Ê LALÁ LAY-Ê
João Donato (2001)
Crítica
Cotação: 
The pop portion of João Donato’s great musicality impregnates Ê Lalá Lay-ê, an album that celebrates the partnership of the veteran bossa nova forerunner with his brother, lyricist Lysias Ênio. Under the production of the young Rafael Ramos, Donato smoothly mixes jazz, samba, Latin music and bossa in simple, but memorable, melody songs. Distant from the possibility of a hermetic pure jazz, Donato made a sincere work that is able to please both old and new fans.
Singing for the first time in six years, João Donato delights the public with his simple performance. Belonging to the "João Gilberto singing school" (though lacking the minimalist precision of the bossa master), the composer doesn’t seem to make much effort to produce his charming and loose whispers. To lull his brother’s lyrics, Donato created uncomplicated and smooth harmonies in songs like Então, Que Tal?, Sem Legenda or Do Jeito Que Eu Sei: tunes that, for the average listener, may sound agreeably banal. But are full of little filigrees in between the lines - like the fast Northeastern citation in Vento no Canavial, the onomatopoeic games that conduct the melodies in the title track and in Sem Legenda, and the virtuoso and fluid piano of Donato himself in all of the songs.
(Marco Antonio Barbosa)
Singing for the first time in six years, João Donato delights the public with his simple performance. Belonging to the "João Gilberto singing school" (though lacking the minimalist precision of the bossa master), the composer doesn’t seem to make much effort to produce his charming and loose whispers. To lull his brother’s lyrics, Donato created uncomplicated and smooth harmonies in songs like Então, Que Tal?, Sem Legenda or Do Jeito Que Eu Sei: tunes that, for the average listener, may sound agreeably banal. But are full of little filigrees in between the lines - like the fast Northeastern citation in Vento no Canavial, the onomatopoeic games that conduct the melodies in the title track and in Sem Legenda, and the virtuoso and fluid piano of Donato himself in all of the songs.
(Marco Antonio Barbosa)
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