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Format:Audio CD
Mayra Andrade's sophomore release Storia Storia is a decidely more jazzy affair. A few Cuban / latin grooves in there, different arrangements with backing vocals, flutes, horn sections and even strings on one of the ballads.
Usually when I hear the word "strings" my skin starts to crawl, but fortunately here it's not the overdone, schmaltzy string sections that plague a lot of modern jazz albums (see Diana Krall's latest effort). The strings are very understated, dry in the mix and they blend in well with the other instruments.
Mayra's voice has further matured since Navega. Her singing simply takes you on a musical voyage.
The songs are varied, yet the album has a very good flow. If anything, I'd say the songs are less "catchy" than on Navega. I'm guessing this album takes more time for the songs to sink in, but that's not a problem at all. When the music's this good, I don't mind listening to it again...
Usually when I hear the word "strings" my skin starts to crawl, but fortunately here it's not the overdone, schmaltzy string sections that plague a lot of modern jazz albums (see Diana Krall's latest effort). The strings are very understated, dry in the mix and they blend in well with the other instruments.
Mayra's voice has further matured since Navega. Her singing simply takes you on a musical voyage.
The songs are varied, yet the album has a very good flow. If anything, I'd say the songs are less "catchy" than on Navega. I'm guessing this album takes more time for the songs to sink in, but that's not a problem at all. When the music's this good, I don't mind listening to it again...
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Trying to access the bonus one has to sign up to OpenDisc only to be directed to a message saying "Your artist's Opendisc is now inactive".
Using the CD on your computer with Media Player plays fine but shows the title and songs in Chinese. Pretty useless to identify any particular song unless you can read Chinese.
Apart from that I love the Music. Five stars for the music but because of the above problems have to downgrade this particular CD to three stars.
Using the CD on your computer with Media Player plays fine but shows the title and songs in Chinese. Pretty useless to identify any particular song unless you can read Chinese.
Apart from that I love the Music. Five stars for the music but because of the above problems have to downgrade this particular CD to three stars.
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I saw Mayra Andrade at the Theatre Royal, Norwich by accident. She stood in for the Fadisto Mariza when she fell ill and had to cancel. Serendipity struck, her voice blew me away and her backing band were superb. I highly recommend this album. It's relaxing but intersting at the same time. Oh, and she's really pretty too.
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