I was preparing to change the duvet and I knew I had a long session ahead of me wrestling with a duvet that was quite happy with the status quo - after all they were old friends - as well as struggling to fit a mattress cover over a mattress that I knew would fight every inch of the way to defy my efforts.
I decided music might work its charms on my bedfellows and so I pulled out a 'waiting patiently to be reviewed' CD - Antonio Adolfo's Carnaval.
This proved to be an inspired choice. I've reviewed two of Adolfo's previous albums: one dedicated to Cole Porter and the other to Jobim and both were, and still are, excellent. The mattress and the duvet may have been oblivious to the sounds and rhythms of Brazil but, for me the task at hand was no longer a chore but an opportunity to wallow in this delightful mix of jazz and carnaval. Sure there's bossas and sambas but, as Adolfo explains, they are but the tip of the iceberg alongside the other sounds from Brazil.
Those rhythms and the melodies are infectious as are the solos which combine jazz with the indigenous sounds of a very large country.
The most danceable record of the year. Lance
É Com Esse Que Eu Vou; Vassourinhas; OBA; Mal-Me-Quer; Vai Passer; As Pastorinhas; Exaltação À Mangueira; A Lua É Dos Namorados; Agora É Cinza
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