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Stone Flower

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Antonio Carlos Jobim

Release Date February 01, 2008
I think this is the CD that arrived from Argentina in a paper envelope - not cardboard as the other 5 CDs were. When opened,the lid of the container was broken at the hinge, maybe only to be expected because of the lack of toughness for international shipping. Plays okay, though.

CD-Charts Position 122
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Stone Flower

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Ary Barroso, Hubert Laws, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Urbie Green

Release Date March 05, 2002
This is a decent cd by Jobim, it starts off great, but tends to get a little avante garde on a couple of songs. Plenty of great players on this one : Deodato as an arranger and guitarist, Ron Carter on Bass, Hubert Laws on Flute, etc. Check out Wave/Tide and the song Favela.

CD-Charts Position 123
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Music of the Brazilian Masters

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Laurindo Almeida with Barbosa-Lima

Release Date October 12, 1989
This outstanding mixture of some of Brazil's best performers was cleverely mixed with one track blending beutifully with another. I hghly recommend this CD for all who love the Brazlian sound. For anyone who is new to Brazlian music, this CD is where to begin as you hear from Brazil's best. Some of these songs brought back memories of days gone by and I still long for the beaches of Rio. I also highly recomend this CD for a romantic night at home. I have no complaints about this CD nor recomendations that could make it better.

CD-Charts Position 124
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Symphonic Jobim

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
from: Adventure Music

Release Date June 14, 2005
Jobim loves people, and gets excited about all kinds of things, I'm sure there's certain pieces by Debussy and Ravel that made Jobim red in the face because they are so beautiful.

How does an Artist manage to be influenced and still make a work of art their own?

Love and desire.

Symphonic Jobim strikes me as being very Nationalistic, a sort of spiritual road map to the heart of the World, and what better way to celebrate one's roots by drawing on the panorama of Rio and Brazil, or, Brasil.

Frank Loyd Wright once said, Architecture is frozen Music.

Jobim went on record, Music is frozen Architecture!

Thanks, Tom.

I was raised on Debussy and Ravel, but they're ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 125
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Beach Samba

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

Release Date October 12, 1993
I got "Beach Samba" and "September 17, 1969" for Christmas 2007. Of the two, I like "Beach Samba" better. Released in 1967, it perfectly captures the breeziness of that year's music. "Beach Samba" is fun, jazzy, up-tempo, and well produced. Astrud's vocals are as charming as ever, and it doesn't have pop pretentious in the way "September 17, 1969" does (a cover of "Light My Fire," really?). On "Beach Samba," she is still close to her Latin/bossa roots. Most of the songs here are in English. "Canoeiro" (which, near as I can tell, is about Brazil's canoe people) is in Portuguese. "Face That I Love" is one of her better songs, which I had first heard years ago on her wonderful "Finest Hour" CD. "Face that I Love" makes me think of couples strolling on ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 126
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Flora's Song

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Flora Purim

Release Date June 28, 2005
It had been many years(30?) since I last heard any music from Flora Purim who I adored as a singer at the time.I thought I'd give this disc a try and was quite pleasantly satisfied. Her vocal stylings were and continue to be unique. Her vibe is part jazz goddess, part mother-earth goddess, plus through in some Brazilian exotica and you've got one distinctive woman. The opening track, "Las Olas," is written by the late Jaco Pastorius which allows for some good bass lines to compliment the nostalgic musings of Flora Purim. It is a fitting introduction as it begins with "So here I am again " and ends with "Until we meet again." There is a nice continuity to the disc that flows like the Amazon, sometimes calm at other times raging and soaring. On "Flora's Song" ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 127
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World Christmas

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

Release Date October 15, 1996
Each time I listen to this, I feel happy! I first heard this in a store, and I immediately asked what was playing! This cd is great for people who love to travel.

CD-Charts Position 128
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The Astrud Gilberto Album

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Astrud Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim

Release Date June 03, 2008
Each time I listen to this, I feel happy! I first heard this in a store, and I immediately asked what was playing! This cd is great for people who love to travel.

CD-Charts Position 129
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Guitar Music of Brazil

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Luiz Bonfa, Laurindo Almeida

Release Date July 30, 2007
Each time I listen to this, I feel happy! I first heard this in a store, and I immediately asked what was playing! This cd is great for people who love to travel.

CD-Charts Position 130
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On the Street Where You Live

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Diane Marino Quartet

Release Date May 18, 2004
With all of the stuff that is on the market now, it is a pleasure to hear interesting arrangements of older tunes and great musicianship. Diane's use of Portuguese on the Brazilian tunes is super. Her backup musicians are as good as it gets and I recommend, highly, this CD to everyone that is interested in laying back, having a drink, and listening to good music.