Hollywood Rio
Released: Sep 28, 2004
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Released: Sep 28, 2004
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A superior Brazilian jazz singer, Ana Caram takes a slight detour on this CD, stretching her repertoire while mostly still performing in a style influenced by bossa nova. One does not get to hear...
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Blue Bossa
Released: Sep 25, 2001
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Released: Sep 25, 2001
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Ana Caram is an excellent singer and guitarist of Brazilian music, but this set lacks any real surprises. She only plays guitar on one song, sticking to singing while being backed by a rhythm...
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Bossa Nova
Released: Apr 12, 1995
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Released: Apr 12, 1995
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After saluting Antonio Carlos Jobim's lesser-known songs on The Other Side of Jobim, Ana Caram turned to his more famous work with equally splendid results on Bossa Nova. Jobim had recently died...
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Amazonia
Released: Jan 15, 1992
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Released: Jan 15, 1992
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A charming young Brazilian singer/acoustic guitarist with a light, melodic Rio de Janeiro-ish approach, Ana Caram showed much promise on her debut American release, Amazonia. The clean-sounding...
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Sunflower Time
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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This is a release where contemporary pop grooves predominate, while her 1993 release, Maracană, was a very delicate and swinging Brazilian music album. Jobim tunes coexist with songs by Caetano...
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Maracana
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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While holding on tight to her bossa nova base, Caram ranges further afield in this Chesky outing to other strains of Brazilian music, even somewhat outside the country. Caram expands her palette to...
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The Other Side of Jobim
Released: 1992
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Released: 1992
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Exalted as "The George Gershwin of Brazil," Antonio Carlos Jobim was an incredibly prolific composer who wrote many songs that became standards in Brazilian and jazz circles. But in fact, Jobim...
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Rio After Dark
Released: 1989
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Released: 1989
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In stylistic terms, large portions of Ana Caram's first U.S. album could easily have been recorded in 1962; it's as if time had stood perfectly still since "Desafinado" became a hit. Yet this is...
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