Friday, September 15, 2006

Sonia Rosa meets Sadao Watanabe - Sensitive Sound of Sonia Rosa (1970)

Do you remember Sonia Rosa? For the late comers, Sonia Rosa is a nice Brazilian singer that released Sonia Rosa - A Bossa Rosa de Sonia Rosa (1968) and mysteriously left Brazil to live in Japan and never returned.

zecalouro spread his wings and flew to Japan just to get this new Sonia Rosa release, Sonia Rosa - Sensitive Sound of Sonia Rosa (1970) for the Japanese label Express.

Here, Sonia has the great help of Sadao Watanabe Quartet on a another nice record. Tracks include:

01 - The Girl From Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes / Vrs. Norman Gimbel)
02 - Fly Me To The Moon (B. Howard)
03 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
04 - The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach / H. David)
05 - Meditation (Meditação) (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça / Vrs. Norman Gimbel)
06 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim)
07 - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Burt Bacharach / H. David)
08 - The Shadow Of Your Smile (J. Mandel / Paul Francis Webster)
09 - La Chanson D'orphee (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)
10 - Alfie (Burt Bacharach / H. David)
11 - Secret Love (S. Fain / Paul Francis Webster)
12 - Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo / Niltinho Tristeza)