Casa de Oceano
by Simone Guimarães.

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(2003) Audio CD. Imported from Brazil.

Track Listing
1. Casa de Oceano
2. Fogueteira (com Maria Bethânia & Quarteto Maogani)
3. Coração do Mato
4. Desavença
5. Áqua funda
6. Milagre dos peixes (com Milton Nascimento)
7. Zomba
8. Frestas de colina
9. Canção brasileira
10. Retrato em branco e prato
11. Velho moinho (com Francis Hime)
12. O Silêncio de Iara
13. Vâmo Geraldo
14. Piano no fundo do mar - Excerto de "Três irmãs"

BREATHTAKING BEAUTY AND RHYTHM !!
This is Simone's 5th CD and it is THE BEST of her awesome quintet of outstanding recordings. She uses her wonderful, exotic voice in concert with an impressive variety of special guests: Milton Nascimento; the legendary Maria Bethania; the wonderful musician/song melodist Francis Hime; the Grammy-nominated Guinga; the superb ContinenTrio; the wonderous strings of Quarteto Maogani; and more. She uses them to capture the many aspects of the sea shore, the ocean, and all things aquatic in a breathtaking manner, over and over. Hats off to the amazingly talented Jaime Alem for his CD production and his wonderful musical support of this great artist. The CD is beautifully recorded with a very immediate presence and can be considered a masterpiece of beautiful music.

The 'piece d'resistance' has to be Milton Nascimento's magnificent classic "Milagre Dos Peixes" (Miracle of the Fish). Simone Guimarães was BORN to sing this incredible song!! This version tops the Nascimento/Wayne Shorter version of 25 years ago, not to mention the surprise when Milton's own voice rises out of Simone's sonic maelstrom in mid-performance and pushes the proceedings along in a wonderful dolphin chase of vocal magic. It's a MAGNIFICENT duet and the ending will have you holding your breath

Simone's own "Agua Funda" (Deep Water), the lilting samba "Desavenca" (with Guinga), the bopping samba "Zomba" (with ContinenTrio and Kiko Continentino's very hip piano solo), the poignant "Cancao Brasileira" (Simone will tear your heart out), and Jobim's incredible "Retrato Em Branco E Preto" (with Simone's 'trumpet' solo and her evocation of the memory of Elis Regina) are quite fantastic, among the other excellent songs on this CD.

This CD evokes what legend says it must have been like to listen to Simone Guimarães when she was mesmerizing her fans in the clubs around Santa Rosa de Viterbo in her early career: personal, immediate, and wonderful. Magnifico, Simone. Two Huge Thumbs Up!! — RBSProds