CD-Charts Position 91
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Jazz 'Round Midnight: Astrud Gilberto

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Astrud Gilberto

Release Date August 20, 1996
If you like Nancy Wilson, Opie Bellas and Pink Martini; then Astrud is for you. My Brazillian friends introduced me to this artist. her voice is like melted butter. Highly recommended!

CD-Charts Position 92
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The Bossa Nova Years (Girl from Ipanema)

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Stan Getz

Release Date October 04, 1989
I have many many Stan Getz cds. I treasure this box set since 1990 I guess the year that I bought it. I know it by memory now, but nevertheless it always sounds fresh and superb. The quality of the music contained here can't be underestimated maybe only because it had success (something that jazz purist often do, critizise a music only because it sold big numbers). This music is something that words can't do justice. The encounter between Stan Getz and bossa nova and its artists was made in Heaven. Here superlatives are not enough believe us (believe to me and to all the other enthusiastic reviewers). It's a music so beautiful, so perfect that it flows with a divine smoothness. This music seems easy to uneducated people and they may even appreciate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 93
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Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Charlie Byrd

Release Date July 01, 1991
One of the most beautiful cd's of all time(originally an LP). This album is gorgeous, romantic, and bailable. If you like Brasilian jazz, this is the best, and Byrd is the most skillful bossa nova guitarist. Also Byrd is responisble for bringing the Bossa Nova sound to the USA and turning into jazz con Stan Getz. A great album for the jazz fan who already owns Jazz Samba and wants to discover more great jazz bossa nova.

CD-Charts Position 94
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De Tarde, Vendo o Mar: The Sound of Brazil

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 12, 2002
I really enjoy listening to this mix of smooth Bosa Nova music. Each track has its own connection to Brazil with Bebel Gilberto as a super boost. If your new to Bossa Nova start with Tom Jobim but if your looking for j-pop sound start here. As my friends in Rio would say this CD is "legal".

CD-Charts Position 95
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The Best of Jazz 'Round Midnight

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Various Artists

Release Date August 20, 1996
What we have here is a masterpiece of mood. That silky, late night mood that gives birth to all kinds of romantic thoughts--some wistful, some satisfying, some unbearably sad, lonely or even hopeful. Verve has done an incredible job of selecting a wide range of performers, songs, and time periods and succeed in making this an indispensible jazz collection. Dinah Washington's acapella notes at the beginning of the "i'll Close My Eyes" is a perfect curtain-raiser; Stephane Grapelli's short, melancholy "Souvenir de Villagen" is a perfect closing theme. Some true standouts in a collection of them: Oscar Peterson giving one of the most tender piano solos in his career on "I Loves You, Porgy," and a haunting, smokey "My Funny Valentine" ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 96
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Jane Monheit - Live at the Rainbow Room

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
starring: Jane Monheit, Peter Eldridge, Alan Broadbent

Release Date February 11, 2003
Jane Monheit has one of the greatest voices of our time. She was schooled in music theory, among other things, at the renowned Manhattan School of Music. Under the guidance of eminent vocal instructor Peter Eldridge she has achieved total command of the brilliant instrument that is her voice. Through many ranges and moods she will take you on a musical journey that will make you appreciate our good fortune in being able to enjoy the delight of hearing great music done well. The accomplished musicians who accompany her are some of the best in the business and it shows not only in their ability to 'Bring It', but in the way that they support Jane and let her 'Fly'. Just ask those guys if Jane is a prodigy! This is not Acid Jazz. Jane Monheit sings songs the way they should be sung. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 97
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A Gente Ainda Não Sonhou

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Carlinhos Brown

Release Date April 30, 2007
My favorite of his offerings was Omelette Man but this newer one is really growing on me.

CD-Charts Position 98
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The Intercontinentals

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Bill Frisell

Release Date April 15, 2003
The music Bill played in the sessions that produced this album is really modal. Almost all the tunes are modal vamp based on one chord orchestrated with the common Frisell extravaganza. This should not sound as a critic but on the opposite as a compliment to Bill's music. Infact the album is really a joy to listen, it has a strange amalgama of instruments and the music is in the end ipnotic and always interesting. I really really like the album but at the same time I can't find all this genius in Bill's work at least in the case of albums like this one. He is of course an extremely talented musician with a style of his own, very recognizable. He displayed his style all over a vast array of albums in which he still showed a lot of ideas. Nevertheless I can't talk about genius in the case of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 99
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The Brazilian Scene

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Luiz Bonfá

Release Date June 03, 2008
The music Bill played in the sessions that produced this album is really modal. Almost all the tunes are modal vamp based on one chord orchestrated with the common Frisell extravaganza. This should not sound as a critic but on the opposite as a compliment to Bill's music. Infact the album is really a joy to listen, it has a strange amalgama of instruments and the music is in the end ipnotic and always interesting. I really really like the album but at the same time I can't find all this genius in Bill's work at least in the case of albums like this one. He is of course an extremely talented musician with a style of his own, very recognizable. He displayed his style all over a vast array of albums in which he still showed a lot of ideas. Nevertheless I can't talk about genius in the case of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 100
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The Shadow of Your Smile

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Astrud Gilberto

Release Date April 23, 2002
.....and still do. This is a remake of an LP from back in '64....very early Astrud. There's always been a certain charm about her...maybe a "little girl" quality...hard to define. The story is that she only got onto the legendary Getz/Gilberto album in the first place because she could sing in English. Not sure if this was her first solo effort...

This is an album of pop music of the day, English and Portugese...probably the best known cuts would be the title song, "Fly Me To The Moon", and "Who Can I Turn To". One can say that Astrud has an accent, BUT, one can understand every word, which is more than can be said for some who grew up speaking English.

As I said, this is a reissue of an LP...and there's the one drawback; oh, the sound is fantastic, as we expect from ... Read More: