Omaggio a Federico e Giulietta
The Bahia-born superstarCaetano Velosois a huge  fan of filmmakers Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina. On this CD--recorded in  San Marino in 1997--the angel-voiced Veloso is supported by a Brazilian combo  featuring the tasty string arrangements of cellist and longtime collaborator  Jacques Morelenbaum. Veloso and his cohorts pay a heartfelt homage to these  brilliant Italian film legends in a sweet and swinging South American way.  Veloso's evocative compositions, such as the sepia-toned "Trilhos Urbanos" and  "Lua, Lua, Lua, Lua," recall his boyhood days watching films such asLa  StradaandNights in Cabiriaat the local cinema. Veloso's silken,  Portuguese-tinged rendering ofNino Rota's "Que Nao Se  Ve (Como Tu Mi Vuoi)" adds a different New World flavor to the Italian-based  music. With his sexy treatments of Irving Berlin's "Let's Face the Music and  Dance" and the timeless bossa nova "Chega de Saudade" fromBlack OrpheusbyAntonio Carlos "Tom"  Jobim, Caetano Veloso delivers a lyrical letter to a medium that continues  to inspire him.--Eugene Holley Jr.