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With 'Cuidado Mano' Brasilian Beat Productions' Giorgio Pretti releases his third album in a decade. Nearly four years in the making, the album mixes Brasilian and Latin pop, jazz, samba and rock into a romantic blend, unique to the world. Such comparisons as Santana, Paul Simon, Jobim and James Taylor testify to the eclectic and soulful nature of the music. The title song started off as a 15-second music cue for a film in a scene revolving around the gang underworld of LA. When the film's producers heard it they asked if it could be developed further which eventually led to a full blown studio version, and now the lead single, soon to be heard around the world. The rest of the album comes from a mix of studio sessions and takes from shows recorded before a live audience in Hollywood. Some of LA's best Latin musicians came together for several of the cuts heard here and are augmented by a select group of band members and specialists. It also features a translated version of the Latin standard 'Sabor a Mi', interpreted by Giorgio with his production partner/guitarist Michael Sena. As far as is known, it is the first time the song has been done in English. This album stands up to repeated listenings as it takes one on a musical journey from the Mediterranean, through America, Jamaica and down to Rio, where the native jazz and African strains that vibrate through Brasilian culture still ring with the birth of new musical fusions.