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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 ...

A wonderful concert from 1990, featuring Jobim performing the work of Vinicius De Moraes in an intimate small group setting. Jobim's on a grand piano, which gives the tracks a lot of depth and sorrow --a nd he's backed by Paulo Jobim on guitar, Danilo Caymmi on flute, Jacque Morelenbaum on cello, ...

The long awaited return of Brazilian iconoclasts Os Mutantes -- featuring original Mutante Sergio Dias and a great new band -- plus songwriting contributions from Tom Ze and Jorge Ben -- a forward looking endeavor, not at all a nostalgia trip! It's been around 30 years since the previous Os ...

Very groovy bossa tracks -- very much in the mode of some of the Verve hit recordings of the mid 60s! After the success of the Astrud Gilberto/Joao Gilberto work with Stan Getz, it's clear that Philips and Luiz Bonfa wanted to get in on the act -- and they've paired Bonfa's guitar with vocals from ...

Brazilian funk from Curumin -- a contemporary set, but one that features a fair bit of old school influences as well! In a way, Curumin's music is sort of an update of the 70s samba soul sound with a bit more beats -- taking the older Brazilian styles into a 21st Century range, and dropping in ...

A classical-looking cover, but a sweet set of 70s bossa jazz from Julio Frade -- a pianist/arranger from Uruguay, and one with a really wonderful touch! The style here is a bit different than bossa piano work from Brazil -- a bit more open and spacious overall, almost like some of the hipper ...

Excellent work by two figures who really helped re-define the use of the guitar in the 50s -- both undeniable forces on the sound of the bossa nova, even though most of the work here is from pre-bossa years! The set's especially noteworthy for its wealth of early work by Luiz Bonfa -- as the ...

A beautiful early album by Elizete Cardoso -- arguably one of the first bossa nova records ever, and a set that features some great early tracks penned by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes! The record is a haunting showcase for the genius of Jobim and Vinicius, and it includes early ...

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, ...

A gem of a record from the same Pernambuco early 70s scene that gave us Lula Cortes, Ze Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo, and Alceu Valenca! This obscure little set has lots of the earthier tones that showed up in work by the above artists -- a style that mixes folksy touches with bits of psychedelia -- ...

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 ...

2 amazing albums from Elis Regina -- back to back on a single CD! First up is Elis Como Et Porque -- one of our favorite albums ever from the incredible Elis Regina -- a record that really has her hitting new levels in her style -- moving past simple bossa into a realm of music that's all her own! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A samba soul masterpiece from Jorge Ben -- one of the most brilliant records to come out the fertile late 60s Brazilian scene -- and an incredible album that works with the psychedelic flourishes of Ben's contemporaries and a deeper undercurrent of soul & funk! This is one of the most amazing ...

Brilliant work from Otto -- one of the best albums we've heard from him in years, and a set that shows him still very much at the forefront of contemporary Brazilian music! There's a bit less of the beats that first marked Otto's early experimentations -- and in their place are some wonderfully ...

Pure vocal magic -- featuring the lovely Flora Purim at the height of her California powers -- working in a sublime mix of jazz, fusion, and Brazilian rhythms -- a sound that she virtually invented! The group on the set is one of her greatest of the time -- with players that include Joe Henderson, ...

Deeply soulful modern jazz from 70s Brazil -- a beautiful set of post-Coltrane blowing, from a group led by drummer Edison Machado! The sound here is even more free-spirited than Machado's first Obras session -- in a fuller and farther-reaching style that brings in plenty of influences from early ...

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 ...

One of the funkiest albums Sergio Mendes ever recorded -- a monster of a record that's filled with enough dancefloor groovers to have had a big impact on the soul market in the US! There's still elements of the older Mendes modes -- especially in the way the vocals float nicely through the mix -- ...

An excellent album by one of the greatest Brazilian funk bands ever! Band Black Rio were the stuff of legends back in the 70s -- an all-funky powerhouse, with inspiration from American groups like Kool & The Gang and Ohio Players, but a uniquely Brazilian approach that also threw in some added ...

Lovely work from Bebel Gilberto -- her debut for Verve -- which in a way, brings her home, given that Verve released so many great records in the 60s from Brazilian artists with boundary skirting appeal! Bebel's work has never lacked warmth, but she's bringing even more of it to this set, with ...

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 ...

Wonderful work from Ivan Lins -- a warmly jazzy set that seems to deepen his sound even more than before! Lins is always great, but he sounds especially nice here -- especially for his mature years -- and in a way, there's a complicated sensibility to the record that shows not only a new depth in ...

A rare British recording from Gilberto Gil -- sung completely in English, and recorded while living in London, in political exile along with Caetano Veloso! The album's somewhat similar to Veloso's famous London album from 1971 -- certainly in structure, as the backings are relatively stripped-down ...

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 ...

A tasty session of west coast Brazilian grooves -- cut by the great percussionist Paulinho Da Costa, with a group that includes Claudio Slon, Larry Williams, and Lee Ritenour. The record's got a very nice breezy feel -- with a sound that's similar to some of the Fantasy Brazilian LPs of the time, ...

