Brazilian Girls, Brazilian Girls

Title: Brazilian Girls

Label: Verve

Genre: pop samba/jazz

Rating: 5 of 7

First things first, none of the members are Brazilian and there is only one girl, who is actually a new addition. Who are they then? Three pop-jazz performers from the East Village who have a yearning for lazy samba grooves and quality drum programming and a multi-lingual (5 in all) world-worn vocalist who sounds like a South American princess. It’s an interesting yet kind of cliché line-up that just screams adult contemporary jazz. And the truth is that’s basically how they sound save for a few bright moments mostly lead by the programming. Not to mention on #7, a reggae/dub-tinged track says what I can only deduct as “pussy marijuana.” In my opinion it is way too polished and overproduced. With more raw instrumentation and a good dose of unpredictability this could be an excellent album, but the truth of it is that is sounds like a record for the adventurous customer of adult-contemporary pop-jazz.

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