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The Bossa Project | 
 enlarge | Artist: Robert Lamm
Label: Blue Infinity
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 7076
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.2
UPC: 700261240985
EAN: 0700261240985
ASIN: B0019Y8G9S
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Man and a Woman | | • | Possibility of Life | | • | Aguas de Marco | | • | Girl Talk | | • | Samba in Your Life | | • | Nice 'N' Easy | | • | Send Rain | | • | Speak Low | | • | Haute Girl | | • | Girl Talk [Jve Remix] | | • | Nice 'N' Easy [Jve Remix] | | • | Samba in Your Life [Jve Remix] |
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Album Description
Robert Lamm is one of the original members of the legendary group Chicago and he is the man behind a lot of their hit songs. Beside Chicago he has made a solo career and he has releasedseveral solo albums.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A lone dissenting voice August 28, 2008
Randall Wallace (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The songs chosen are very nice. The backround musicians are very nice. But for me the voice is completely inappropriate for the music. Great -he's famous for singing in Chicago. However that doesn't mean that he'll do the best version of "Nessun Dorma" either. I have a lot of Chicago records. I have over 200 Brazilian records. I've played a lot of Brazilian music in clubs on guitar. Like a lot of people who didn't review this record, I prefer brazilians playing Brazilian music the most. And french people playing French music the most. Cut one is Francis Lai's "A Man and a Woman"; I can't imagine a musically literate person liking Robert's version more than Francis Lai's original definitive version off the soundtrack recording. My guess it that the other reviewers never heard the original. "Waters of March" is one of my favorite Brazilian songs of all time. But check out the definitive version on Sergio Mendes and Brazil '77's "Vintage 74" recording before assuming that Robert's is so amazing. Robert's monotone version is every bit as captivating as Jane Monheit's lounge version of "the Very Best of Jane Monheit". The one chord intro of Robert's version sounds pathetic next to the gorgeously orchestrated beginning (by no less than film composing heavyweight Dave Grusin) to Sergio's version. Rather than slam me here, fact check first what I am saying by listening to the other two versions first (Lai & Mendes). If you want monotone, check out Art Garfunkel's better version of Waters of March. If you want almost as good as Sergio's '74 version, check out "Elis & Tom"'s brazilian version. If you like only americans singing non-american music, this Lamm CD could be the record for you. If you like listening to the best possible versions of the prettiest songs, maybe not.
 Bravo, Bob! August 10, 2008
TSJCAT
Sensation! What a perfect match of Bob's voice with Bossa Nova is. I am proud to be an old Chicago fan. Only genious can write a song like Possibilities of Love.
Wonderful July 27, 2008
Rik22 (New York)
I won't go into a lot of analysis of tracks and other detail here. This is, simply, a wonderful Robert Lamm excursion into the studio that emerges as a solid showcase of smooth, listenable music. The CD is a 50/50 mix of classic bossa nova and samba jazz standards and originals, penned by Robert and producer John van Epps. Although aside from sax, flute and guitar, all instruments are electronic, Lamm and van Epps have achieved a nice warm and organic sound. Robert Lamm's vocals may not be Sinatra, but the material is a perfect fit for his familiar and comforting voice. "The Bossa Project" is a terrific gift from Lamm to all of his fans that clearly comes from a pure love of music from one of the great pop songwriters of our time. Wonderful.
Where Made-In-the-USA Samba and Bossa Thrill July 19, 2008
DARIO BORIM (South Dartmouth, MA, USA)
The Bossa Project displays enchanting ways by which music travels deeply into and across cultures. It is truly inspiring when an artist who has proven to be extremely successful with the public and the critics alike takes a chance by landing in considerably new territory. In truth, though, the group Chicago's career and Robert Lamm's particular history of daunting crossovers and fusions of various pop genres and jazz (within and without the band) have subtly prepared us for the unpredictable, for the novelty that is fresh and authentic in its bold flight beyond previously established musical boundaries.
Lamm's new release inspires us into that artistic courage while confirming our trust in his ability to breakthrough, to visit, to take risks, to mingle, and to come out anew, more creative and more convincing in his honest approach to making art music. Opening with a fabulous bossa nova rendition of "A Man and a Woman," the main theme of a French romantic feature movie that helped launch worlwide the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa and Vinicius de Moraes, The Bossa Project is not just bossa nova, even though bossa is huge anyway, whether one likes it or not. By the way, celebrating 50 years of existence now, this Brazilian style is no passing fad in the sublime hands and horns of a Stan Getz, or the like. It remains an emotionally vibrant and yet gracefully seducing type of musicality with an open door to multiple explorations, including unheard-of mixing with contemporary trends in jazz, funk, electronica and so-called world music.
Lamm goes beyond bossa nova by including three remixed tunes or by mixing it with jazz in multiple cuts, especially in "Haute Girl," co-written with band partner (and arranger) John Van Epps. The Chicago founder artist (actually born in New York City) also encounters and excels in nothing but samba, which is no easy terrain for any musician not born, raised or intensively trained in Brazil. He does it marvelously in Van Epps' tune "Samba in Your Life" or in his own delightful composition, "Send Rain." Since bossa is undeniably rooted in samba, a musical dialog between the two music styles (or two points in the musical development lane that keeps stretching forward in time) can be enchanting in Joao Gilberto or Rosa Passos, but so is it in "Speak Low," by Kurt Weill and Odgen Nash.
For Brazilian music fans, here is a tip: Lamm's rendition of "Aguas de Marco" ("Waters of March"), the only original tune from Brazil in the disc, would make Jobim rejoice with us. It is, of course, not your average song. Several years ago jazz critic Leonard Feather argued that Jobim's stylized samba had the most complex harmonic structure among all popular tunes he knew. He then placed "Waters of March" among the top ten compositions of all times. Superbly recorded in 1974 by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim, "Aguas de Marco" was also chosen by thousands of the influential newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo's readers as the most beautiful Brazilian song ever written. Flutist Ze Luis helps, but it is mostly due to Lamm's credit (with his soothing voice naturally resembling that of our beloved Ipanema genius) that an unforgettable, world-class masterpiece continues to entrance us, as it wears new hats and new clothes on international shores from time to time.
-- Dario Borim Jr, UMass Dartmouth Professor and WUMD Radio Producer/Host of Brazilliance
Robert Lamm's been working overtime, and the results show July 13, 2008
Preston M. Frazier (Normal)
Robert Lamm keeps a busy touring schedule with his band, Chicago, but sometimes finds time for this side projects. Lucky for us, he found time for The Bossa Project. These songs suit his supple vocal style fine, and the arrangements are appropriate yet adventuresome. The stand-out tracks to listen too are "Nice and Easy", "Girl Talk" and "The Possibility of Life" ; however, you can't go wrong with the work. Great for summer listening.
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