About this title: The title of this Verve compilation is somewhat misleading. After all, Antonio Carlos Jobim, perhaps Brazil's greatest songwriter, and Joao Gilberto, one of its most beloved interpreters, are nowhere to be found. Rather than the collection of classic compositions it appears to be, Canta Brasil is a set of recordings that document Brazilian pop's evolution in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. At its best, it offers North American listeners glimpses of exciting musical avenues down which they may never have traveled. Joyce and Toninho Horta's "Beljo Partido" is as elegant as a jazz standard, while the ...
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