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| Title: Summer Samba |
| Artist: Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band |
| (c): (C) 2007 Irene |
| (p): (P) 2007 Irene Nachreiner |
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| Latin Jazz |
Irene |
10.62 $ |
2007-05-24 |
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Marco:
What a great CD! I've never heard this band before, but I can't wait for they're next release. I bought "Summer Samba" back in September and it's still on my play list. I particularly like the Brazilian/Cuban styles on "One Note Samba." My favorites are "Sway," "The Constant Rain," "Little Boat," and of course "One Note Samba."
Irene has a very nice warm voice that I could listen to all day. |
Keith:
I love this music. My girlfriend gave me this Cd and we listen to it all the time. The band is amazing. |
Brooke Youkstetter:
MIX SMOOTH JAZZ WITH LATIN RHYTHMS AND COME UP WITH IRENE
CD ReviewsIRENE AND HER LATIN JAZZ BAND
SUMMER SAMBA
There is something completely refreshing about the smooth, gentle, sultry sound of Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band on their first CD, SUMMER SAMBA. Take the smooth jazz sound of today, add authentic Brazilian and Argentine musicians, pick some classic Latin tunes, and plop in a dollop of standards from the Great American Songbook. Hat’s what Irene is all about.
According to her background materials, Irene brings many experiences to her passionate musical performances. She has performed for audiences from Los Angeles to Paris to Martinique to Bora Bora. She has studied singing, piano (for ten years), acting (B.A. cum laude at UC Irvine), modern jazz dancing (for 15 years), screenwriting, television video editing and comedy troupe improvisation.
Latin music entered Irene’s consciousness at an early age. She was born in East Los Angeles, California’s heartland of Latino culture. She remembers watching Tito Puente on television and loving the rhythms. Every morning at breakfast her mother turned the radio on and they alternated listening to the classical music station or another station which played all kinds of Latin jazz, bossa-novas, sambas and rhumbas. Irene says: “Many people don’t realize the wide variety of Latin music available in the world. The common denominators are that the music is passionate and seductive, and the rhythms make you want to get up and dance.”
She chose compositions by Latin legends Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Roberto Menescal and Pablo Beltran Ruiz as well as the Latin standard, “Besame Mucho.” But Irene also does light Latin versions of American standards by Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. Her band are jazz musicians mostly from Brazil and Argentina, so the Latin feelings are authentic. But because Irene mostly sings in English, this music will primarily appear to American audiences who like today’s contemporary smooth jazz sound that you hear on the radio these days, but in this case with a gentle Latin music aura surrounding the music. |
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