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Baroque grooves from 70s Brazil -- a really wonderful album of work by Salinas, known to more ears for his later funky tunes, but sounding pretty darn great on this record as well! The album's a blend of samba rhythms and some of the more baroque production styles of the Blue Brazil/Odeon... read more

Monica Salmaso heads up a beautiful tribute to the music of Chico Buarque -- recorded live with some wonderful small combo backing from Pau Brasil! Although just a quintet, Pau Brasil really bring the right sort of majesty to these tunes -- the kind of spacious tones and rich feelings that pushes... read more

Kind of a silly name, but a really great group -- and one without any of the hoke you might expect! The sound is definitely what's promised, a meeting of samba rhythms and older American jazz -- but there's a breezy sort of warmth to the record that's light years from standard boogie woogie --... read more

A jazz album at heart, but one with some distinct Brazilian touches too -- a warm blend of the guitar lines of Daniel Santiago with reeds from Josue Lopez and piano from Vitor Goncalves -- all wrapped up in a set of rich flowing rhythms! There's some of the sensitivity here that you might have... read more

One of the rare Blue Note gems from Brazilian arranger/composer Moacir Santos -- an album of incredible warmth and charm, with a sound that's hardly been duplicated again! Santos is usually best known for his early bossa arrangements in the 60s, but here he's working in the US -- hitting a sweet... read more

The most mindblowing record to date from Lucas Santtana -- a dub-heavy session recorded live in the studio, done with a darkly brooding sound that's far different from his other albums! Instrumentation here is by the combo Selecao Natural -- working in a blend of heavy bass and horns that are... read more

A lost bit of richly strummed and picked acid folk guitar grooves from Satwa -- featuring Brazilian psychedelic folk genius Lula Cortes and partner Lailson -- on CD for the first time ever! Satwa is one of the sweetest sets of psych folk jams we've heard in ages. It's got a mostly instrumental,... read more

Warm work from singer/guitarist Johan Christher Schutz -- and a set that's not nearly as bossa-oriented as some of his previous efforts! Instead, Schutz emerges here as a bit of a singer/songwriter -- working in a range of different languages, including English, and delivering the tunes with a... read more

Wonderful work from Swedish singer Johan Christher Schutz -- in a mode that hearkens back both to classic bossa from Brazil, and bossa-inspired vocal work from the US scene of the 70s! Johan sings in English throughout, and his lyrics are really wonderful -- smart, but never smarmy -- and catchy... read more

A beautiful little album, very different than Wayne Shorter's other work, and sort of a "return of the favor" to the nation of Brazil for the country's rich musical influence on his music! Milton Nascimento sings vocals on most cuts, and if anything, the album resembles Nascimento's work... read more

New takes on funky samba classics -- a host of wonderful cuts that show the contemporary legacy felt by the late 60s/early 70s recordings of Wilson Simonal! Most of these tracks feature some facet of a Simonal original -- either catchy vocals, funky beats, or other instrumental flourishes -- but... read more

Beautiful solo work from Sivuca -- but done with a really full sound overall! Given that Sivuca's probably one of the greatest accordion players of the past century or so -- a Brazilian equivalent of Astor Pizzaolla, both in terms of technique and rich breadth of imagination -- a solo setting is... read more

Dreamy 70s magic from singer Claudette Soares -- recorded with arrangements that have a sweeter, sometimes more electric feel than before -- and which step out with some grooving touches on the best numbers! The style's almost a bit like some of the best European female work of the time --... read more

Very groovy pop from late 60s Brazil -- a post-bossa combo who harmonize along with their grooves, and who work here on a mix of organ, guitar, and piano! The style's a fair bit like some of the best harmony vocal work coming out of EMI/Odeon during the same stretch -- a great blend of earlier... read more

An incredible album by the Tamba 4 -- one of 2 albums the Brazilian bossa combo did in the US for A&M Records, during the brief time when they were expanded to a quartet from the original Tamba Trio lineup! The set is completely sublime -- a wonderful mix of the group's trademark harmony... read more

