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Emilio Santiago: Emilio Santiago

Read "Emilio Santiago" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


In 1975, vocalist Emilio Santiago was riding high as “The Nat King Cole of Brazil" and recording this eponymous full-length debut with some of that verdant musical nation's leading jazz composers and instrumentalists, including João Donato (keyboards), Danilo Caymmi (flute), Wilson das Neves (drums) and Victor Assis Brasil (saxophone). The four decades which have since passed have not tarnished this debut's warm and mellow glow. In the opening “Bananeira" (jointly composed by Donato and Gilberto Gil), the sheer ...

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Emilio Santiago: Emilio Santiago

Read "Emilio Santiago" reviewed by Kevin Press


In retrospect, it's not surprising that Emílio Santiago chose a track list steeped in Latin music history and a long list of some of the best players in the game. It was clear from early on that Santiago had the potential to make a significant contribution to the genre. What's remarkable about this 1975 debut--reissued by Far Out Recordings--is how in command he sounds at 29. This 10-track LP came just two years after his debut single for ...

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Emilio Santiago and Dori Caymmi, Rough, Side by Side with Smooth

Emilio Santiago and Dori Caymmi, Rough, Side by Side with Smooth

Source: Michael Ricci

Standing shoulder to shoulder on the stage of Birdland on Wednesday evening, Emilio Santiago and Dori Caymmi, two luminaries of Brazilian bossa nova, engaged in an intimate musical dialogue between the smooth and the rough.

Smoothness was embodied by Mr. Santiago, nicknamed the Nat King Cole of Brazil, who has recorded since the mid-1970s and was making his debut at the club. Because his voice is richer and deeper than Coles, the comparison applies only to the extent that both ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Emilio Santiago

Far Out Recordings
2018

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Perfect Pitch
1993

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Emílio Santiago

Far Out Recordings
1975

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