Mar Azul

Mar Azul

In 1991, just a year before she hit it big in Europe with Miss Perfumado, Cesaria Evora hit her stride in Paris with this warm and wonderful recording of morna music from Cape Verde. Produced with a light touch by JosÂ© de Silva, Mar Azul is still close to the nightclub, to the smoke and whiskey roots of her music as she sang it back home; the great band seamlessly mixes jazz, blues, swing, Latin, and African music into something unique for its time. It is lush yet simple, beautiful and gritty and clean, and totally about this voice. An acoustic guitar or piano rules each track, with bass, light percussion, and touches of violin, clarinet, harmonica, or horn just brushing up against it. This is really where Evora developed comparisons to Billy Holiday, in her ability to sound both fragile and tough. Like classic jazz-blues, this music is about pain and elegance, expressed through a voice that convinces you she has seen both and often can't tell the difference. --Louis Gibson
Country USA
Manufacturer Sony Legacy
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 019341810223
ReleaseDate 2002-05-21
UnitCount 1
Format Original recording reissued
UPCs 019341810223
EANs 0019341810223

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sony Legacy
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	019341810223
ReleaseDate	2002-05-21
UnitCount	1
Format	Original recording reissued
UPCs	019341810223
EANs	0019341810223

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