Search - Torcuato Mariano :: Paradise Station

Good start for a Great Guitarist

Papetti | Mexico City | 09/13/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Torcuato's rookie album and a good one.

Compared to some of his subsequent CDs though, this "Estacao Paraiso" project, falls a bit shy of the mark (great technique and great compositional skills but it sounded still experimental, like trying to find his definitive identity), but nonetheless a good start back in 1994 for who's become a major player in Brazilian Jazz.



What's amazing especially for a first-time project of this magnitude, is the huge amount of great Brazilian Jazz players who contributed here with Torcuato; check the list:

- Torcuato Mariano / Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Midi Guitar, Keyboards, Programming.

- Armando Marcal / Percussions

- Leo Gandelman / Soprano Sax

- Rique Pantoja / (ex-Cama de Gato member) Keyboards on cuts 1 & 9

- Renato Neto / Electric Piano

- Flavio Venturini (ex-Clube da Esquina member) / Piano & Vocals

- Joao Batista / Bass Guitar

- Cidinho / Percussions

- Carlos Bala / Drums

- Paulinho Calazans (Djavan's band member) / Electric Piano & Programming.

- Arturo Maia (Cama de Gato member) / Bass Guitar

etc. etc.



* Highlights:

1) Um Trem P'ra Uberaba

2) Sobre O Mar

4) I Can't Help It (Vocals by Ana Leuzinger)

5) 2350 (Superb cut)

8) Xafoul



Check it out before it goes Out of Print for good.

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