Title: Disappointing Debut
Product review: I had liked Souza's recent bossa nova album, Brazilian Duos, a good collection of guitar/vocal duets. Then I attended one of her concerts with John Patitucci. She seemed nervous and insecure on the stage, but she was happy when I asked her to sign my CDs in the backstage. Next day I decided to purchase all other Luciana Souza albums, starting by ordering An Answer To Your Silence, since i had been her debut album. Oh, I felt very very disappointed with this pseudo-fusion journey. Souza's own compositions are really mediocre, and she murders Gershwin's Embraceable You, a classic from the GAS (Great American Songbook). Her motionless treatments for two Brazilian standards by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bonita and Retrato em Blanco E Preto, are gelid. Another Brazilian singer, Ithamara Koorax, recorded those two songs in much better performances, gifted with great emotion and sophistication. Souza should listen to her Rio fellow...
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