About this title: Brazilian jazz didn't start with the bossa nova explosion of the early '60s. In 1953, alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida teamed up for their historic Brazilliance sessions, which combined cool jazz and Brazilian rhythms more than seven years before Stan Getz started working with Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto. But the early '60s was when Brazilian jazz really became a major phenomenon in the jazz world, and when the early '00s arrived, there were still plenty of people combining jazz and Brazilian rhythms -- like Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz is obviously here ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- Mas, Que Nada
- Giselle
- Bananeira
- Deixa
- Orfeu (Quiet Carnaval)
- Amor de Nada
- Influência do Jazz
- Curumin
- Un Homme et une Femme
- Batida Diferente
- Kamba
- Ocidente
- Naquela Base
- Batucada Surgiu
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
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