Thursday, September 13, 2007

Latin Beat Review!

"As an appropriate follow-up to her acclaimed debut (Jazzmérica, Crazy Monkey 2004), the Berkeley-born thirty-something and quadrilingual (she delivers her vibrant lead vocals in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French) singer/songwriter Alexa Weber Morales offers--in close alliance with the trombonist/arranger/co-producer Wayne Wallace--a soulful Pan-American brew comprised mostly of well-known but significantly transformed pieces, in which she injects her exciting multi-octave range, from the opening French vocals and pilón-pregón adjustment of Habanera (the famous aria from Bizet's 'Carmen') to the compelling 6/8 gospel focus of Angelitos Negros to the poignant adaptation of the samba-canção Ave Rara. With the outstanding support of of some of San Francisco's top musicians (John Santos, Michael Spiro, David Belove, etc.), Alexa and Wayne have produced one of the greatest Bay Area recordings in recent times."
--Luis Tamargo, Latin Beat magazine, September 2007

(The cover above is actually of August, as September's cover wasn't available online yet.)

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At 11:58 AM, Blogger Calabama said...

No surprise to us; you GO, grrl!

 

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