Music Review ~ Trumpeter Claudio Roditi's "Bons Amigos"

Bons Amigos means good friends in Portuguese, and it is the title of the latest album from Brazilian trumpet and flugelhorn master, Claudio Roditi. What you get on this album are ten songs that feel like a cool breeze on a warm summer day. Like a gentle breeze, it’s inviting, pleasant, and downright refreshing. If you’re looking for a blowing session with blistering, unrelenting hard-edged solos, this isn’t it. Instead, Roditi and friends create a groovy atmosphere that invokes some of the cool sounds of bossa nova, and rhythms of samba, in a fresh, non-derivative manner. 

One thing the listener will notice about Roditi’s sound is how robust, rich, and full bodied it is. The distinct warmth of his horn fully envelopes the listener.

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