Moacir Santos, who passed away in 2006, was a very significant Brazilian composer and music teacher. Many of the top bossa nova practitioners were originally his students. He also worked as a saxophonist, arranger and conductor. This delightful set, one of
Santos' final projects, has a dozen of his songs sung by the lovely
Muiza Adnet, whose warm, flexible and versatile voice perfectly fit
Santos' music. The instrumentation changes from song to song and
Adnet shares the vocals with guests
Ivan Lins,
Milton Nascimento, her brother guitarist
Mario Adnet and, on four occasions,
Moacir Santos himself. From bossa novas and light pop to Brazilian jazz and ballads,
Muiza Adnet Sings Moacir Santos is a well-planned and thoroughly enjoyable outing, a perfect tribute to the great
Moacir Santos. ~ Scott Yanow