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Jazz Samba

by: Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd

Release Date May 20, 1997
Want to know what the world was like in 1963, in San Francisco, on sunny afternoons, when all the windows were open on a garden from a small apartment high on the Ashbury Street Hill where Anne and Stan Rice lived and wrote? --- Before the Flower Children came. ---- Then listen to this classic album, the album that defined "jazz" for me more than bossa nova. It was an album that made me want to flee the foggy streets of San Francisco, put on khaki clothes and drift south. It took me well over twenty years to get to Brazil, and the tunes were no longer in my head. Don't know who Stan and Anne are? No surprise. --- They were young writers, dreamers and students. ---- Just wanted to make this review a little reflective of what those moments ... Read More:

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The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd

by: Charlie Byrd

Release Date August 19, 1997
Typical of Byrd's work, marvellous

CD-Charts Position 3
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Plays Jobim

by: Charlie Byrd

Release Date January 22, 2002
How much more bossa can you hear..? there are large number of artists who have done these Brazilian Jobim standards over and oevr...but here is the catch...what makes these Brazilian standards stand out is the Brazilian guitar tone...which is the main instrument...in this album Charlie Byrd the only American who made it as a Brazilian guitar master ..plays all these tunes with an instrument that was written for... to begin with..

so...seat back and listen to every tune ...so fresh..and so together..even the slow ones...no dinner music here...it's just kind of music..that you'd play anywhere, anytime for anybody..regardless of what kind of musical style they are from...I guarantee it...!!

CD-Charts Position 4
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Brazilian Soul

by: Laurindo Almeida with Charlie Byrd

Release Date October 25, 1990
A masterpiece. One of the most beautiful CD's / LP's I have ever heard in my life.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Tango: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

by: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

Release Date October 25, 1990
A masterpiece. One of the most beautiful CD's / LP's I have ever heard in my life.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Charlie Byrd Christmas Album

by: Charlie Byrd

Release Date August 24, 1994
This album exhibits the guitar artistry for which the late Charlie Byrd was known and loved. The album includes traditional seasonal music. It is a wonderful balance to another Christmas album by Byrd on the Columbia label released during the early 60s that showcases religious music of Christmas.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Isn't It Romantic

by: Charlie Byrd Trio

Release Date July 06, 1992
This album exhibits the guitar artistry for which the late Charlie Byrd was known and loved. The album includes traditional seasonal music. It is a wonderful balance to another Christmas album by Byrd on the Columbia label released during the early 60s that showcases religious music of Christmas.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Charlie Byrd - For Louis (a tribute to Louis Armstrong)

from: Concord Records

Release Date March 14, 2000
Concord Jazz presents one of the true great jazz musicians of our time, Charlie Byrd in his final studio recording - "For Louis", having the greatest respect for "Satchmo Armstrong" this album was conceived and dedicated.

Charlie and his love for the guitar was influenced by Andreas Segovia and Charlie Christian, but it was in Brazil he discovered his love for the emerging "bossa nova" movement. Recorded with the great saxophonist Stan Getz the big hit - "Desafinado" in 1962 and the bossa nova wave arrived in North America.

Byrd recorded for Concord in the mid '70s to the '90s, holds the distinction as the artist with the longest consecutive history with the label, over twenty-five years ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Bossa Nova Years

by: Charlie Byrd Trio

Release Date July 16, 1991
Every track on this CD is fabulous. Great interpetation of original Brasilian music that brings the real sounds, feel, and romantic spirit of the country to life.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Brazilian Byrd

by: Charlie Byrd

Release Date March 22, 1994
...than this is a CD for you. Can't beat Charlie Byrd's guitar playing.