During 2012, I acquire a large coffee-table book called "Bossa Nova - the rise of Brazilian music in the 1950's".
I affectionately name it "The Big Book of Bossa Nova".
It contains a short history of Bossa Nova, reproductions of album covers and profiles of the main artists of the era. There are lots of them. The best known of course are Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto and Sergio Mendes. But there were many more, who were very big names in their day. Some of these names are familiar to me from the recordings I've had from guitarist Mike: Roberto Menescal ("Little Boat), whom I know to be still alive today, Marcos Valle ("Summer Samba"), Joyce, Baden Powell, Nara Leao, Edu Lobo, Elis Regina, and the list goes on. Clearly it was a very big music scene.
Next time I walk into Birdland Records, the first thing I see is the CD from the same series. It has recordings from a variety of artists - some of them are early versions of songs later arranged lushly by Sergio Mendes for his group Brasil 66. It's also a tribute to Elenco Records which was an icon of 1960's Brazil.
I manage to acquire three further albums in this series, which also introduces me to the concept of "hard bossa".
Also I discover that Birdland also has a shelf with original albums of these artists on CD. This gives me something new to look for and to collect. I purchase some new CD towers to accommodate my new acquisitions.
I feel I'm diving ever deeper into Bossa Nova World.
I affectionately name it "The Big Book of Bossa Nova".
It contains a short history of Bossa Nova, reproductions of album covers and profiles of the main artists of the era. There are lots of them. The best known of course are Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto and Sergio Mendes. But there were many more, who were very big names in their day. Some of these names are familiar to me from the recordings I've had from guitarist Mike: Roberto Menescal ("Little Boat), whom I know to be still alive today, Marcos Valle ("Summer Samba"), Joyce, Baden Powell, Nara Leao, Edu Lobo, Elis Regina, and the list goes on. Clearly it was a very big music scene.
Next time I walk into Birdland Records, the first thing I see is the CD from the same series. It has recordings from a variety of artists - some of them are early versions of songs later arranged lushly by Sergio Mendes for his group Brasil 66. It's also a tribute to Elenco Records which was an icon of 1960's Brazil.
I manage to acquire three further albums in this series, which also introduces me to the concept of "hard bossa".
Also I discover that Birdland also has a shelf with original albums of these artists on CD. This gives me something new to look for and to collect. I purchase some new CD towers to accommodate my new acquisitions.
I feel I'm diving ever deeper into Bossa Nova World.
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