DESEO

Deseo is Jon Anderson's foray into Latin American music. On this collection, he shares the vocals with a different Latin American vocalist or group on each track, most notably, Milton Nascimento.

Note that this album was released on the new age label, Windham Hill, so don't expect anything truly progressive here.

As a Latin American music collection, I find the music quite listenable. The songs are mostly upbeat, well written, and nicely recorded, with the Brazilian, Caribbean, and Mexican rhythms pumping along. As a prog fan, there is not much here, save for some of Jon Andersons unusual vocal harmonies.

I came very close to giving this three stars, but the lack of prog-ness forces me to round my rating down to two stars.