The Walter Wanderley Trio – Cheganca Original release 1966 on Verve 1971 Reissue MGM Records Series: MGM Latino Series – 10,010 MGS 610 Like many musicians looking for reprieve from the turmoil of mid-60s Brazil, keyboardist Walter Wanderley had left the country and settled in the United States. He emigrated at the behest of Creed…
Ismael Silva Se Você Jurar 1973 RCA-Victor (original release) 2004 Reissue RCA Victor 82876640692 Tonight, Brazil is poised on the brink of an abyss where half the country is ready to elect a military thug who openly celebrates the dictatorship of 1964-1985, and promised to initiate a new one . It’s been a while…
Jards Macalé – Jards Macalé Vinyl rip in 24 bit 96 khz | Art at 300 dpi 24 bit 96 khz – 927 MB | 16-bit 44.1 khz 235 MB Polysom 33124-1| Released 2012 (Orig.1972) | Brazilian / Post-Tropicália / Samba / Soul – Funk This record seems to fit the mood right now. It…
Herbie Mann Do The Bossa Nova 1962 Atlantic 1397 Mono pressing Before bossa nova became the semiotic index for the synthetic happiness of mass consumer culture and alienation (and long before it was featured in the supermarkets and the Commander’s dinner parties in the current adaptation of A Handmaid’s Tale), bossa nova was associated with…
Novos Baianos – Novos Baianos 1974 Continental SLP-10.144 (Original release) 2016 Japanese reissue, Bomba Records Continental SLP-10.144 Last Sunday, Brazil’s first World Cup match ended in a tie, and now they’ve won their a match against Costa Rica. I didn’t watch. I don’t care about the World Cup. Even if I did, I’m not sure…
Djavan A Voz, O Violão, A Música de Djavan 1976 Som Livre 403.6092 2004 Bomba Records BOM1103 (Japan) Also reissued under the title “Flor de lis” with several variations on the cover art
