Jazz pianist, composer and musical ambassador from Brazil brought the new bossa nova sound along with the songs & lyrics of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Jorge Ben to the rest of the world. A nice look at his works from the 1960's to the present.
[Disc 1]
1: 2:24 soft lounge 1962 bossa nova
2: 3:15 1964 instrumental "The Girl from Ipanema"
3: 3:10 soft lounge 1967 bossa nova
****4: 2:40 the great tune that played the world. First song in Portuguese that charted in the USA. GREAT vocals by Lani Hall & Janis Hansen
***6: 3:16 fem chorus in English with a novel sitar riff
****7: 3:07 classic Cole Porte Night & Day"
****8: 2:44 Classic 1968 Burt Bacharach & Hal David "The Look of Love"
**9: 4:29 slow,lush bowed strings, fem vocal
****10: 3:15 Lennon/McCartney's "The Fool On the Hill"
***11: 3:21 classic Simon-Garfunkle "Scarborough Fair"
12: 3:12 Otis Redding-Steve Cropper's "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay"
13: 3:22 great fem vocals "Pretty World"
14: 2:49 mid tempo cover of "Wichita Lineman"
**15: 3:51 Lennon/McCartney' "Norwegian Wood, nice fast instrumental jam
***16: 3:31 nice vocals by Lani Hall & Janis Hansen
17: 2:16 fast
****18: 2:46 nice Jorge Ben song in Portuguese
****19: 3:05 a Gilberto Gil tune in Portuguese, fast, Gracinha Leporace
**20: 3:29 Brazil 77 great fem vocal scat style " la la la la la la la la"
****21: 3:34 Brazil 77 a Dori Caymmi cover, very good percussion


[Disc 2]
1: 4:17 pop hit for Mendes in 1983 sung by Joe Pizzulo & Leza Miller
2: 4:02 pop hit with Gracinha Leporace & Michael Sembello
3: 3:26 sung by kids
4: 3:26 pop, big lush instrumentation
5: 4:35 Brazil 86 pop
6: 3:32 pop tune in Portuguese
7: 4:43 upbeat poppy number
***8: 4:43 pop samba
****9: 3:54 fast fem vocals, nice percussion, vocal by Gilberto Gil
****10: 4:25 classic Sergio Mendes Mas Que Nada written by Jorge Ben. Sweet piano, fem chorus in Portuguese and rap by Black Eye Peas
***11: 3:51 rap by Q-tip & William of Black Eye Peas, fem chorus vocal in Portuguese minimal scratching.
****12: 4:00 fast "Waters of March" in English, sung by Ledisi
13: 4:20 faster scat style, flute, male vocal, arranged by Joao Donato
14: 3:46 fast, pop fem vocals in Portuguese
****15: 3:57 faster more processed update to a classic, nice scat style chorus.
16: 3:22 Lennon/McCartney's "The Fool On the Hill" mellow, fem vocal
***17: 3:46 mellow "Constant Rain" in Portuguese