Campo Belo

by Anthony Wilson

Overview

The 2011 CD by guitarist Anthony Wilson is a gentle, thoughtful collection of tunes for guitar, piano (and sometimes accordion), bass, and drums, plus the occasional dash of clarinet. It's sunny, pleasant music that could easily have been released on ECM. Wilson's ultra-clean playing style falls into the Jim Hall/Joe Morris range, which makes it simultaneously quite pretty and kind of forgettable once the track in question is finished playing itself out. A little more of a Grant Green-style bite might have made this record more than a nice soundtrack to a late spring brunch. That's the problem with so much Brazilian music, though, it's so light and fluffy, it just drifts away while you're listening to it. Jazz listeners who aren't looking for a record that will sink its claws into their heart and never let go, or leave them breathless in the face of its virtuosity, but who, instead, just want to hear some nice, pretty songs for an hour or so could do a whole lot worse than this very well played, carefully arranged, and impeccably produced set of tunes. ~ Phil Freeman

Product Details

Release Date:	03/15/2011
Label:	Goat Hill Recordings / Goat Hill Records, Inc.
UPC:	0094922051806
Rank:	132826

Tracks

1. Campo Belo
2. March to March
3. Edu
4. After the Flood
5. Patrimonio
6. Elyria
7. Valsacatu
8. Flor de Sumar¿¿
9. Etna
10. Transitron

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anthony Wilson   Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Guitar
Andre Mehmari   Piano,Accordion
Guto Wirtti   Bass
Vitor Goncalves   Accordion
Joana Queiroz   Clarinet
Edu Ribeiro   Drums

Technical Credits

Ricardo Mosca   Assistant Engineer
Joe Harley   Producer
Georgia Davis   Project Coordinator
George Petit   Engineer
Alan Yoshida   Producer,Mastering
Anthony Wilson   Composer,Producer
Wagner Bigu Meirinho   Assistant Engineer
Asuka Ohsawa   Design,Artwork
Brian Newbury   Assistant Engineer
Hugo 13   Assistant Engineer
Tiago Assolini   Assistant Engineer
Michael C. Ross   Mixing