ROBERT LAMM: The Bossa Project

Robert Lamm

The Bossa Project

© 2008 Robert Lamm (700261240985)

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Jazzy, bossa nova, breezy vocals, cool tunes, plus electronica re-mixes

tracks

1 A Man and a Woman
2 The Possibility of Life
3 Aguas de Marco
4 Girl Talk
5 Samba in Your Life
6 Nice 'n' Easy
7 Send Rain
8 Speak Low
9 Haute Girl
10 Girl Talk (JVE Remix)
11 Nice 'N' Easy (JVE Remix)
12 Samba in Your LIfe (JVE Remix)

notes

After the success of "Subtlety & Passion", I was thinking about what to do next. There were a couple of tracks on that CD, where producer/guitarist Hank Linderman had played acoustic guitar in the manner of Joao Gilbertro.
Mark Fried, head of Spirit Music group, a publishing firm, heard these tracks and thought he'd like to hear what a complete project of Bossa Nova flavored music would sound like. He approached NYC producer John Van Eps, who called me and asked if I was interested ... and I was! Very!
I was living in New York City, when not touring with my group, Chicago, and by late 2005, John and I began writing and choosing jazz standard songs I have always loved. Mark also was very creative in submitting some songs ideas.
We couldn't decide if this was going to be Bossa Electronic, or Organic/Acoustic, both approaches were sounding good in the early going. We decided to show both sides with John's great 're-mixing' skills, on 3 tracks: Girl Talk, Samba in Your Life, and Nice 'n' Easy.
This project was a labor of love, truly, I could have kept recording for another year, but we were out of time and financing.
I really loved exploring the lower ranges of my vocals, and lower volume and velocity of the Bossa Nova style. I have always had the greatest respect for the Brasilian artists who emerged in the 60's and 70's. This album is my bow of acknowledgment.

reviews

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  • The Bossa Project
    author: Mark Hall

    Absolutely sharp, neat, and gentle to the soul. Robert, you are a master at your work. Don't ever stop!

  • the bossa project
    author: Anna Marie Urcho

    I liked this cd very much. It is very relaxing and has the jazzy bossa nova feel. Robert has a very relaxing voice and it is very soothing... I hope to hear more of Robert's music in th enear future. This is the side of Robert I like the most... The best track of course is A Man and A Women that brings the cd to life very tastefully done JOhn Van Erps does fine work with this cd and he and Robert make a great pair. Are ther works together in the near future? Thank you Robert for the music all through the years The cd is worth it.

  • I can't stop listening!
    author: Sheri Ford

    This project is truly wonderful! It makes me happy every time I hear it, which has been daily since I received it several months ago. It is in my Ipod and accompanies me on daily walks, the jazz tempo helping me keep up the pace. I have a hard time just walking and not dancing. It is in my car CD changer and always in play. Robert Lamm's voice has always been my favorite, and the way it plays with the brazilian rhythms is perfection. I was thrilled to see "A Man and a Woman" since I had been hoping it would be included since he first teased us with it on his website. "Nice and Easy" and "Samba in your Life" transport me to places and feelings I would love to experience. "The Possibility of Life", "Send Rain" and "Haute Girl" are wonderful new friends. "Aguas De Marco", "Speak Low" and "Girl Talk"are perfect renditions, better than the originals! I am ready for wherever you want to lead us next! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Ed Oslowski

    The Bossa Project is wonderful. Again, Robert shows his versatility as a writer and singer. The song selections were perfect, smooth, easy listening and delightful. Congratulations Robert and thank you for the music. The sequel comes out when?

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Ed Oslowski

    The Bossa Project is wonderful. Again, Robert shows his versatility as a writer and singer. The song selections were perfect, smooth, easy listening and delightful. Congratulations Robert and thank you for the great music. The sequel comes out when?

  • Worth the Wait!!!
    author: Rachel Reese

    This album is even greater than I expected. It has been torture (in a good way) to hear these songs on Mr. Lamm's MySpace page over the last year, but it was well worth the wait to have the CD! =) My friends and family love it. I've never not liked anything Robert's ever done, but this is my favorite alongside Subtlety & Passion. Thank you Robert for doing this and exposing my friends and I to music we may not have heard otherwise. Congrats on another wonderful album!

  • Warm, Subtle and Sublime
    author: Janie Waters

    I love this CD from the great Mr. Lamm. I have every solo album from this great song writer, and every one has been better than the last. I thought Subtlety & Passion was his best, and most likely IS for it's driving rhythms and passion. But Bossa is such a different effort. It's smooth, easy, comfortable as a pair of old sweats on a cold winter night. It's stripped down, bare of a lot of production trickiness, and just plain gorgeous. We've been hearing pieces of this album on his MySpace page for months, but this final cut is spectacular. I love Latin rhythms, and I'm hopeful that Robert has enough tracks tucked away to do Volume TWO! :)..."Nice n Easy," "Send Rain," "Samba in Your Life," and "Girl Talk" are top drawer in my book. Thank you, Robert for doing this album.

