Best of Caetano Veloso

Performer: Caetano Veloso
Artist: Moreno Veloso; Gilberto Gil; Arto Lindsay; Bill Frisell; Jaques Morelenbaum; Luiz Brasil; Carlinhos Brown
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil (vocals, guitar); Moreno Veloso (vocals, guitar, percussion); Nana Vasconcelos (vocals, percussion); Jacques Morelenbaum (arranger, cello); Luiz Brasil (guitar, berimbau, drums); Arto Lindsay, Bill Frisell (guitar); Liminha (e-bow guitar, bass, keyboards, drum & percussion programming); Leo Gandelman (baritone saxophone); Peter Scherer (keyboards); Jorge Helder (bass); Carlinhos Brown (percussion). Producers include: Arto Lindsay, Caetano Veloso, Jaques Morelenbaum, Liminha, Gilberto Gil. Recorded between 1989 & 2001. Includes liner notes by David Byrne.

Rolling Stone (2/19/04, p.67) - 4 stars out of 5 - "These fifteen tracks prove why the sixty-three-year-old Veloso is the most influential Brazilian artist of his generation."

Caetano Veloso is a giant of Brazilian pop, often compared to figures such as Bob Dylan and John Lennon--even if the comparison doesn't quite translate. Veloso began in the late 1960s as one of the primary instigators of the "tropicalia" movement--an intentionally provocative collision of musical and cultural influences--for which he rapidly ascended to fame and notoriety. For years he was hardly known outside Brazil, but in time he became an international star renowned for his musical creativity and poetic soul.

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