Nearly 3 albums' worth of music from the legendary Tamba Trio -- one of the grooviest groups in the 60s bossa years in Brazil! The trio are quite unique -- in that they not only play upbeat bossa rhythms, but also harmonize along with their grooves -- in a soaringly sublime quality that really... read more

A mid 70s gem from the Tamba Trio! The record takes their core 60s sound of piano trio grooving and bossa harmony vocals, and gives it a strong 70s twist -- with mellow production that flanges the style out a bit more, and arrangements that add in some extra instrumentation from the likes of Helio... read more

The one and only solo album by Mario Telles -- brother of the better-known Sylvia Telles, but an equally great bossa singer on his own! This rare date from the 60s features some wonderful arrangements by Baden Powell, Moacir Santos, and Astor Silva -- all of whom bring Mario into some very Elenco-l... read more

A groundbreaking piano trio from the end of the 60s -- headed up by Brazilian jazz legend Gilson Peranzetta! Gilson's work has graced countless recent bossa revival sessions, as well as important 70s MPB albums -- but this set was recorded back in 1969, when Peranzetta was a pianist trying to... read more

A bossa-styled set from singer Pat Thomas -- one that boasts some especially nice backings from the great Lalo Schifrin! Lalo's using a fair bit of strings on the set, but he also keeps things lean too -- a bit in the mode of his own bossa work for Verve during the time, although with Pat's vocals... read more

One of the funkiest albums we've heard from the Nublu label so far -- a hip blend of Brazilian rhythms and offbeat sounds -- put together with a skittish, playful sound that's really great! The album's much less gimmicky than other sessions of this nature -- as the core trio really keep a good... read more

Beautiful bossa from late 60s France -- a really lovely session that mixes the vocals of Tita with jazzy backings from Trio Camara -- who we know from their own legendary album on the Saravah label! The sound here is a bit different than bossa from Brazil -- somewhat darker at points, carried off... read more

An unusual album for Toquinho, one with a slightly more contemporary feel than some of his bossa-revival dates of the 70s -- but still pretty great overall! As on other records, the main focus here is on Toquinho's expressive vocals and guitar -- but the instrumentation also includes some fuller... read more

A lovely little meeting between bossa guitarist Toquinho and Japanese saxophonist Sadao Watanabe -- a set that has Sadao returning to some of the Brazilian styles he first recorded back in the 60s! There's a nicely warm feel to the set, but the sound is still pretty intimate overall -- not nearly... read more

Amazing work from Triorganico -- an acoustic trio with deep respect for Brazilian grooves from years past -- stepping out here as one of the most striking projects we've ever heard from the Stones Throw family of labels! There's a quality here that takes us right back to some of our favorite... read more

An incredible debut from the team of Alceu Valenca & Geraldo Azevedo -- Brazilian songwriters and vocalists, working here with arrangements and production from the legendary Rogerio Duprat! Duprat's style for the record is somewhat similar to his Tropicalia work -- particularly in the way that... read more

Over a decade's worth of wonderful music from Marcos Valle -- packaged here with some previously unreleased bonus tracks as well! It's hard to believe that back in the early 90s, bossa legend Marcos Valle was languishing in obscurity -- with nary a recording session to his name in almost a decade,... read more

An amazing compilation of the genius work of Brazilian composer/arranger/singer Marcos Valle! Valle originally started out by writing some of the biggest hits of the bossa era, but as time and the sixties wore on, he got waaaaay out in his approach to the music, and really began experimenting with... read more

Amazing! One of our favorite records of all time! We totally love the work of Marcos Valle -- and we can honestly say that he's probably our favorite Brazilian artist ever. Valle had an incredible musical vision, and he was one of those rare Brazilian talents -- like Edu Lobo or Egberto Gismonti... read more

