell
Curtis Boyd - drums
Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone
Jerry Byrd - guitar
George Mraz - bass
Herman Burney - bass
Arturo O'Farrill - arranger, Fender Rhodes piano

Freddy Cole's second Telarc release features him in a variety of jazz and Latin settings, with a stellar cast of musicians -- most notably pianist/arranger Arturo O'Farrill. Cole plays very capable piano on five of the 11 tracks and arranges six of them. Gravel-voiced and relentlessly laid-back, the younger brother of Nat "King" Cole is true to form on this romantic collection of songs, most of which aren't too well known, with the exception of "Invitation" and "I Concentrate on You." The nicest surprise comes on Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Sem Voce," which Cole sings in the original Portuguese; Joe Beck plays the changes on alto guitar and solos beautifully on acoustic. Cole's regular band, with guitarist Jerry Byrd, bassist Herman Burney, and drummer Curtis Boyd, splits the program with a larger Latin ensemble that includes the likes of O'Farrill, "Papo" Vazquez on trombone, Lou Marini on sax and flute, and Steve Berrios on drums and Latin percussion. Even though Cole's voice is not "pretty" in a conventional sense, this definitely works as turn-the-lights-down-low music. O'Farrill's choice of Fender Rhodes electric piano on the first and last tracks is an inspired touch. ~ David R. Adler

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