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May 6, 2021 · The title track, Aquarelo do Brazil (Watercolor of Brazil) is among the best-known "Brazilian" songs in the U.S. U.S. jazz fans will know Wave and O Barquinho (The Little Boat [of love]). Less-known, but just spine-tingling, are the songs O Sonho (Dream) and Canto De Ossanha (Song of Ossanha, an endigenous deity).
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- ‘The Look of Love’ from Look Around – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
- ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra -2001’ from Prelude – Deodato
- ‘Harlequin’ from Harlequin – Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour
- ‘So May It Secretly Begin’ from Still Life
- ‘Ocean Way’ from Last Look – Torcuato Mariano
- ‘Tanto Tempo’ from Tanto Tempo – Bebel Gilberto
Less than two years after their Platinum-selling debut, Sergio Mendes and his group of Brazilian-Americans were on stage for the Academy Awards telecast to perform this song. ‘The Look of Love’ quickly powered its way into Billboard’s Top 10, passing Dusty Springfield’s original version of the song to peak at #4. Three things: Brasil 66’s version o...
This is where my list of 12 influential Brazilian Jazz albums takes a major turn. Deodato’s Brazilian Jazz Funk version made history as the highest-charting instrumental jazz single on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at #2 and stayed in the Top 40 for three months. Preludewon a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album, selling more than 5 million co...
Ivan Lins made his US label debut with this Grammy-winning album, which rose to #2 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart. He also made thousands of new fans, and I was one of them. While ‘Early A.M. Attitude’ is the song that many of us recall from NAC radio, what impressed me was the sheer power of emotion coming from Lins’ voice on the title son...
Pat kept an apartment in Rio for several years during the mid-80s, and it was there that the seeds for this albumwere first planted. “I played a lot of concerts there back then,” he said in an interview with Jazz Improvisation Magazine. “There’s a deeply musical sensibility everywhere.” He also met and recorded with many of Rio’s top musicians incl...
The late 80s brought a new Brazilian Wave with a generation of Brazilian instrumental stars. Leo Gandelman, Marcos Ariel, Ricardo Silveira, and Toninho Horta (to name but a few) redefined Brazilian jazz by following Metheney’s brief flurry of Brazilian-inspired recordings. Among this group was a young guitar-playing Argentine who moved to Rio de Ja...
Two decades ago, Brazilian-American Bebel followed in her father’s footsteps to purposely reboot Bossa Nova. And it worked. This album embraces tradition without nostalgia, establishing Bebel at the vanguard of something equally as new and exciting as her fathers’ ‘Chega de Saudade’. Tanto Tempo includes songs from Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Marc...
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Ivan Guimarães Lins (born 16 June 1945) is a Latin Grammy -winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. "Love Dance", a hit in 1989, is one of the most recorded songs in contemporary music .
Apr 26, 2024 · Listen to Abre Alas (with Bob Mintzer) by Ivan Lins & George Robert on Apple Music. 2024. 10 Songs. Duration: 53 minutes.
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"Aquarela do Brasil" (Brazilian Portuguese: [akwaˈɾɛlɐ du bɾaˈziw]; 'Watercolor of Brazil'), written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs.