Track Listing

1. Desafinado - Gal Costa
2. Telefone - Céu da Boca
3. Pra Iluminar - Leila Pinheiro
4. Ãcuas de Marco - Elis Regina
5. Manha de Carnaval - Luiz Bonfá
6. Coração Vagabundo - Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso
7. Chega de Saudade - Antonio Carlos Jobim
8. De Conversa Em Conversa - João Gilberto
9. Pra Que Chorar - Alcione
10. Surfboard - Roberto Menescal
11. Borandá - Edú Lobo, Tamba Trio
12. Bom Conselho - Maria Bethânia
13. Carta Ao Tom 74 - Vinícius de Moraes, Toquinho
14. Falsa Baiana - Gal Costa
15. Chuvas de Verão - Caetano Veloso
16. Retrato Em Branco E Prieto (Picture in Black and White) - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina
17. Agua De Beber - Tom Jobim/Astrud Gilberto
18. Consolação - Baden Powell
19. Quem Quiser Encontrar O Amor - Tamba Trio
20. Influência Do Jazz - Carlos Lyra
21. The Girl From Ipanema - Joao Gilberto/Stan Getz
22. Samba da Benção - Vinícius de Moraes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12752 in Music
• Released on: 1992-11-10
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Good Bossa Nova and MPB
I picked this up several years ago, and what a great disc this is. It's got some old classics on it and some pretty rare tracks too. At the time I picked it up, this was actually a series. There is another cd titled: "Samba Brasil" that has a similar cover, but is white and green.

The artists on this are fantastic. From Gal Costa do Vinicius De Moraes, you're taken on a real trip through some of the classics in Brazilian music. Perhaps most interesting and stellar of which is the Elis Regina only vocal of Waters of March. It has such an innocent sound! Carlos Lyra's "Influencia Do Jazz" will take you to a beach in the late 60's, and Baden Powell's Consolacao has that rich acoustic sound I've grown up with and love. And check out Joao Gilberto's song here along with Gal Costa's tracks... She's a VERY underrated singer IMO. But this CD isn't without fault. The sound quality can be suspect on some tracks, and a song or two weren't what I would have selected from the musicians here. (You can find "Aguas De Beber" and "Girl from Ipanema" on virtually every compilation.

Still I would have to recommend this. It's not that expensive, and out of most of the Bossa Nova/MPB samplers, this is one of the better ones IMO. For the make of Samba De Bencao, Elis Regina, Baden Powell, Tamba Trio (who did the wildly successful take of "Mas Que Nada" that featured in the 1998 World Cup commercial with Brazilian footballers in an airport) and the others... good tunes. Also check out Nova Bossa Nova - a companion piece to "Red Hot & Rio". There is some overlap, but the other version of Baden Powell's cut on that comp is better than this one IMO. Maybe also check out Bossa Nova Gold, a two disc set of MPB and Bossa Nova.

Great introduction to bossa nova
This great introduction to Bossa Nova couldn't be a better value-for-money. Sampling from each of the major trends in the genre, _Bossa Nova Brasil_ will turn the mildest curiosity in the rhythms into a genuine interest. This is great I-just-got-off-work-and-I've-got-a-date-in-an-hour music. Put it on in your car to unwind and enjoy the ride. Or throw open your windows on a spring day and celebrate the change of seasons. Or share it with someone you love to dance embarrassingly unwell with. Whatever you do, though, give bossa nova a try, and trust that this collection will be an excellent way to start.

A stick a stone...
Great compilation with great artists; it reminds you of a sunset beach in Brasil. Elis Regina's solo origanal of Waters of March is timeless and Leila Pinheiro's Pra Iluminar is one of the smoothest sambas I had ever heard. Other artists don't disappoint. A must have for any Bossa Nova collection.