Ana Mazzotti
What a wonderful world. Fish records released their 'Global' store in Sydney around August of this year, cnr King and Clarence Sts. The presence of a looming Christmas brought about a decision to walk down the front stairs into a place far from JB Hifi - spiritually and mentally.
Its a 34 degree C day and there is still a bit of ahhh in the air from the storm the day before, its time to get the type of music that evokes the feeling of the tropics. As most of you may know, I'm not so much into Queensland as I am into Gato Belle Brasil. Plus I would be musically stranded if the 1970's style of jazzfunk had never been invented.
So I search the store, and I search some more. I have one album in mind, although there is a slight aversion by the sighting of the Getz/Gilberto original album - the only piece of jazz to have been awarded a grammy over the past 40 years or so. I realise that I already have half the album on various CDs in my collection, so I remain unsatisfied.
So I ask the retail staffer behind the counter, "Do you have any Ana Mazzotti?" She knows who I am talking about, and she knows that they do stock her music. My vibe cools down, regardless of the heat outside.
She checks the computer and says, "We should have one CD in stock, in the samba section."
We look together, and after a time she gives up.
But I don't.
So deep into the Brazilian trenches I dig until I strike gold, and soon enough, gold I strike. "Found it!!" This is some classic stuff. Her cover of 'Feel like making love' needs to be seen and heard to be believed, and the opening track is gorgeous. Here's a taste.
This is the type of music that encourages one to travel the world just to check out music stores and buy all that classic stuff you heard of through compilations and the internet, for the fact that it is almost impossible to find them within a 5000km radius of our home town.
We get people coming over from Europe who say, "I didn't think I was racist, until I came to Sydney." A truly international city can test the mettle, but if you dig deep enough piece of mind will be found.
Saude.
Its a 34 degree C day and there is still a bit of ahhh in the air from the storm the day before, its time to get the type of music that evokes the feeling of the tropics. As most of you may know, I'm not so much into Queensland as I am into Gato Belle Brasil. Plus I would be musically stranded if the 1970's style of jazzfunk had never been invented.
So I search the store, and I search some more. I have one album in mind, although there is a slight aversion by the sighting of the Getz/Gilberto original album - the only piece of jazz to have been awarded a grammy over the past 40 years or so. I realise that I already have half the album on various CDs in my collection, so I remain unsatisfied.
So I ask the retail staffer behind the counter, "Do you have any Ana Mazzotti?" She knows who I am talking about, and she knows that they do stock her music. My vibe cools down, regardless of the heat outside.
She checks the computer and says, "We should have one CD in stock, in the samba section."
We look together, and after a time she gives up.
But I don't.
So deep into the Brazilian trenches I dig until I strike gold, and soon enough, gold I strike. "Found it!!" This is some classic stuff. Her cover of 'Feel like making love' needs to be seen and heard to be believed, and the opening track is gorgeous. Here's a taste.
This is the type of music that encourages one to travel the world just to check out music stores and buy all that classic stuff you heard of through compilations and the internet, for the fact that it is almost impossible to find them within a 5000km radius of our home town.
We get people coming over from Europe who say, "I didn't think I was racist, until I came to Sydney." A truly international city can test the mettle, but if you dig deep enough piece of mind will be found.
Saude.
