''Lágrimas Mexicanas'' is an album by guitarists

Vinicius Cantuária Vinicius Cantuária (born April 29, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist. He is associated with bossa nova and Brazilian jazz. Born in the Amazonian city of Manaus, Cantuária grew up in Rio de Janeiro an ...

and

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

which was released on the French Naïve label.

Reception

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review by Thom Jurek called it "a completely unique collection of songs that draws heavily from traditional Latin and Brazilian rhythms, and weds them to 21st century jazz improvisation and sonic effects in a luxuriant braid of colors, textures, styles, and languages" awarding the album 4 stars stating "''Lágrimas Mexicana'' is an ambitious yet utterly accessible album ... It is at once warm, sexy, and visionary. It presents two different yet very complementary artists in a collaboration that borders on brilliant". On

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Mark F. Turner noted "Influenced by New York City's diverse Spanish-speaking culture, the timing was right for Cantuária and Frisell, who had worked together in the past, to fully develop the project. Their unique hybrid, which includes improvisational music and songs with lyrics mixed in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, is at once intriguing, yet surprisingly mellow".Turner, M. F
All About Jazz Review
February 8, 2011 In

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, Josef Woodard wrote "It may have been inevitable that Frisell would sooner or later turn his musical energies toward Brazil. Both Brazilian music and Frisell-ian music operate in the expressive areas where lyricism and experimental instincts meet and often thrive".Woodard, J
JazzTimes Review
April 1, 2011

Track listing

All compositions by Vinicius Cantuária and Bill Frisell # "Mi Declaración" – 7:03 # "Calle 7" – 5:03 # "La Curva" – 2:34 # "Lágrimas Mexicanas" – 4:35 # "Lágrimas de Amor" – 5:00 # "Cafezinho" – 1:37 # "El Camino" – 3:31 # "Aquela Mulher" – 5:10 # "Briga de Namorados" – 4:40 # "Forinfas" – 1:55

Personnel

– vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar *

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, loops

References

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