Cool name, cool guy, cool songs! The San Francisco Bay Area resident is deliberately setting his course to Smooth by Smooth West. If Sade and John Mayer were to have a love child, he would sound like Savio Rego cool, soulful pop with chilled beats wrapped around an acoustic guitar. Savio's songs are seductive, there's no question about it featuring lyrics revealing open lust and melodies leading straight into hooky choruses. In my world, you can't ask for more".
- Sandy Shore, Smooth Lounge / Smooth Jazz Radio
"Guitarist/Vocalist Savio Rego's music is about intimacy, his guitar is soft and lush, creating layers of silky smoothness. This is a quiet, moody record that creates an atmosphere of warmth and calm reflection. The overall effect is like having Rego performing in your living room. Rego's music is effective in its ability to convey and evoke innermost feelings".
- All About Jazz
"Savio Rego's musical debut is a collection of soothing ballads, blending R&B stylings with solid guitar playing"
- Heath Andrews, 106VIC
"Its a rare thing these days when an artist can produce an album within a genre that you swear youve heard a thousand times before and genuinely stand out above the rest. Savio Regos All I Want is that kind of album"
- Jason Randall Smith, Impose Magazine
Latin music has its own special way of being sexy, and when it's combined with jazz it kicks it up a notch on the sexy scale. All I Want is Latin jazz and it has such a subtle way of seducing you that you dont know what is happening to you, until you are totally in love. Thats what this album is really about when you listen to it from start to finish--love. All I Want is very emotionally charged. Whether the songs are dealing with longing (Miss You) or lust (Jamaican Queen) youll be reduced to mush. And it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know this is just how Savio wants you. Savio plays with your senses. Each song has a certain sensuality to it that transcends the baser needs. Savio sings with a voice thats almost like a whisper into a lovers ear. Senorita opens the album slowly, almost gently, trying the waters to see what you are ready for. The steady drum beat and the acoustic guitar tease the listener with the promise of more. This is a hint of what is to come. This album is musical foreplay, pure and simple. All I Want is one of those albums you want to put on when you have a mission for the evening that has nothing to do with a dance floor--though that evening might well start there, with a little slow dancing. Even the instrumental Chai Time has a way about it that will leave you thinking of things other than a warm cup of tea.
Most albums that deal solely with love songs end up being trite, but not this one. The songs speak to you on a personal level. The lyrics are never cliché, and the rhythm is always slow and steady and just a touch primal. With eight songs, Savio begins and ends a love affair, and at the end of Love For Me leaves his listeners spent and dying for more. To say this is a good album doesnt say enough. Few albums out there reach their listeners on such an emotional level. All I Want reaches deep and it touches the soul of each person that listens. This is probably the most album of the year, maybe even the last five years. The CD should bear a warning label on the sleeve, stating that if it is played while alcohol is consumed, the artist cant be held responsible for any offspring that might show up nine months down the line! Yes, thats how romantic this CD is.
Move over Jim Brickman. Move over Harry Connick Jr. Move over Michael Buble. Savio Rego has out-romanced all three of them and then some. All I Want is a romantic journey worth taking whether you are in love or not. It will open your senses and fill you with sensuality. Its a pure joy to listen to. This is definitely a must-have album for any music lover's collection this year. Open your ears and your hearts to the beauty of Savios All I Want.
- Andrea Guy, Live Journal
