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Song 1 : : Amazonas
Artist : : Walter Wanderly
Album : : Talkin' Verve
The Brazilian-born organist was known for his smooth style and mastery of the Hammond B-3 organ... Born on May 12, 1932 by the way. Here is a short bit of text someone wrote upon discovering his music...
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Song 2 : : Nos E O Mar
Artist : : ?
Album : : Musidisc Bossa Nova
Sorry, I lost track of the artist who performs this version of the Roberto Menescal song... It's from a compilation. If you happen to know who it is, please feel free to let us know. Think I got this from the excellent site Sabadabada at some point.
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Song 3 : : Amelia
Artist : : Eumir Deodato
Album : : Tremendao
Deodato makes some pretty cool music. He's had a long career and he's still at it. Check out his official website here.
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Song 4 : : Chorou Chorou
Artist : : Conjunto De Samba De Balanco
Album : : Samba Do Bom
I really have no information at all about this one... good tune though.
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Song 5 : : Broto Maroto
Artist : : VinÃcius de Moraes / Dorival Caymmi / Quarteto em Cy / Oscar Castro Neves
Album : : Vinicius E Caymmi No Zum Zum (Ao Vivo)
Excellent "kind-of-live" album by a group made up of Brazilian greats. "Kind-of-live" because it's an in-studio recreation of a famous live show. If you don't know who these people are, you should, so check out these sites:
-Vinicius de Moraes (Brazilian site in Portuguese & English Wikipedia entry)
-Dorival Caymmi
-Quarteto em Cy (Brazilian site in Portuguese & Some info in English)
-Oscar Castro Neves
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Song 6 : : Vim Da Bahia
Artist : : Quarteto Em Cy & Tamba Trio
Album : : Som Definitivo
Quarteto Em Cy were known as The Girls from Bahia in North America... Tamba Trio also have an official Brazilian site in Portuguese (and here's a little info in English).
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Song 7 : : Berimbau
Artist : : VinÃcius de Moraes / Dorival Caymmi / Quarteto em Cy / Oscar Castro Neves
Album : : Vinicius E Caymmi No Zum Zum (Ao Vivo)
Berimbau
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