Byrd and Brazil (2004)

About this title: Byrd and Brazil is a double-disc reissue of two titles from Concord's Charlie Byrd catalog. It can be argued that Byrd never really made a bad record. These two albums would support that statement. The first disc is a remastered version of Byrd's Sugarloaf Suite from 1980, and features a rhythm section of Joe Byrd and on bass and drummer Wayne Phillips. A live date, this program contains four Byrd originals, all of them bossa-inflected, two by Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Triste" and "Favela"), and one each by Luiz Bonfá ("The Gentle Rain") and Dori Caymmi ("Saudade de Bahia"). The second disc is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Primeira Palavra (The First Word) [Byrd]
2. Triste [Jobim]
3. Favela [DeMoraes/Jobim]
4. Na Praia (At the Seaside) [Byrd]
5. Meninas Brincando [Little Girls at Play] [Byrd]
6. Saudade de Bahia [Byrd/Caymmi]
7. Sapatos Nóvos (New Shoes) [Byrd]
8. The Gentle Rain [Bonfa/Dubey]
9. Brazilville [Potts]
10. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life [Legrand/Bergman/Ber]
11. Zíngaro [Jobim]
12. Speak Low [Nash/Weill]
13. How Insensitive [DeMoraes/Gimbel/Job]
14. Saquerma [Castro-Neves]
15. Charlotte's Fancy [Byrd]
16. Yesterdays [Harbach/Kern]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.