One of the grooviest Verve albums of all time -- a rare American session from Brazilian legend Marcos Valle -- and his only US album to feature vocals! The album's even dreamier than Valle's early bossa sides from Brazil -- and the setting has some nice Verve-like touches from Deodato -- who... read more

Rare early work from the great Marcos Valle -- and one of his first-ever albums! The record's very much in a moody bossa mode, and the orchestrations are wonderful -- light, but never sleepy -- really done with that unique new bent that Brazilian artists were using at the time, best heard in the... read more

Rare early work from the great Marcos Valle -- and one of his first-ever albums! The record's very much in a moody bossa mode, and the orchestrations are wonderful -- light, but never sleepy -- really done with that unique new bent that Brazilian artists were using at the time, best heard in the... read more

The rare soundtrack for Brazil's version of Sesame Street in the 70s -- but way groovier than the American records from the same time, thanks to keyboards, vocals, and original tunes from the great Marcos Valle! The record takes off nicely from the playful feel of some of Marcos' later work on... read more

One of the last great records ever made by Sarah Vaughan -- a really solid session of Brazilian tunes, one that's produced by Sergio Mendes, arranged by Dori Caymmi, and which features guest vocals by Milton Nascimento! The general approach is west coast mellow -- as the group features Alphonson... read more

Sweetly jazzy, funky, and soulful work from Caetano Veloso -- a great departure from some of his headier work of the early 70s -- and proof that he still sounds great, even when in sweetly melodic territory! The album's got some full backings from Perinho Albuquerque, but the sound is never... read more

Caetano Veloso at the end of the 70s -- still sounding wonderful, but in ways that are quite different from his earliest albums! The sound here is more restrained, and more mature -- a beautiful example of the songwriting strength that Veloso evolved as his career moved on -- tunes that have a... read more

Subtle brilliance from Caetano Veloso -- just the sort of record to still remind you what a genius he can be, even when he's not hitting you over the head with his music! The style here is relatively straightforward MPB, but still done in a way that's head and shoulders above just about anyone... read more

The third chapter of Caetano Veloso's mighty run of music for Universal -- 10 full albums of material here, packaged with a special bonus disc of rare recordings from the 80s and early 90s! As lovers of Caetano's music know, the passage of time only deepened the spirit of his sound -- taking... read more

Some of the most beautiful work ever recorded by Caetano Veloso -- an album that carries on the style of English language lyrics used on his session in exile in 1971, but which also introduces him back to the world of Brazilian popular music! The album's a great transition for Veloso -- a set that'... read more

Beautiful early duets from Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa -- much more of a bossa-styled album than any of the late 60s Tropicalia albums from the pair! The set's got a really wonderful sort of feel -- bossa at some level, but also with some of the gentle darkness that Caetano and Gal would bring... read more

A strange one -- but nice! We have no real idea when this material is from, but the overall sound is distincly late 60s, and the feel is very similar to some of Gil's early work, or to the Domingo album by Caetano and Gal. The overall style is late bossa and light samba, and all tracks are quite... read more

Sweet and jazzy pop from early 70s Brazil -- a great little album that we'd rank with our favorites by Marcos Valle and Edu Lobo! Arthur Verocai isn't nearly as well-known as those two, but he works in a similar territory -- taking jazz, large arrangements, and nice touches of electric funk -- and... read more

A pretty great recent album from Arthur Verocai -- much more restrained than his famous early work, but in a really wonderful way! The album's a bossa set, but one that's really well done -- with just the right balance of gentle rhythms and light instrumentation to recall the greatness of the... read more

Forget the silly cover on this one -- and go straight for the grooves! The album's a wonderful bossa session from the 70s -- recorded live by pianist Luiz Carlos Vinhas, best known for his groundbreaking work with the group Bossa Tres! Vinhas plays acoustic piano in trio format -- in a mode that's... read more

A beautiful bit of west coast Brazilian grooves -- crafted by Viva Brasil, the San Francisco combo who scored big in the early 80s with "Skindo Le Le". That track's not on this album, but its spirit is -- as the breezy fusion style of the recording sparkles with all the best elements of... read more

