Nara Leao e Roberto Menescal - Nara & Menescal | Um Cantinho, Um Violao (1985)

In the first day with JOAO-SP contributions, I'm happy to make available two albums from his collection. It was very easy to decide for this one among many choices available, Nara Leao is a favorite singer of many friends and I never had the chance to hear this album. I think a couple of different spins are required to make a final evaluation, but in a first hearing, this is a really nice record, featuring only Nara Leao voice and Roberto Menescal guitar. Let's see.

This is Nara Leao e Roberto Menescal | Nara & Menescal - Um Cantinho, Um Violao (1985), for Philips, featuring a repertoire of Bossa Nova standards with a song with lyrics in Spanish and other with lyrics in English. Nara Leao voice is good as always, but what amazed me most today was Roberto Menescal, delivering a very nice guitar playing using different styles with some wise solutions. My highlight goes to track 10 - Comigo e Assim (Luiz Bittencourt / Ze Menezes), which is the one made available for your try at Loronix Preview Center. Tracks include:

01 - O Negócio É Amar (Carlos Lyra / Dolores Duran)
02 - Tristeza de Nós Dois (Durval Ferreira / Maurício Einhorn / Bebeto)
03 - Sabor a Mi (Álvaro Carrillo)
04 - Da Cor do Pecado (Bororó)
05 - Transparências (Roberto Menescal / Abel Silva)
06 - Blusão (Roberto Menescal / Xico Chaves)
07 - Resignação (Geraldo Pereira / Arnô Provenzano)
08 - Vestígios (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
09 - There Will Never Be Another You (M. Gordon / H. Warren)
10 - Comigo É Assim (Luis Bittencourt / José Menezes)
11 - Mentiras (João Donato / Lysias Ênio)
12 - Inclinações Musicais (Geraldo Azevedo / Renato Rocha)