This is an exceptionally solid, pleasantly mellow and spacy, samba psychedelic-tinged acoustic album which recalls the natural, relaxed warmth of the best of mid-'60s bossa nova.
The musical direction and arrangements its been made by Mauro Andreoni that is consistently inventive and engaging on this pretty-sounding, melodically based album, crafting mellow space-out music that never lapses into pure gooeyness or by-the-numbers smooth jazz conventions.
Os Morcegos is a name that evocates the nocturnal animal just because they are really a deep-night players and their style is appropiate for that typical tropical dark and relaxed atmosphere...with the big-bats (that is the translation of the word from the Portughese language) around you :
They call their style Samba-jazz that is a mix of traditional music revitalization and on the other hand a perfect style of modern lounge-dance groove. They got a natural feeling for the retro-sounds and vintage atmospheres, so who loves the bossa-rhytms and the samba-moods will find in their music, echoes of something really hot and exotic. Its like to be in a Copacabana in the sixties beach parties...
If you like noodly samba-jazz with a bossa nova twist, you might really enjoy this album.
They are supported from great musicians like : Eric Daniel on sax and flute, and a great singer called Liliana Gimenes.
Os Morcegos are Mauro Andreoni - Electric Piano | Piero Simoncini - Double Bass | GiGi Zito Drums |
Other added musicians are :
Claudio Pizzale - vibraphone, flute, voice and percussions
Eric Daniel- Flute, Sax tenor |
Liliana Gimenez Voice |
Paul Cerrone - Sax tenor |
Fabio Tullio Sax alto |
Luca Scorziello - Congas and all brazilian percussions! |