  • Going Back in Time
    author: Georgina Lenty

    When I was as young as a toddler, my mother used to always have music playing music around the house. If it wasn't Mariachi music (YUK!), it was Sergio Mendez's Brazil '66. Those were among the happier times of my young childhood. Robert's CD took me back to my earliest recollections to my mother's influence on my appreciation for Latin music, and I wish to thank him for that!

  • Robert Lamm's Bossa Project
    author: Maria Schank

    It was love at first listening for me. This is my first Robert Lamm's solo cd and certainly won't be my last. I truly enjoyed his rendition of NICE & EASY. I listen to it everyday, it is truly a labor of love. Thank you.

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Scott Prast

    Wonderful work by an unsung artist, Robert Lamm. We feel he is the American Paul McCartney. While others have gone to American standards, Lamm continues to explore different styles with his youthful approach. Nice work and we appreciate his gift. Scott and Pam Prast

  • No bossa novice!
    author: Glenn Sprague

    This album is as cool as the underside of the pillow. My only request: please keep making music! With Chicago and solo. I will ALWAYS buy it! Great idea and great renditions all. Congrats on a job well done!

  • Beautiful!Beautiful!
    author: Nagahiko Azuma

    it's a jazz album.Bobby's voice is very nice! このアルバムはシカゴVのアプローチを彷彿させます。 疲れたときに聴くと、ホッとします。

  • The Bossa Project
    author: robert

    This is another Excellent CD by Robert Lamm. Right now my favorites are "Send Rain", which to me should become a standard, and the Jive remix of "Girl Talk' Great job, Robert

  • The Bossa Project
    author: James G. Harris

    Fantastic CD another hit for Robert himself, very pleasant and mellow, an entertaining release. Love every song and different not to find Robert playing keyboards, but a major enjoyment to own. It is #1 with me.

  • Beautiful Bossa
    author: Cindy E.

    Whenever Robert Lamm sings it's a beautiful thing and this cd proves that once again. Great sound, Great feel, Great voice. I patiently wait for Robert Lamm solo projects, always worth the wait.

  • Smooth Bossa Sound
    author: Stacy

    This album is all I had hoped it would be. It is smooth bossa jazz. I have it playing in my office all day and patients find it very soothing. I have had a number of patients ask me about it. Of course, I tell them to go to CD Baby. It is a great collection of music from a great artist.

  • The Bossa Project
    author: CarolAnne Lugiano

    I really enjoy the Bossa Project. I am slightly familiar with the genre, but I don't listen to it. I think I've changed my mind with Robert's new CD. The music is fresh, clean and sensual. I think that Robert's vocals are musch smoother than on his previous solo releases, but then again, this type of music lends itself to that. The Bossa Project is terrific background music for relaxing, slow dancing or enjoying an intimate meal with someone special.

  • This is Lamm not part of Chicago
    author: Masahiko Kobayashi

    I really like this album just like smooth-jazz. This should be right 'cause Bobby sometimes showed this background. Chicago's fifth album was a proof of his talent in jazz. Chicago does not play jazz now, however. Accordingly, Lamm has to prepare solo album to show what he is comprised of. I am thinking highly of his wide-range excellence. This is another peice of his great music!

  • Interesting, but not exciting
    author: Ramón Ibáñez

    A very interesting work, although I do not see Bobby so comfortable with the genre as in his previous work, "Subtlety and Passion", that is for me his better solo work with a lot of difference on all the others

  • Bossa Project
    author: Katherine Berg

    It is every bit as amazing as I thought it would be. I love brazilian jazz and so does Mr. Lamm which I discovered during an interview in which he said he listened to Antonio Carlos Jobim. Ever since I heard he was doing this I couldn't wait to hear it. It's great!

  • Change of pace!
    author: fred escher

    If you are looking for a Chicago album take a pass. If you are looking for some good songs in the Bossa style you will love the album. Easy listening and great vocals. Robert can never release enough music, and thank God he still has the passion. There is no better.

  • I love this album!
    author: emi akutsu

    I really enjoyed.I have been fascinated by Robert Lamm's cool vocals.

  • Maestro Lamm has done it again
    author: Melinda Miller

    I love Janine's description below..."buttery vocals...Bacharach on Valium..." I completely agree, especially with the “buttery vocals” statement. I will never get tired of listening to Robert Lamm. It’s June 14 in Portland, Oregon and now that it’s finally stopped raining and the sun is out and the birds are singing, this album will go nicely with the bottle o’ vino and picnic I plan to enjoy in my garden this weekend. In a few months when the rain returns, I can imagine it will go just as nicely with a hot toddy by the fireplace… Robert Lamm can make you dance, can make you relax and chill out and he can make you ponder what’s going on in this crazy world. Thank you, Robert Lamm for continuing to decorate the musical world with your offerings…If you sing, I will listen…always.