New work from this classic San Francisco combo! Viva Brazil are the epitome of west coast Latin -- fusing a solid jazz approach with a sunny take on the music that's filled with California sunshine and all the optimism of the Bay Area scene. The record features a mixture of electric and acoustic... read more

A killer album of breezy Brazilian jazz from San Francisco! The group was an obscure one, but they worked for many years as part of the underground Brazilian scene in SF -- home to some bigger known players who often recorded on Fantasy Records, and smaller combos like this one, who could still... read more

One of our favorite Walter Wanderley albums ever -- and a record that moves past the more familiar bossa trio style used on his hits for Verve, into groovier new territory with added players who include Dom Um Romao on drums and Marcos Valle on guitar! And not only is the lineup expanded, but the... read more

Bossa nova meets organ jazz -- a real classic from the great Walter Wanderley, recorded right on the heels of his famous Rain Forest album for Verve! This set's in a very similar format to that one -- core trio grooving with organ, bass, and drums -- sometimes augmented with added percussion to... read more

Incredible new work from Tom Ze -- possibly his best since the 70s! The style of the album reminds us very much of his groundbreaking post-Tropicalia records -- with a mixture of spare guitar, vocals, and percussion, all filtered and sifted into a mad mad blend that's completely beyond description.... read more

A nice step up from Zeep -- their first for the Crammed label after their previous gem on Far Out -- an even better bossa pop set centered around Nina Miranda's lovely vocals, with acoustic guitar, keys & percussion, and eclectic flourishes throughout! They cover a lot of territory, from... read more

Damn! These guys keep going strong -- playing together longer than most bossa combos of their generation, and still managing to bring a lot of lively energy into their music! This live setting's a great place to hear the Zimbo groove at its best -- and the core piano trio's augmented with a bit... read more

A mighty dip into the Far Out catalog -- served up by Marc Mac of 4 Hero! Mac's done plenty of work for Far Out over the years -- providing the label with some of its hippest remixes on 12" singles -- so he's no stranger to the great range of Brazilian funk, soul, and bossa coming out from... read more

A tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution -- and a sweet little set that starts and ends with spoken bits from Fidel Castro, yet also includes lots of classic Latin grooves in the middle! Some of the work here predates the revolution, which might make it subject to false... read more

The hippest installment so far in the Brazilika series -- a mad mix of musical styles from Finders Keepers mainman Andy Votel -- all in a freaky, funky, fuzzy blend of sounds! The tracks here are much grittier than the work we're used to hearing from the Far Out label -- as Votel's dug through the... read more

Sweet Brazilian grooves -- both electric and acoustic, and pulled from a nice range of titles in the legendary Warner and Atlantic catalogs! The first volume in the set stayed mostly in a standard bossa jazz groove, but this second installment expands the sound to include a bit of 70s funk --... read more

Seminal sides from the earliest years of bossa nova -- key late 50s recordings from the time when the genre was just beginning to take shape! There's a nice sense of transition here -- Brazilian music shaking off some of the fuller, more emotive styles of the previous generation -- moving into the... read more

Heavy funk from 70s Brazil -- and a collection that digs even deeper that the legendary first Black Rio volume! These tunes are all Brazilian in origin, but draw plenty on American funk and soul of the 70s -- not just rhythms, but also instrumentation, vocals, and production styles too -- a cool... read more

A cool collection of contemporary grooves with Brazilian roots -- material that's right up there with some of the best recent material from labels like Far Out or Trama, and which shares a similar blend of acoustic and electric elements! Most of these numbers have a warmly soulful glow -- great... read more

A much-needed look at the post-Tropicalia years in Brazil -- a time when cultural activity wasn't as politically explosive as before, but still continued to thrive at a highly creative level underground! The work of these years carries many inspirations from the Tropicalia years of freedoms -- but... read more

