Six beautiful Brasilian women on the cover. Extensive liner notes, all in Portuguese and bright salsa colors, with pictures of the women as small girls. 23 songs with bright, complex harmonies borrowing from Gregorian chant as much as jazz scat-singing, Bobby McFerrin and Brasilian pop music. Fresh, surprising, smoky and hot as fajitas & just-mixed guacamole with a pineapple-mango margarita, heavy on the tequila. Oh yeah, on the warning label: occasional acoustic guitar and possibly trombone accompaniment. What more could we ask? This would probably be a good time to announce next year's International Harmony Sweeps Regional in S‹o Paulo (we wish!). |