Thursday, July 06, 2006
Sitti: Bosa nova's hot babe
IT SURE was a relaxing treat at SM City Davao's Café Bossa Weekend at the ground floor atrium last June 23 to 25. Manila Bossa's newest "it" girl, Sitti, serenaded SM shoppers on June 24 for free. Sitti belted out great bossa nova classics with a new twist and other pop features of her Cafe Bossa album.
Barely three months after the release of Cafe Bossa, the debut album of then unknown Sitti, it is now certified gold with over 15,000 units sold and receiving a massive reception from the music fans of bossa-nova from young to adult. Surprisingly, the album sells like hotcakes though the current OPM hits are dominated by pop-alternative bands.
Sitti got the biggest break in her singing career when Warner Music Philippines executives decided to cut her solo album after hearing her demo CD. Today, her debut effort is currently the fastest-selling album and strongly holds the #1 spot in major retail stores nationwide.
Cafe Bossa contains 18 tracks of contemporary songs and pop, jazz standards sung in Sitti's cool, bossa style. Its carrier single, "Tattooed On My Mind," a cover of D' Sound, is already receiving good airplay on radio. Her versions of Everything But The Girl's "I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love" and Michael Franks "Lady Wants To Know" are two other outstanding cuts in the album.
Sitti also does impressive and bouncy takes on OPM bossa legend, Bong Penera's "Samba Song," Jobim's "One Note Samba," Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon," and Sergio Mendes's "Mas Que Nada." Two more favorites in the CD repertoire include the jazzy, upbeat blending of "Close To You/Half A Minute" and the Emil Pama original "Para Sa Akin."
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