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CD Reviews: Kristine Mills, “Bossanovafied”
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Posted by: editoron Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 04:43 PM |
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By Edward Blanco
Kristine Mills is an award-winning jazz vocalist from the Houston area who indulges her passion for the bossa nova after an artful collaboration with Brazilian pianist Paulo Midosi in producing an impressive collection of original bossa-styled songs on “Bossanovafied,” her third vocal project. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro with an entirely Brazilian cast, the album follows her 2007 appearance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Brazilian International Jazz Festival in Sao Paolo as well as her August 2009 three-city tour of the same festival with the Rio-based ensemble. This beautiful blond songbird seduces the listener with her inviting lyrical approach embracing each song with her innocent-like tender vocals that's anything but innocent—sultry and sassy—is more befitting.
With arrangements provided by Midosi and Haraldo Cazes—who performs on bass and electric guitar—Mills presents a delicious repertoire of eight bossa nova songs spiced up with percussions from Rubinho Moreira, and reeds from Jose Carlos Bigorna. The Brazilian flavor kicks off with gentle guitar picking from Cazes on the lovely opener “I Wish” and continues with the lively “That Was Yesterday” with Midosi settling in on the piano while Bigorna weighs in on the flute. Two of the standout pieces on the album are “Sasha's Lullaby” and the romantic sweet love ballad of “You Are,” where the singer's vocals are especially inviting in accompanying jazzy instrumentals from the band.
You will not find any mediocre tunes on this disc as Kristine Mills voices each song from the heart. With Bossanovafied, Mills succeeds in capturing a taste of Brazil in a wonderful set of soft bossa jazz with a measure of soul and vocal sensuality.
Year: 2010
Label: Self Produced
Artist Web: www.kristinemillsmusic.com
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