A great set of soulful work from the contemporary Brazilian scene -- a record that's made even better by the thoughtful production touches of Kassin! A few notches the wrong way, and Vanessa Da Mata might be a too-smooth pop singer -- but in this setting, she's got a warmth that comes through ...

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 ...

A nicely changed-up version of this sweet Brazilian-tinged set! Sabrina Malheiros just keeps on getting better and better -- and she really sparkles wonderfully here in a set of fully soulful backings! The album's put together by Daniel Maunick, aka Venom, and son of Bluey from Incognito -- and ...

A beautifully remastered version of the first album by Azymuth -- presented here with a full bonus CD of new remix tracks! The core album is one of the sweetest electric records to come from 70s Brazil -- the fabulous first effort from the Azymuth trio, and work that's hardly been matched again! ...

Lovely work from Clara Moreno -- a set that's much more laidback than some of her earlier dancefloor work, and one that's filled with bossa instrumentation throughout! Joyce co-produced the set, and you can really hear some of her acoustic soul in the music -- a warm blend of snapping percussion, ...

One of the grooviest Brazilian albums you could ever hope to buy -- and one that's not even from Brazil, either! This little gem was recorded in France in the early 70s -- but it's got a swinging groove that's very similar to the work of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 during the 60s -- upbeat, ...

A lost treasure of Brazilian fusion -- originally released by keyboardist Marcos Ariel on his own tiny label in 1981! The set sparkles with the best of the larger Brazilian fusion scene of the time -- working in a post-Azymuth blend of keyboards, guitar, percussion, and Brazilian instrumentation -- ...

Two very different slices of work from Egberto Gismonti -- packaged here together as a 2CD set! First up is Sergoes Veredas -- billed as a "tribute to miscegenation", and performed by a full orchestra conducted by Zenaida Romeu -- a great reminder of Gismonti's sense of larger sounds and ...

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 ...

Sublime recent work from Brazilian fusion trio Azymuth -- a combo possibly known best in the US for their 80s recordings in California, but who sound even better here on this collection of tracks done in the past decade for London-based Far Out Recordings! Far Out has a respect of Azymuth's sound ...

Beautiful scatting bossa from Sabrina Malheiros -- an artist we're only getting to know with this album, but who we already totally love! Sabrina's got a warm and breezy style that takes us back to the glory days of the 60s bossa scene -- but she's also working here with an approach to rhythm and ...

Warm, wonderful, and incredibly far-reaching in scope -- possibly the most ambitious record cut by Azymuth in recent years -- a perfect blend of jazzy fusion, Brazilian rhythms, and some of the London broken beat culture that the group have come into contact with through their label, Far Out. The ...

Always-great work from Azymuth -- one of the few combos who never get stale, no matter how long they keep on grooving! The album's titled after the Herbie Hancock classic "Butterfly" -- and it's put together with a sublime quality that really stretches back to the best styles of the 70s ...

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 ...

A groovy bossa gem from the glory days of A&M Records -- an ultra-hip group recorded with production by Sergio Mendes! The feel here is a lot like that of Brasil 66 -- bossa rhythms, sunny CA instrumentation, and lovely female vocals -- in this case sung singularly, by the lovely Gracinha ...

One of the grooviest records ever from the lovely Astrud Gilberto -- a session that beautifully mixes her usual bossa nova with bits of Sunshine Pop and other hip late 60s grooves -- all in a mode that really takes off a lot more than other Gilberto albums on Verve! The style here is really ...

Joyce joins the WDR Big Band -- in a sweet little tribute to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim! The style's a bit different than some of the more intimate albums by the Brazilian singer -- as the full horns of the WDR are in support of Joyce's vocals for the date -- making the record almost feel ...

Beautiful work from Suely Mesquita -- one of the most compelling Brazilian singer/songwriters we've heard in years, sounding even more fully formed here than on her great debut from a few years back! The album's got a sensitivity that really comes through right away -- a complexity in the ...

An overlooked gem from Brazilian singer/songwriter Suely Mesquita -- a record that's hardly the pure sex implied by the title, given the deeper thought that goes into the music! Suely's vocals are certainly seductive enough, but they're cast here in some beautifully understated musical settings, ...

A fantastically soulful album from Jorge Ben -- one of his greatest records ever, and a key part of Brazilian music in the 70s! The album marks an earthier shift for Jorge -- a sound that's still rooted in the samba influences of the 60s, but which also takes on a bit more soul at the bottom -- ...

A brilliant debut from Brazilian singer Glauco Lourenco -- an artist who dedicates his first album to Joni Mitchell, but who's got a really rich sound that's all his own! Like Mitchell, Lourenco definitely has a lot of jazz in his ears -- but he's also got a beautifully personal way of putting ...

An album that's as sonically striking as the image of Kali C spattered in paint on the cover -- funky rhythms, soulful vocals, and some really offbeat production -- almost like a Brazilian take on the sorts of grooves we've been digging from Tru Thoughts over the years! There's definitely a hip ...