Guitarist-composer Roberto Menescal is one of the bossa nova’s pioneers. Though his songs were recorded by other artists years earlier, his first leadership album, A Nova Bossa, was released in 1964 and it was a [More]
How Insensitive is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics were written in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes and in English by Norman Gimbel. Stacey Kent [More]
Track listing: Nobody (E Nada Mais) 3:01 The Sea Is My Song (Canção Do Mar Lindo) 2:33 Good Time (Tempinho Bom) 2:05 Angelique 2:46 Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head 2:50 Poor Butterfly 2:30 A [More]
Track listing: What Is This Thing Called Love Love For Sale Night And Day Easy To Love So In Love It’s All Right With Me Begin The Beguine C’est Magnifique I Love Paris Just One [More]
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed “Little Jazz”, was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a [More]
Passarim is a studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim, released by Verve Records in 1987. “Passarim is Jobim’s major statement of the ’80s, emerging during a time when his concerns were turning increasingly toward the [More]
Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March [More]
