Thievery Corporation - Sounds From the Verve Hi-Fi
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Free Music Notes for Sounds From the Verve Hi-Fi
Free Music Review: A peek into how Thievery Corporation get their DJ kicks
Hit: 4 Stars
Combining the impeccable taste of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation) with the immense back catalog of Verve Records was simply a no-brainer recipe for success. The duo's own global-influenced brand of future lounge has always paid respects to traditional Brazil bossa, Eastern sounds and jazz elements. Appropriately then, the fifteen tunes they chose from nearly a half-century of source material swings engaging eclectic and achingly cool. Elis Regina leads a spirited vocal on "Bala Com Bala" while Walter Wanderley's organ-fueled "Batucada" proves so snappy it's a shame to hear it wind out at just two minutes. Add in the piano chug "Samba Triste," the sitar and flute "Something Else Again" (perhaps inspiration for TC's own "Indra") and a dose of brilliant kitsch (Astud Gilberto's cover ballad "Light My Fire) and you're just scratching the surface of varied delights.
One obvious complaint exists. With fifty years of hits to draw from, and probably thousands of records, a 54-minute compilation is just too short. Looking past that, Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi will certainly please fans wanting to glimpse the roots of imported jazz sounds, or peek into how Thievery Corporation get their DJ kicks.
Free Music Review: Oh, you poor hipsters!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
When Mad Professor remixed Massive Attack's "Protection," there was a rush to grab up the Professor's solo material. You could hear the shouts of horrified hipsters everywhere as REGGAE wafted out of the speakers! Something tells me that something similar might occur with this CD. "Sounds from the Verve Hi Fi" is a collection of semi-obscure easy listening/bossa-nova/jazz from the record collection (are all of their records on Verve? Hmmm...) of Eric Hilton and Roberto Garza, Thievery Corporation to you. NO, it's not set to BEATS, and there is NOTHING SAMPLED. The music here is original and occasionally raw...this is the real thing! Standouts include "Ogd" (anything by Jimmy Smith is a worthy purchase), "Light My Fire" as interpreted by Astrud Gilberto and Wynton Kelly puts in an appearance with "Escapade."
The verdict? Everything on here is great, but it's no place to start your jazz collection. This is not the complex or spiritual stuff like Miles or Mingus. However, it goes down quite nicely with a decadent Polynesian cocktail and that lil' special someone...
Free Music Review: thank your lucky stars for CD's like this...
Hit: 4 Stars
I dig this album, and I'm on the side with the other people who dig this record. It's a nice rehash of stuff I've heard a million times before. But it's always good to hear someone else's take on material that you already know so well. Now to my diatribe against the morons who didn't take to this album for all the wrong reasons...alright, so it's not Thievery Corporation in the traditional sense. But the complaints have all centered around the fact that they're using jazz music for a base. Anyone who complains about this is basically complaining about everything else that they've ever listened to. JAZZ IS THE ROOT OF IT ALL, PEOPLE! If you are so stupid that you can't fathom listening to America's only contribution to the arts, even in a remixed form, you have no business listening to music, because you don't understand its roots, and you have no business breeding, because you'll raise more stupid people who don't get it.
Free Music Review: Good cocktail lounge music (not elevator music)
Hit: 4 Stars
This is good music to have in the background for soft conversation, slow dancing, and, yes, seduction. This is good smooth jazz played by the masters of the form such as Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66, Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, Astrud Gilberto, Walter Wanderly, and others. It has that Bossa Nova beat to it. Great summertime listening!Somebody wanted to know who the female vocalist on the first track is (No, it sure wasn't Stan Getz! LOL) It's Maria Toledo who was married to Luiz Bonfa who plays with Stan Getz on this cut.
This is '60's music and, as I noted, cocktail lounge music. The performers are definitely those best versed in this kind of truly smooth jazz. Recommended for relaxed and for romantic occasions.
Free Music Review: What's Old Is New Again...
Hit: 4 Stars
Bossa Nova, Jazz, Reggae and Lounge-Pop are what the Thievery Corporation is all about. The resurrection of the downtempo-lounge movement of recent years is a reflection of the original musical craze of over 40 years ago. It is nice to see that artists such as Willie Bobo, the Gilbertos, Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes, and other artists that my parents grooved to, have now come full circle for a new generation. Although this music may sound a bit dated to those born after 1985, those who can appreciate music before the MTV age can chill out with a cool drink and some headphones, stereo lounge chair optional. This CD is a nice tribute compilation of various artists and gives us an idea of TC's inspirational roots.