CD compilation of tracks that were originally released/recorded by Celluloid's Braziloid label during the mid 80s. The music was part of Celluloid's attempt to bring Brazilian music back into the US market with the same force that it had been earlier -- and while such a blantant commercial effort... read more

A great reworking of the classic Brazilian Beats series -- one that features 32 tracks from the previous 6 volumes, all selected and remixed live by Phat Kev! The package is kind of a Brazilian mixtape overall -- of the sort that were floating around a few years back in the underground, but done... read more

A whopping big package of funky Brazilian tunes -- the third and fourth volumes from the legendary Brazilian Beats series -- packaged together as one nice low-priced 2CD set! Both of these volumes feature more recent work than that which appeared on volumes 1 and 2 -- including plenty of great... read more

The always surprising, always funky, always great Brazilian Beats series goes one volume deeper! The far-reaching tendencies of Brazilian Beats never fails to impress, and nearly overwhelm. Number 5 keeps the contemporary club and dancefloor scheme well out front, with appearances by many of the... read more

A really cool little compilation of Rio favela funk -- the raw, vamping, big bass and sampler funk style that have been rocking the best clubs from Rio to Miami in recent years! This set was put together by the great Irma label -- in conjunction with Colors Magazine -- to document the gritty,... read more

Brazilian sounds, filtered through the west coast scene -- all put together with a warm jazzy spirit that's a perfect illustration of the Concord Records touch at its best! At a time when this sort of jazz was cooling down a bit in Brazil, Concord was really keeping things going with its Bay Area... read more

The title means "confusion" -- but the set's a very unified one -- a wonderful project that puts older Angolan music in the hands of contemporary Brazilian producers! As you might imagine, the sound here is quite unique -- an Atlantic-crossing blend of genres that also has the added... read more

A lovely and low-priced dip into the amazing catalog of the Far Out label -- and a set that offers the CD debut of a fair number of vinyl-only singles! For over a decade, Far Out's been winning our hearts (and our ears) with their beautiful reinterpretations of older Brazilian modes -- styles that... read more

Strictly Samba, and strictly great stuff -- a mix of contemporary work from the Far Out label and a host of other artists too -- almost all of whom work here in a relatively classic mode! Although most of the tunes are recent, they'd fit right next to some of your classic samba sides from years... read more

A host of famous compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes -- presented here in a set of recordings that spans the space of decades! Many of the numbers come from the holdings of RCA Brazil -- home to some great lesser-known treasures over the years, most of which were never... read more

A hip take on one of the most brilliant Brazilian labels of the past few decades -- London's legendary Far Out Records, home to some of the best bossa sounds on the planet -- carefully compiled and mixed here by the mighty Gilles Peterson! Peterson's been a friend of the label since it's inception... read more

Way more than just your standard bossa collection -- as the set's overflowing with fresh gems from the global underground -- a really great array of contemporary bossa nova numbers, a good deal of which we've never heard before! Despite the "nu-bossa" in the title, most instrumentation... read more

Killer jazzy Brazilian grooves! It's common knowledge that Brazilian music has always found a wider audience in Europe than America (at least for most of the past 30 years) -- and that a large number of European jazz and groove artists have created their own versions of the music, coming up with... read more

A cool collection of Brazilian-styled tunes -- but one with a really unusual twist! The tunes here are mostly French in origin -- penned as soundtrack numbers for films set in Brazil -- and served up with a great mix of boss and samba elements, plus a touch of jazz as well! We hadn't heard much... read more

Heavy heavy stuff from the wild days of the Brazilian music scene -- 19 tracks that put the psyche into psychedelica, and which show that in many ways, the Brazilian approach was even more mindblowing than American and British music at the time! Back in the late 60s, even easy listening in Brazil... read more

A glorious celebration of the Luaka Bop label -- the groundbreaking imprint first started by David Byrne as a way to bring older Brazilian music to the American market! Since that initial release -- Brazilian Classics 1 -- the label's been covering a hell of a lot of ground -- a fair bit of the... read more

