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A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Astrud Gilberto, Walter Wanderley

Release Date June 03, 2008

CD-Charts Position 182
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Two by Four

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: The L.A. 4

Release Date June 10, 2003
This is one of those Concord combination deals where they put 2 separate discs together and sell them as a mini box set. Disc 1 was originally released as Watch What Happens and is the first studio disc when Jeff Hamilton came into the group. Disc 2 is Live at Montreux; Jeff's first recorded Live performance with the group. If you alredy have these discs, you won't be getting anything new from this set.
I truly see these LA4 discs (10 total) as the last incubation period for the formation of Ray Brown's great trios. All have very wonderful musicianship and are well worth purchasing.

CD-Charts Position 183
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4 Friends

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Marcos Ariel

Release Date August 28, 2007
and here's another one. A great jazzy listen from start to finish. There is something to be said for CDs where you don't have to reach for the fast forward button, or in some really regrettable situations, the OFF button. Highly recommended. You should also consider adding My Only Passion and Magic Eyes to your collection as well.

CD-Charts Position 184
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Tango: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

Release Date October 25, 1990
and here's another one. A great jazzy listen from start to finish. There is something to be said for CDs where you don't have to reach for the fast forward button, or in some really regrettable situations, the OFF button. Highly recommended. You should also consider adding My Only Passion and Magic Eyes to your collection as well.

CD-Charts Position 185
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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 ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 186
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A Gente Ainda Não Sonhou

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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 187
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Duas Vozes

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Egberto Gismonti

Release Date January 30, 2001
One of the best music recordings EVER! "Don Quixote" will curl your hair, even if you have none. After this, popular music flatlined, sparked, & expired.

CD-Charts Position 188
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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" she invokes ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 189
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Frank Sinatra

Release Date January 25, 2000
Bossa Nova started in Brazil in the late `50s. The "First Generation" included Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Vinicius de Moraes as their main artists. Their themes were composed focusing on "Love, Smiles & Flowers" and greatly influenced Latin America's music and even USA's composers.

In the present CD two geniuses join and mix their efforts to give the audience an outstanding performance.
Seven of the compositions are authored by Jobim and include some of his best.
"Girl from Ipanema" make you feel being at the wonderful Ipanema Beach surrounded by the loveliest girls in the world (believe me, I've been there).
"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" evokes those wonderful starred nights from Rio de Janeiro, with all their sensual appeal, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 190
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Live in Olympia (Vivo a Olympia)

CD-Charts > Music > Brazilian Jazz
by: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto

Release Date November 28, 2000
Bossa Nova started in Brazil in the late `50s. The "First Generation" included Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Vinicius de Moraes as their main artists. Their themes were composed focusing on "Love, Smiles & Flowers" and greatly influenced Latin America's music and even USA's composers.

In the present CD two geniuses join and mix their efforts to give the audience an outstanding performance.
Seven of the compositions are authored by Jobim and include some of his best.
"Girl from Ipanema" make you feel being at the wonderful Ipanema Beach surrounded by the loveliest girls in the world (believe me, I've been there).
"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" evokes those wonderful starred nights from Rio de Janeiro, with all their sensual appeal, ... Read More: