INSTRUMENTALS VOL.1 Part 1 of a compilation of instrumentals, released to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. Igor Prado must be regarded one of the world's leading jazz and blues swing guitar players. Excellent! IGOR PRADO - gtr, feat. ARI BORGER - B3, LYNWOOD SLIM - fute, HOWARD LEVY - hca/pno, DONNY NICHILO - piano, and many more! ”...a young talent from South America that has been quickly making a name for himself as one of the best guitarplayers to emerge in the past few years.” Don Jacobson / Southland Blues - USA ”Your guitar playing is equal to that of the better US guitarists in this same genre. You clearly have a deep grasp of the various early 1950s blues traditions. You play with taste, talent, energy and good attention to tone. The band are tight, and the players are very good. I enjoyed your vocals too!” Bruce Iglauer / Alligator Records - USA ”West Coast Blues is alive and well and living in Brazil! Doubters need only spin Igor Prado Band!” Blues Revue Magazine - USA ”Man you are a swinging maniac!!!” Junior Watson / West Coast Guitar Monster - USA “…Igor Prado has been steadily gaining a reputation as one of the leading south-of-the-border practitioners of that 1940s and 1950s finger-popping jump blues sound!” “ The new album (Brazilian Kicks) is one of the most enjoyable albums I've heard in quite a while” ” Gary Von Tersch / Big City Rhythm Blues Magazine - Chicago - USA ”Frankly, without knowing who the players are one would immediately think of West Coast USA rather than Brazil…the band are all young and play like veterans!” John Mitchell / Blues Blast Magazine - UK ”This album (Brazilian Kicks) is clearly among the best blues records I have heard in 2010…” Ron Weinstock / Jazz & Blues Report Mag. - USA ”I like your sense of melody on the jump blues and boogie numbers - a little bit of jazz, a bit of Texas guitar, with an original twist. Keep up the good work - it's refreshing to hear a young talent that sounds like an old guy!” Little Charlie Baty / LC&Nightcats - USA ”Braziliam Blues, I did not know that, but turns out that blues guitarrist Igor Prado is a big name in the blues world down South America way!” Stuart A.Hamilton / Blues Matters! - UK ”You play like a HEAVY WEIGHT american players!! Your vocals sound really strong and...your band kicks a**!!!!” Rick Estrin / singer and harp player - USA ”KILLER!!! It's actually better than 95% of the U.S. Blues CDs we've heard. We'll be putting it on our TOP 100 BLUES CDs Chart in the next couple of days!” Andy Grigg / Real Blues Magazine – Canada ”Blues music fans think of the music as an original American artform, also played by bands from Europe and Canada. You can add Brazil to the list and credit the Igor Prado Band as spearheading the blues in South America to the rest of the world.” .. Jerry Hall / Pacific Blues Records – USA