Search - Lisa Ono :: Dans Mon Ile

Beautiful voice and wonderful bossa nova beats

06/11/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the first time I listen to Ono Lisa and I do not know French. However, in this particular CD at least, Lisa's beautiful voice and the wonderful bossa nova beats really crossed the language barrier and touched me. Her silky voice and the enchanting melody linger in my mind long after the music has ended. Pull up a chair and get yourself a great cup of coffee. Listen to Lisa during a slow summer afternoon. I am sure you will be moved as I was."

A romantic jazzy afternoon

-Celine- | 02/01/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You will find the most sung and well-known pieces are jazzily presented by Lisa's clear (as well as her French pronunciation), sexy, rich, yet refreshing voice in this French album.



This album has a good jazz production in terms of how the base, piano, percussion, saxophone, and the [singer's] voice are introduced in a delightful arrangement.

The tempo and the order of the songs consistently provide a relaxing atmosphere.



When you listen to it, it will bring you in...



La Rive Gauche (the Left Bank of Paris) sipping a cafe-au-lait in a Spring afternoon, and feeling c'est la vie.





Pros:

Lyrics and translations are included. Digital copy protection."

Pleasant CD to be on all day, No surprises, though

Mediaflow | Hoboken, NJ, USA | 08/26/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Lisa Ono is the ambassor of modern Bossa Nova. She has helped to maintain and develop this easy swinging Brazilian genre into the new millenium. She goes further to embrace variety of world's light music traditions. She has been putting out about 1 album per year, including styles of Hawaii, American Oldies, Xmas, Italian, and of course the latest French Pops -- the focus of this evaluation.'Dans Monile' is a pleasant album to be in your CD player for an easy relaxing session. It contains many familiar tunes you've heard on the radio, such as LES FEUILLES MORTES,LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, SALADE DE FRUITS, LA VIE EN ROSE, etc, plus some less known classics. Her bossa nova no-vibrato voice is soothing, joyful, yet distinctive. You can easily recognize her voice from any bad radio transmissions, and you will say ' Ahhh, that is Lisa Ono. She sounds so great.'The primary reason I did not give this album 5 stars is the montonous instrumental arrangements. The whole album has the same basic setting: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra providing cheesy string background plus a few solos here and there. Mario Adnet, in my opinion, did a lazy job as music director/ arranger. Beautiful moments? Yes, there are a quite few. The pianist Febian Reza Pane is a true gem, setting the happy and romantic tone so well that you can forgive how lousy the orchestra is. I cannot wait to find more of his performances. Accordians by Richard Galliano and vibe by Tatuji Deguchi are also worth honorable mentions. The solo musicians in the album are well balanced with the entire piece as supporting roles to the wonderful singer. The album includes tracks composed by Lisa Ono. The two french-like pieces have, again, proved that Ms. Ono is a prolific song writer herself.In summary, 'Dans Monile' is worth checking out if you like soft and subtle french tunes, or you are curious to find out how Bossa Nova can seamlessly merge with Chanson. If you have almost all Ms. Ono's albums like I do, you will agree that this CD is not the peak of Lisa's creations. Esperanca(1004), Bossa Carioca(1998), Boas Festas (2000), Bossa Hula Nova (2001) are Ms. Ono's better works."