Nara Leao was known as the "Muse of Bossa Nova" because many of the meetings which created the Bossa Nova movement happened in her Copacabana apartment. Despite having recorded all genres of Brazilian music, her small, fragile, and sensual voice would be synonymous with Bossa Nova forever. Daring and brave, Nara Leao was always a vanguard artist, often released in the unexpected.

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A byproduct of the bossa nova fad that followed the success of "Desafinado" (and preceded the famous recording Getz/Gilberto), this set finds Quincy Jones utilizing and exploiting bossa nova rhythms in his arrangements for a big band. The personnel includes flngelhornist Clark Terry, altoist Phil Woods, pianist Lalo Schifrin, guitarist Jim Hall, and (on "Soul Bossa Nova") the remarkable Rahsaan Roland Kirk. However, since the selections are all quite brief, and some of t...   [ read more ]

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