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NOITES DE MORABEZA Like an African or Latin American Sting he sings his way to your heart - and stays. Just when the music seems to get stuck, Boy Ge Mendes kicks in with some catchy refrains. He keeps much to his accoustic guitar and piano, but also violin and accordion, in the Capo Verdean manner, or like in "Sant Anton lovers" trombone. This music goes perfectly with a gin and tonic on a warm summer night. Crying to be heard!
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LAGOA A fluid, sensuous treat, with a heavier-than-usual dose of Latin American
rhythms on many tracks. This Senegalese/Cape Verdean has a beautiful voice,
and a sense of balladic grace that can blow your mind. Although there
are some tracks towards the end of the album that are too pop-fusion for
my tastes, on the whole this record is flat-out gorgeous. Highly recommended.
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MENDES & MENDES Brandao Records/1983 The first time you hear this, it makes you sharpen your ears. What is it: Latin American, not quite, African, not quite that either, also not European or American, but all this, plus, in fact, a good dose of Gerhard Mendes. I came across this LP in Cabo Verde in 1987 and have played it again and again ever since. I never get tired of it. It's a kind of big band music, inspired by bands like Bembyea Jazz and maybe also Santana. The songs are catchy, but not popish, laidback, but not quite jazzy. Everything is beautifully arranged and performed with a style and elegance that only the best can deliver. This is African music history. That's all that's needed to be said. Except for that someone should reissue this album, plus two others by Mendes & Mendes. Trevor Herman, do you hear me?
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