  • great! cd
    author: William A Maxwell

    i really like this cd just sounds great nice music to listen to when your Relaxed anywhere

  • Bossa's Beautiful
    author: janine

    I'm just totally in love with this CD! I'm no musician, so I don't know the correct terms, but it's sort of a "naked" sounding offering to my ears. By naked I think I mean it's sort of musically minimal. Every instrument and every note really get spotlighted - but they are there to cradle his buttery vocals, not distract us from them. It's really refreshing to hear this style. I get weary of being bombarded with the massive sound that is so common in music these days, so I loved hearing something stripped down and focused. You can't hide behind minimalism and it seems to me this had to be more difficult to create for just that reason. It's a very groovy disc...very grown up....very sophisticated. But at the same time it's bossa, a lot of it is rather laid back - sort of like Bacharach on valium. I just can't imagine anybody could listen to this and not fall in love with his voice. But if they don't, they need to go get a CAT scan.

  • A Must Have!
    author: Jeannie C

    My compliments to Mr. Lamm on this CD, very well done. Great classics plus new materials. Mr. Lamm's voice is incredible. I can't stop listening to it. You will love this CD.

  • Smooth Blend
    author: Kathy Mahar

    The simplicity of the sounds has captured me. The sound of an acoustic guitar, a flute and Robert's voice produce a wonderfully smooth blend of sounds. You'll close your eyes and relax while you listen to music that doesn't bombard you with sounds coming at you from all directions. Simple, light, easy and smooth. Enjoy.

  • Incredible
    author: Lisa

    Wasn't sure I'd like this, since I wasn't familiar with the Bossa Nova style music...I basically bought it cause I love Robert Lamm. So glad I decided to buy it cause it's amazing. Mesmerizing...ALL the contributors here deserve major kudos! BUT it, you'll be happy you did!

  • The Bossa "Super" Project
    author: Cynthia B. Harris

    Very nice!!! Breathtakingly beautiful vocals by Robert Lamm. All arrangements are spectacular and superbly done. Recommend this to anyone - all ages. Love it!!!

  • Love this Bossa music!
    author: Diane M. Jones

    Highly recommend this CD...Robert Lamm does a beautiful job of arranging this music...and has a sweet, soothing voice to listen to...beautiful,loving songs...check it out!

  • Robert Lamm Bossa Nove cd
    author: Diane M. Jones

    The most beautiful Bossa music you will every hear...Robert's voice is dreamy and sexy...he has done a wonderful job arranging this music...such a talented musician...check it out now!! Diane

  • I Love The Bossa Project!
    author: Robin

    What can I say about Robert Lamms The Bossa Project other than that it is incredible, enlightening, captivating and unbelievably amazing? Well, It's also thought provoking, brilliantly written, arranged and recorded with one of the finest voices by Mr. Robert Lamm whose vocals are smooth, edgy, controlled and nothing short of superb as he finishes each song with a strong delivery. Anyone who knows me, knows that I hold this man and his music in the highest regard! His work speaks volumes and never ceases to amaze me. These beautiful songs draw you in with the catchy lyrics and sultry Bossa rhythms provoking you to dance or just get lost on an island in paradise off the Pacific Coast somewhere. If you want to indulge in the finer music of life, buy Robert Lamms The Bossa Project! It's simmply that good!

  • Love this!
    author: Denise Reiland

    This has got to be my favorite of all Robert's solo work! Mellow, cool, refreshing and relaxing tunes as you sit by the ocean on a beautiful warm summer day drinking margaritas:)

  • Pitch Perfect Summer Opener
    author: Scott D. Parker

    Got mine on 5/28. Ripped open the plastic (pesky though it was) and played it. I have listened to the versions on Mr. Lamm's myspace site for these past months but hearing these tunes sonically perfect was great. My six-year-old (whose favorite Chicago tune is Saturday in the Park) liked it. As a sax player, Larry Klimas's solos were sublime. And the flute. Fantastic. One of the underrated treats of this recording is its acousticiveness. (Yeah, I just made that up.) Sure, the 'orchestral programming' was computer generated but the rest of the CD sounds warm, immediate. There are places where you can hear JVE's fingers sliding over the strings. That warmness is what is missing from lots of overproduced music nowadays.

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Michael Blanchard

    I had the pleasure of meeting Robert at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles two years. His talent, diversity, and vision never ceases to amaze me. What a beautiful piece of art Robert has once again created...

  • T'a na boa (It's cool)
    author: Paul Scharff

    Just saw Ivan Lins at Rose Hall at the Time Warner in NYC, perfect venue for Robert to debut his tribute to the bossa nova, Solid performance,nice mix.

  • SO love this CD!
    author: Kim Dometrovich

    Excellent on all accounts! Robert, your voice sounds fantastic! Love love love this CD!! A+++

  • Superb Treatment of Bossa Nova
    author: Alexander Dutkewych

    You will pleased. Buy this, if only for his rendition of The Waters of March (Aquas de Marco)!!!

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Robert Sharp

    Robert Lamm You Have a cool sound that I can groove on. It so Bossa Nova MAN! Great Job!

  • The Bossa Project
    author: Mary Parrotto

    Great work.....easy listening.....if you like Bossa Nova music you will enjoy this. Some great remixes of old favorites...cool music and vocals.

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