A fantastic collection of rare bossa material from Italy! The set's one of the best we've ever seen of this type, and it's a completely fresh batch of tunes that breaks past a lot of the other Italian compilations of recent years. Some of the artists are familiar names -- like Morricone, Piccioni... read more

Sublime bossa groovers from Italy! The first volume of this series was one of our favorite compilations that year it was released -- and this second volume is equally as great! Schema groover Gerardo Frisina serves up a hand-picked batch of 16 tunes, mostly classic numbers from the late 60s and... read more

Brazilian music from the ground up -- a fascinating array of recordings made as part of the film Moro No Brasil, presented in all their gritty brilliance! The focus here is on the music of the people -- recorded either live in the streets or at Mika's Bar, as part of an all-star performance done... read more

Work that's a lot hipper than you'd find MTV handling in the US -- a Brazilian collection of work from Recife, home to some of the most happening groups in Brazil these days! The set's a great one if you've been digging some of the recent work from the Pernambuco scene -- and all artists here... read more

An incredible treasure trove of folkloric music from Brazil -- recorded in the 30s as part of a unique experiment in cultural archeology by the short-lived Mission For Folklore Research! The massive 6CD package brings together a wealth of field recordings done in the northeastern states of Brazil -... read more

An amazing batch of rare 60s bossa nova -- all hand-picked by the mighty Nicola Conte, an artist who definitely shows a strong love of the bossa in his own music! The package digs even deeper than Conte's first volume in the Viagem series -- and brings together loads of rare bits we haven't seen... read more

Great work from one of the most important labels of the past few years -- the groundbreaking Far Out imprint, known for its unique style of blending Brazilian and London grooves! The set features tracks from Far Out's oft-deleted singles series -- hard to find 12" releases that often get only... read more

A riveting batch of Sao Paulo avant noise and funky punk -- from the No Wave early 80s and on through the decade -- one of the most instantly exciting compilations on Soul Jazz in years! There's a richness to this previously somewhat buried scene that's not surprising, given all of the... read more

The epic 6th volume in the mighty Irma label's collections of glossy bossa club groove -- the biggest and possibly best in the series! Sister Bossa 6 ups the ante of previous volumes, in that they've added a second disc this time out -- a full 24 tracks of the best kind of bossa-born modern... read more

An amazing introduction to one of the most significant cultural movements in the latter half of the 20th Century -- the groundbreaking years of Tropicalia in late 60s Brazil! The music and legacy of Tropicalia are referenced often, but hardly ever presented this well -- and this package is... read more

A stunning tribute to the music of Jorge Ben -- a host of classic covers from the 60s and 70s, all of which share Jorge's love for an upbeat, soulful groove! The set's exploding with life and energy -- that new sort of groove that Ben first unleashed on Brazilian music in the 60s, which was... read more

Brazilian breaks galore -- a motherlode of incredible funk record from the Brazilian scene of the 70s -- most of them rarer and even more compelling than American work of the time! There's a really crazy approach to the groove on most of these titles -- a style that's not just a simple rehash of... read more

Classic choro tunes, played by a host of contemporary Brazilian musicians -- a strong lineup of soloists that includes Carlinhos 7 Cordas, Rui Alvim, Ricardo Amado, Ze Paulo Becker, Bruno Rian, Alexandre Maionese, Novo Quinteto, and many others! The 2CD package offers up loads of classic... read more

The first-ever Whatmusic compilation -- an assortment of tunes hand-picked to accompany the laidback experience of the Trailer Happiness club! And while Trailer Happiness would like to think of themselves as the inspiration for the set, we're gonna give the main kudos to Whatmusic -- who have been... read more

Easy to love bossa nova when it's this cool and groovy -- thanks to a wonderful selection of classic grooves from the 60s! The 2CD set's overflowing with gems from labels like A&M, Verve, Philips, and CTI -- and most of the material here was recorded in the US, but with a strong influence from... read more