Paulinho
Garcia (acoustic guitar and vocals).
(Review by Ann Alex.)
I’d describe this as a
romantic easy-listening CD rather than jazz, one for us ladies to play during a
candle-lit evening spent with someone we love, and I’m not talking about your
dad or your brother!
Fifteen tracks of mostly
jazz standards accompanied by skilful but understated guitar, a few tracks sung
in Portuguese and Spanish and also a self-penned song Do You Remember Me? The
whole performance is infused with a ‘latin’ feel, tango and bossa nova, from
the opening song by Jobin Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar right through to
the last (folk) song, Casinha Pequenina.
The songs sung in
English sound utterly charming in a Spanish accent. So we are treated to standards such as When I Fall In Love; Like Someone In Love;
Beautiful Love; That Old Feeling; But Beautiful. Boulevard
Of Broken Dreams is a more melancholy, song, sensitively sung (quote ‘but I
left my soul behind me in an old cathedral town’). I was surprised but pleased
to hear Lionel Bart’s Where Is Love from
the musical Oliver, which comes out
well with a latin beat. The jazziest
track is Bluesette, with lively
guitar and some gentle scat. Garcia’s
voice has pleasing low tones and warm rich higher notes.
Brazilian-born Garcia is
not generally known to American jazz audiences although he is a prolific
recording artist based in Chicago
Ann
Alex 
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