Cool name, cool guy, cool songs! The San Francisco Bay
Area resident is deliberately setting his course to Smooth
by
Smooth West with his debut release ALL I WANT. If Sade and
John Mayer were to have a love child, he would sound like
Savio Rego… cool, soulful pop with chilled beats wrapped
around an acoustic guitar. Savio's songs are seductive,
there's
no question about it… featuring lyrics revealing open lust
and
melodies leading straight into hooky choruses. In my world,
you can't ask for more. Songs like the Latin-tinged
"Senorita,"
the breathy, "Miss You" and the subtly exotic "Jamaican
Queen" are sure to reel in new fans real fast. ~Sandy Shore,
Smooth Jazz Global Radio
"Guitarist/Vocalist Savio Rego's All I Want is about
intimacy,
his acoustic guitar is soft and lush, creating layers of
silky
smoothness. This is a quiet, moody record that creates an
atmosphere of warmth and calm reflection. The overall effect
is
like having Rego performing in your living room. All I Want
is
effective in its ability to convey and evoke innermost
feelings".
- All About Jazz
"Seine Songs klingen weder wie klassische Popstücke, noch
folgen sie der Jazzlehre oder folkloristischen Konventionen.
Sie pendeln zwischen den Extremen, setzen sich aber immer
wieder herrlich erfrischend zwischen alle stilistischen
Stühle..." - Melodie & Rhythmus
"Savio Rego's musical debut is a collection of soothing
ballads, blending R&B stylings with solid guitar playing"
- Heath Andrews, 106VIC
"It’s a rare thing these days when an artist can produce an
album within a genre that you swear you’ve heard a thousand
times before and genuinely stand out above the rest. Savio
Rego’s All I Want is that kind of album"
- Jason Randall Smith, Impose Magazine
Latin music has its own special way of being sexy, and when
it's combined with jazz it kicks it up a notch on the sexy
scale. All I Want is Latin jazz and it has such a subtle way
of
seducing you that you don’t know what is happening to you,
until you are totally in love. That’s what this album is
really
about when you listen to it from start to finish-love. All
I Want
is very emotionally charged. Whether the songs are dealing
with longing (Miss You) or lust (Jamaican Queen) you’ll be
reduced to mush. And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to
know this is just how Savio wants you. Savio plays with your
senses. Each song has a certain sensuality to it that
transcends the baser needs. Savio sings with a voice that’s
almost like a whisper into a lover’s ear. Senorita opens the
album slowly, almost gently, trying the waters to see what
you are ready for. The steady drum beat and the acoustic
guitar tease the listener with the promise of more. This is
a
hint of what is to come. This album is musical foreplay,
pure
and simple. All I Want is one of those albums you want to
put
on when you have a mission for the evening that has nothing
to do with a dance floor-though that evening might well
start
there, with a little slow dancing. Even the instrumental
Chai
Time has a way about it that will leave you thinking of
things
other than a warm cup of tea.
Most albums that deal solely with love songs end up being
trite, but not this one. The songs speak to you on a
personal
level. The lyrics are never cliché, and the rhythm is always
slow and steady and just a touch primal. With eight songs,
Savio begins and ends a love affair, and at the end of Love
For
Me leaves his listeners spent and dying for more. To say
this
is a good album doesn’t say enough. Few albums out there
reach their listeners on such an emotional level. All I Want
reaches deep and it touches the soul of each person that
listens. This is probably the most album of the year, maybe
even the last five years. The CD should bear a warning label
on the sleeve, stating that if it is played while alcohol is
consumed, the artist can’t be held responsible for any
offspring that might show up nine months down the line! Yes,
that’s how romantic this CD is.
Move over Jim Brickman. Move over Harry Connick Jr. Move
over Michael Buble. Savio Rego has out-romanced all three of
them and then some. All I Want is a romantic journey worth
taking whether you are in love or not. It will open your
senses
and fill you with sensuality. It’s a pure joy to listen to.
This is
definitely a must-have album for any music lover's
collection
this year. Open your ears and your hearts to the beauty of
Savio’s All I Want.
- Andrea Guy, Live Journal
German Press
"Seine Songs klingen weder wie klassische Popstücke, noch
folgen sie der Jazzlehre oder folkloristischen Konventionen.
Sie pendeln zwischen den Extremen, setzen sich aber immer
wieder herrlich erfrischend zwischen alle stilistischen
Stühle..."
Melodie & Rhythmus
Magenschonend. Savio Rego ist ein Freund der zarten Töne.
Geboren in Indien, aufgewachsen in San José in Kalifornien,
veröffentlicht der ehemalige Pilot nun sein musikalisches
Debüt. „All I Want“ schmilzt wie Butter in der Sonne.
Leichtes
Bongo-Geklopfe, sonniges Gitarrenzupfen, feinfühliger
Bariton
zu jazzlastigen Melodien
Planet tt
Geboren ist er in Indien, aufgewachsen in Kalifornien. Er
war
Pilot und Banker, doch im Herzen ist Savio Rego Musiker,
und zwar einer der sanften Art. Der Gitarrist und Sänger hat
sich aus den Kulturen, in denen er lebte, und aus der Musik,
die er mag, seine eigene freundliche Welt gebastelt. Man hat
Savio Rego als Bruder von Lionel Richie deklariert, aber so
schmalzig ist er nicht. Andere sehen in ihm einen
musikalischen Verwandten von Sade, aber so glattgebügelt ist
seine Musik denn auch wieder nicht. Die Wahrheit, zu hören
auf "All I Want" (Hamuse Records / Bellaphon), liegt
irgendwo
in der Mitte und wirkt sehr entspannend.
Landeszeitung Lüneburg
Inmusic:
"....eine abwechslungsreiche Scheibe, die gekonnt zwischen
bluesigen Momenten, Folk, Soul und Chill Out wechselt..."
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